Ocean Infinity
Private seabed search · 2018 and 2025–2027
No-find-no-fee searches along the 7th arc. 2018 ~112,000 km². 2025–26: 7,571 km² of a 15,000 km² box. Contract extended to 30 June 2027.
Ocean Infinity searched in 2018 from Seabed Constructor and returned in 2025–26 under a Malaysian no-find-no-fee contract (success fee ~US$70m). Phase 1: 25–28 March 2025. Phase 2: 31 December 2025 – 23 January 2026. MOT family update 8 March 2026: nothing confirming wreckage. Cabinet extended the deal on 29 June 2026 to finish remaining 7,428.54 km² by 30 June 2027.
Sources
- MOT Malaysia family update, 8 March 2026
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