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  • USA: MBARI Creates Detailed Map of Axial Seamount Underwater Lava Flow

    26 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Axial seamount, 480 kilometers (300 miles) off the coast of northern Oregon, is one of the best-studied underwater volcanoes in the world. For 30 years, researchers have explored this volcano using submersibles and monitored its activity using pressure sensors, tilt meters, temperature probes, and seismometers (earthquake detectors). Now MBARI researchers have created the world’s most […]

  • Recycling Prevents Ocean Dumping

    12 May 2014

    Educating seafarers about responsibility towards marine nature and the possibility to dispose their waste in harbours instead of at sea is necessary, according to Bek & Verburg managing director Daan van Mullem. It also helps to know that waste collection is included in the harbour dues. Bek & Verburg’s close cooperation with environmentalist NGOs like […]

  • Nanotechnology and Anti-fouling: Project Tideman Workboats

    27 December 2016

    By Rob van Hoorn nC Surface Technology Anti-fouling is one of those areas in the maritime industry that is subject to constant development. Especially in areas where traditional coatings have difficulties to hold their own on the host-surface, nanotechnology is a solution that will succeed by nature, as nanoparticles tend to bond into surfaces rather […]

  • Five Scripps Researchers Get DOD Grant to Develop Instrumentation

    18 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Department of Defense (DOD) announced awards to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego that will help scientists characterize waves, improve ocean weather and climate prediction, and analyze acoustics in the deep ocean. The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants support the development of instruments that have a wide range of […]

  • Report: South Korea needs to end public financing for fossil-fueled ships, including LNG

    14 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    If Korea, the leading shipbuilder in the world, fails to rapidly embrace the clean energy transition in ocean shipping, it risks losing its foothold and dominance in the shipping and shipbuilding industries, a newly issued report says. The report was developed by Solutions for Our Climate (기후솔루션) and Pacific Environment outlining key steps for South […]

  • Scientists Predict Long-term Disastrous Effects of Oil Spill (USA)

    3 August 2010

    Contrary to recent media reports of a quick recovery in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists and biologists are “deeply concerned” about impacts that will likely span “several decades”. “My prediction is that we will be dealing with the impacts of this spill for several decades to come and it will outlive me,” Dr. Ed Cake, […]

  • Interview: All about Piracy

    4 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Piracy has become a lucrative business and an ever more dangerous for those being targeted by it. Once at sea, seafarers expose themselves to various dangers, especially from those lurking from the shadows. As hijackings become more frequent and more intense, we wanted to find out more about piracy from those battling it, therefore World […]

  • Hydrex Founder Speaks about Evolution of Stern Tube Seal Repairs

    18 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Hydrex was established in Antwerp in 1974 by Boud Van Rompay. Since then it has steadily grown into a company the shipping and offshore industry can depend upon whenever there are tough and difficult jobs to do as well as for regular, routine maintenance and repair tasks. Hydrex has built a reputation as the leading […]

  • Kobelco Introduces High-Performance SK210 Mark 9 Excavator (USA)

    27 January 2012
    Equipment, Technology

    Kobelco Construction Machinery America introduced the SK210 full-size, high-performance excavator to the Kobelco Mark 9 excavator series. These new Tier 4 models include the SK260, SK295, SK350 and SK485 excavators. The versatile SK210 Mark 9 delivers a 10-percent improvement in both fuel efficiency and productivity, with more power and faster engine response. Featuring an upgrade […]

  • USA: Chairman Issues Update on Philadelphia Port’s Progress

    22 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Charles G. Kopp, Esq., Chairman of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, issued an update on recent progress at the Port of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged with the management, maintenance, marketing, and promotion of publicly-owned port facilities along the Delaware River in Philadelphia, […]

  • USA: GLDD Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results

    7 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of commercial and industrial demolition and remediation services, today reported financial results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012. Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Berger said, “The dredging division performed well this quarter, […]

  • INTERVIEW: Global OCV Fleet Worth Close to $27 Billion

    27 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    VesselsValue, the online platform for valuation, AIS and market intel service for the maritime and offshore sectors, is publicly launching its Offshore Construction Vessel valuations in May this year. Subsea World News interviewed Charlie Hockless – VV’s Head of Offshore to learn more about the new service, what was the criteria for value estimates, who’s got […]

