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  • Image of the Day: Icebergs Ahoy!

    5 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The image shows Le Boreal sailing through silence broken only by the cracking of icebergs, introducing the passengers to the landscapes of this radiant land called Iceland. Here, when the ice breaks up and the granite peaks shed their white mantle for a brief summer, a spellbinding world of bewitching power and beauty emerges.  The Reykjavik […]

  • OEEC startup floor bursting with innovation and fresh ideas

    4 November 2021
    Innovation

    Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) has once again organized the Startup Zone for early-stage companies to showcase their innovative solutions and potentially attract investors and business partners. In an interview segment with Coco Kossmann, we hear from two promising startups – Seaqualize and Hefring Marine.

  • Kraken receives second AquaPix sonar order from Teledyne

    27 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Kraken Robotics has received a second order from Teledyne Gavia to equip the SeaRaptor autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with its AquaPix SAS Sonar. To remind, last week Kraken revealed it had secured a new order for AquaPix, but did not disclose the client’s name. The sonar will be featured on the newbuild SeaRaptor 6000 that […]

  • Lerwick Harbour Readies for Its Biggest Cruise Ship

    28 June 2016

    UK’s Lerwick Harbour is getting ready for the arrival of Azura, the largest cruise ship yet to enter this Shetland port, scheduled for June 30. The P&O Cruises’ vessel will arrive from Akureyri, in north Iceland, en route for Kirkwall, Orkney, carrying around 3,100 passengers. With its gross tonnage of 115,055 tonnes, Azura will break […]

  • BSEE Participates in Arctic Council Task Force on Oil Pollution Prevention

    25 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Alaska Region Director Mark Fesmire traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland for a meeting of the Arctic Council’s Task Force for Oil Pollution Prevention on March 18 and 19, 2014. Fesmire, who is the Task Force Co-Chair, is working with other representatives from Arctic Council members to identify how best […]

  • Geological Samples Acquired from Jan Mayen Ridge

    29 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Using a remotely operated underwater vehicle with an installed saw, researchers have acquired geological samples from the Jan Mayen Ridge this summer. The method is new – and the results provide new and useful knowledge. “This is the most fun thing I have done as a geologist!” says Robert W. Williams in the Norwegian Petroleum […]

  • Image of the Day: Marorka Bags UASC Gig

    5 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Icelandic provider of energy management solutions for maritime industry Marorka has posted this image to announce the contract with United Arab Shipping Company (S.A.G.) to deliver ship performance monitoring solutions. The company says its Marorka Wallboard energy management system will help optimize vessel performance and subsequently reduce the fuel consumption and carbon emissions of the UASC fleet. ”We […]

  • Eimskip Hammers Out Wage Deal, Dodges Strike

    2 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Senior officers aboard Eimskip vessels have postponed their announced strike until mid February having reached a collective agreement with Eimskip on Monday night. The strike has been put on hold to allow for the workers’ unions to vote on the proposed new agreement. Up to 100 workers were threatening to strike having been unable to hash […]

  • Image of the Day: Polarsyssel Comes Back for the Helideck

    23 April 2015

    Having finished this winter’s assignments, “Polarsyssel” has returned to Leirvik for installation of the Helideck. Soon she will be heading for Svalbard again to be in the governor’s service. She was delivered from Havyard Ship Technology’s yard in Leirvik in Sogn to the icelandic shipping company Fafnir Offshore in September 2014. Polarsyssel is a state-of-the-art […]

  • UN carbon levy talks: Now is the time to show solidarity with climate vulnerable countries

    2 April 2025
    Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    A global carbon price on shipping—the world’s ‘first’ global carbon pricing on any sector—is being negotiated as part of measures to deliver the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) climate commitment: an equitable transition to zero-emissions by 2050.

  • WA and Port of Rotterdam to collaborate on renewable hydrogen

    2 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders

    The government of Western Australia and the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest seaport, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on renewable hydrogen projects.

