France, Sept. 17 -- Viridien announced the award of a five-year contract by Ithaca Energy to deliver an integrated environmental monitoring and marine situational-awareness solution for the Greater Stella Area in the UK North Sea.The service supports an innovative monitoring approach approved by the UK's Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED), combining AIS vessel surveillance using Sercel's Marlin Vessel Tracking and Alerts (VTA) platform with satellite-based environmental monitoring intelligence from Viridien's SeaScope service, as an alternative to conventional guard vessel coverage.The Marlin software platform provides a common operational picture of real-time vessel movements, offshore infrastructure, ...