  • USA: Oil company ordered to pay $4 million for offshore violations

    7 April 2016

    U.S. oil company Energy Resource Technology (ERT) has been sentenced to three years of probation, and has to pay a $4 million fine and $200,000 community service payment for violations on its Gulf of Mexico facilities in 2012. The company pleaded guilty to two felony counts of violating the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and two […]

  • Green Garbage

    5 August 2012

    Recycling is something we aim to do every day. We separate our garbage on a daily basis. Vegetables are divided from paper boxes and plastic is kept in another container. Ship recycling is based on the same principle. It is possible to separate hazardous waste from steel, but what if you throw everything on one […]

  • Australia to send partrol ship, planes to monitor Japanese whaling fleet

    19 December 2007

    Australia will send planes and a patrol ship to monitor Japanese whaling fleet near Antarctica, the government announced Wednesday. The planes and ship would collect photographic evidence for a possible legal action to halt Japan’s whaling program, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told reporters.

  • Due Diligence: Looking beyond Financial Performance

    8 May 2017

    By DNV GL With oil and gas industry mergers and acquisitions expected to pick up this year, buyers and sellers need to focus on more than financials during due diligence. Other key considerations include environmental and safety impacts of projects or assets. Companies in the oil and gas sector are expecting increased merger and acquisition […]

  • EWEA: Is German Offshore Wind Under Threat?

    12 April 2013

    European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) spoke to Andreas Wagner, CEO of the Offshore Wind Foundation (Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie) and part of the team negotiating with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, trying to find out what is the future of German offshore wind power, as the country is said to be facing support cuts, besides the already known […]

  • Stable base of flexible workforce

    12 November 2013

    Their combination of crewing solutions, professional training and ship deliveries defines TOS as both a desired employer and a one-stop crew provider. Now company activities are organised to strengthen each other, founder Kees Wagenaar identifies new markets for the highly skilled maritime and offshore professionals he promotes. ”While demands for continuous training and having the […]

  • Shipshave: Industry’s first hull cleaning system for commercial ships in transit

    10 June 2020
    Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Technology, Vessels

    The idea of cleaning hulls of vessels in transit is now becoming a reality with the innovative system developed by Norwegian company Shipshave.

  • Bassoe: You’re not an idiot if you believe in deepwater drilling

    27 April 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The drillship market has sucked for years. Now it’s getting interesting.

  • Think Yachts, Art, Out of the Box

    11 May 2015

    Mid-March, The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) was held in Maastricht. About 75,000 visitors from 65 countries, 400 private jets recorded at Maastricht – Aachen airport, some 274 art and antiques dealers from 20 countries exhibiting. And among them the five Dutch superyacht yards under the umbrella of the HISWA Holland Yachting Group. Superyachts at […]

  • Innovating/Creating Future in New Energy (Finland)

    7 December 2011

    They say that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. And for The Switch, this holds true. They’ve created every bit of their present success by working closely with their customers, shaping the industry by making permanent magnet generators the technology of choice in the wind power industry and then cutting […]

  • Ratification Just Around the Corner

    7 April 2016

    Ballast Water Management Convention needs just 0.18% more global tonnage With several countries signing the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) towards the end of last year, the maritime world held its breath in anticipation of the final ratification. It turned out to be an anti-climax because, here we are, several months down the road, […]

  • Canada’s crackdown on greenwashing: ‘Gag order’ for oil & gas industry’s climate action or greater transparency?

    10 July 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Canada has now tightened the reins on environmental stewardship with a bill that brings multimillion-dollar fines and jail time into play for those prone to bragging about climate action they cannot back up.

  • Interview: Specialized Vessels Give Chevalier Floatels a Competitive Edge in Offshore RE Industry

    15 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Oil and gas offshore service vessel operators are becoming increasingly interested in the offshore renewables industry as their main market deteriorates; however, vessel operators that specialize in the renewables sector such as Chevalier Floatels have an edge over the new competitors in that their vessels are finely tuned to serve the renewables market with streamlined execution and cost-efficiency, Marcel Roelofs, the Dutch company’s […]