  • Eimskip Launches Ship Management JV in Hamburg

    20 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Iceland’s Eimskip and the German company König & Cie have established a joint venture company based in Hamburg and specializing in ship management and trading. The ownership will be 80% by Eimskip and 20% by König & Cie. The new company will create synergy in vessel operation, including technical management, chartering, sale and purchase, new […]

  • CorPower Ocean and NTNU join forces on AI-controlled wave energy tech

    19 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has secured funding from Sweden’s national innovation agency, Vinnova, to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into its wave energy technology in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).  According to CorPower Ocean, the WACE (Wave energy AI-based Control Enhancement) project, running until November 2025, aims to optimize […]

  • NAVIS Upgrades ASC’s Autohydro Pro Software (Canada)

    18 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) of Vancouver, Canada announced that long-time customer NAVIS, of Iceland, continue to upgrade their Autohydro Pro hydrostatics & stability software as demand rises for their exceptional naval architecture work. NAVIS has been in charge of the design of various kinds of newbuildings such as stern trawlers, purse seiners, pelagic trawlers, fish […]

  • ROV with a Chain Saw! (Norway)

    29 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Using a remotely operated underwater vehicle with an installed saw, researchers have acquired geological samples from the Jan Mayen Ridge this summer. The method is new – and the results provide new and useful knowledge. “This is the most fun thing I have done as a geologist!” says Robert W. Williams in the Norwegian Petroleum […]

  • Havyard-designed PSV hull all set for outfitting

    4 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Extensive research is behind Havyard`s PSV WE (Wave Edition) design. The first hull of this characteristic design arrived to Havyard`s shipyard in Leirvik this week for further outfitting. After four weeks towing from Turkey, Havyard`s newbuild 120 «Polarsyssel», arrived to the shipyard in Leirvik today. The hull will be completed there and is due to […]

  • Celiktrans Wins Pelagic Duo, Turkey

    18 September 2013

    Celiktrans Denis Insaat yard (Celiktrans Shipbuilding) in Tuzla, Turkey has been contracted to build the two new pelagic vessel for HB Grandi of Iceland.  The first vessel is to be delivered in early 2015 followed by the second ship in the autumn of the same year. The first newbuilding is expected to replace a pair […]

  • CMAL, Remontowa sign shipbuilding contract for electric ferry fleet

    4 April 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Scotland’s state-owned Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) and Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding have signed a contract for the construction of seven new Loch-class electric ferries.

  • Emerald Networks Inks Landing Party Agreement with Mayo County Council in Ireland

    23 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Emerald Networks, a new-build network submarine cable system that will connect North America to Europe and Iceland with extraordinary new capacity, announced today the signing of an agreement with Mayo County Council. Under this agreement, Mayo County Council will provide certain rights and required support for the landing site of the Emerald Express subsea cable […]

  • MacArtney Enters Agreemnet with Sequoia to Distribute LISST in Scandinavia

    7 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    MacArtney announce the entry of an exclusive representative agreement with Seattle based oceanographic instrument manufacturer, Sequoia Scientific Inc., to distribute the full range of LISST laser particle sizers and other Sequoia products in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. LISST For two decades, Sequoia has held the position as the world’s only manufacturer of portable, […]

  • CLdN Sets Up Gothenburg-Rotterdam RoRo Service

    2 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Luxembourg-based short sea roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) shipping company Compagnie Luxembourgeoise d’Navigation (CLdN) has introduced a new freight service between Gothenburg, Sweden, and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.  The company’s vessels will depart twice weekly from Logent Ports and Terminals at the Port of Gothenburg, bound for Rotterdam. “Rotterdam is a highly important freight hub for many Swedish import […]

  • Fafnir Offshore orders PSV from Havyard

    15 April 2014

    Havyard has signed a contract for the construction of a Havyard 833 WE ICE platform supply vessel with Fafnir Offshore HF.   The vessel is going to be designed by Havyard Design and Solutions in Fosnavaag and will be constructed at Havyard Ship Technology`s yard in Leirvik in Sogn, Norway. The vessel will become newbuild […]

  • SAMS’ Seagliders Contribute to Ocean Studies

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Robotic underwater Seagliders used by the Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have now gathered the equivalent of five years of oceanographic data, most of which was collected in the past 18 months. This milestone, which was reached at the end of last month, highlights a major change in how marine scientists collect information […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Aug 31-Sept 5)

    6 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Meratus Line Vessel Sinks, Two Crew Missing An Indonesian-flagged containership loaded with containers sank on Wednesday morning, September 2, in the Java Sea, while en route some 100 nautical miles northe… Read More MOL Testing New Windshield on Its Boxship Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has started demonstration tests of a new windshield […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Aug 31-Sept 5)

    6 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Meratus Line Vessel Sinks, Two Crew Missing An Indonesian-flagged containership loaded with containers sank on Wednesday morning, September 2, in the Java Sea, while en route some 100 nautical miles northe… Read More MOL Testing New Windshield on Its Boxship Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has started demonstration tests of a new windshield […]