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  • U.S. Navy Welcomes USS San Diego to Its Fleet

    22 May 2012

    The U.S. Navy commissioned the latest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) during a ceremony in San Diego, May 19. The ship is named for the city of San Diego, principal homeport of the Pacific fleet, and honors the people of “America’s Finest City” and its leaders for their continuous […]

  • Companies step up work on maritime cyber security

    16 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, IT & Software, Research & Development, Safety, Technology

    Following several cyber attacks that happened in the maritime sector this year, the issue of maritime cyber security is gaining prominence.

  • The Switch: Shipyards, shipping must shift away from a blinkered approach to CAPEX

    14 September 2020
    Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Shipyards, and the industry that supports them, must shift away from a blinkered approach to CAPEX, Asbjørn Halsebakke, Director, Technical Solutions, Marine, Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch, argues. “By expanding our horizons beyond cost, and considering benefits and value,” he says, “all of shipping’s stakeholders can reap huge rewards.” Halsebakke explained that it is […]

  • First Buoy Supported Riser System Installed on Guara Lula Project (Brazil)

    10 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Balltec has developed and commissioned a pioneering subsea chain tensioning system and tether top connector for the first Buoy Supported Riser (BSR) System installed on the Guará-Lula Project. Balltec took on their largest project to date for the design, manufacture, assembly and testing of 36 tether top connectors and six subsea chain tensioners for the […]

  • Rotor sails and voyage optimization yield up to 28 pct CO2 cuts, study finds

    30 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    The combination of NAPA Voyage Optimization with the Norsepower Rotor Sail™ can deliver emissions reductions of 28%, on average, on the Atlantic route between New York and Amsterdam, a study has found. The findings are part of a simulation project carried out in cooperation with Norsepower, a Finland-based provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems, maritime software […]

  • Electronics Support

    18 June 2018

    By Bachmann Kooiman The first project between Bachmann Electronic and the Kooiman Marine Group. A veritable hive of activity; that is the best way to describe daily operations at the Kooiman Marine Group’s Zwijndrecht shipyard. There are multiple ongoing projects to be seen as the yard’s slipways and outfitting quays are all occupied, as is […]

  • UK: 2012 Another Remarkable Year for EMEC

    25 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Demand for access to wave and tidal test sites at the European Marine Energy Centre has never been higher as the pioneering Orkney based facility gears up for its tenth anniversary year. All 14 of EMEC’s test berths – at its Billia Croo and Fall of Warness wave and tidal sites – are now contracted […]

  • New Zealand: Port of Tauranga Receives Approval for Harbour Dredging

    5 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Port of Tauranga has today received final approval from the Minister of Conservation for its plans to widen and deepen shipping channels, to accommodate larger ships. Port of Tauranga Chief Executive, Mark Cairns, welcomed the news, saying the benefits to the New Zealand economy from the ability to accommodate larger vessels would be widespread and […]

  • BizMDOSW: US Offshore Wind Industry Will Move Forward

    16 November 2016
    Authorities & Government

    Following the result of the US presidential election, the Business Network for Offshore Wind (BizMDOSW) issued a statement congratulating President-Elect Donald J. Trump and saying it believes that harnessing the power of offshore wind to create jobs, strengthen the economy, and improve the quality of life for all citizens transcends political parties. The US offshore wind industry […]

  • World’s first renewable-powered floating LNG import terminal closing in on new partners amid ‘strong’ interest

    14 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Transition

    Venice Energy is holding formal talks with multiple potential partners with ties to the U.S. and Asia to secure the future of a proposed LNG import terminal project in South Australia.

  • U.S. puts the wheels into motion to strengthen safety standards for offshore oil & gas ops

    13 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Technology, Transition

    The U.S. Department of the Interior is taking steps to bolster safe and environmentally responsible offshore oil and gas operations.

  • Interview: Preparations for DT Conference in Advanced Stage

    28 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    The preparations for the first ever Dredging Today Conference (DTC), which will offer a forward-looking agenda for the dredging industry, are in full swing now. With just about three months left to DTC, Dredging Today took the opportunity to talk with Ms. Femke Perlot-Hoogeveen, Conference Manager, about the upcoming event. DT: The first ever Dredging Today […]

  • Eco Wave Power Installs Wave Energy Power Plant in Black Sea

    24 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Eco Wave Power has successfully installed a medium-scale wave energy power plant, in the Black Sea, during the month of April, 2012. The installation of EWP’s system, took place during that month in recognition of the international Mother Earth Day, celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. The Black Sea provided Eco Wave Power […]

  • Interview: Regulatory Hurdles Are Hampering the Take-Up of Drones

    28 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service: Development of regulatory, safety framework is slowing the take-up of UAS technology.

  • Circle Oil in Quest for Partners for Drilling in Block 52, Offshore Oman

    5 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Circle Oil Plc , the international oil and gas exploration, development and production company to announced today the following operational update on its activities in Block 52 in Oman. Block 52 The processing of the 5,026 line kilometres of marine 2D seismic, recorded from December 2010 to February 2011, has been completed. The processed data […]

  • Germany: GL Group Counts 100 Million GT Classified

    5 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Classification society Germanischer Lloyd​ (GL) fleet under classification now exceeds 100 million GT (gross tonnage). GL has currently more than 7,200 ships from over 1,900 shipping companies worldwide under regular technical supervision. “We have been able to double the fleet in class over the last six years,” explains Erik van der Noordaa, CEO of the […]

  • Pacific Basin opts for green methanol as the best fuel for its newbuilds

    27 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Hong Kong-based dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin has selected green methanol as the best fuel for its first generation of zero-emission vessels. The decision is based on the findings of a feasibility study the company conducted in cooperation with Nihon Shipyard Co. and Mitsui & Co. The study looked into the various potential green fuels […]

  • German, US Scientists Study Seawater Along Greenland’s West Coast

    14 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    This year Greenland is experiencing one of the warmest summers in its recent history. This heat wave has meant that an international research team is in the unique position of being able to collect important climate data from the changing Arctic. Until today German and US scientists on board the research ship MARIA S. MERIAN […]

  • GEOMAR Carries Out Expedition of Volcanic Mountains in South Atlantic

    29 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Recently the research vessel SONNE set off from Cape Town on a five and a half week long expedition in the South Atlantic lead by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. The aim is to increase the understanding of the basic processes in plate tectonics. It is nearly three times as long as the […]

  • Offshore wind industry needs standardization

    1 October 2014

    Cost reductions are a huge industry focus. I am confident that we can lower the levelized costs of energy by 30 to 40  percent for those projects that will achieve FID in 2020. Of all the possible reductions in CapEx and OpEx, one of the innovations that needs to come forward is standardization of offshore […]

  • Port of London Authority commissions study on future energy demand

    17 May 2021
    Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The Port of London Authority (PLA) has awarded a contract to Royal HaskoningDHV to model the future of energy demand and supply on the tidal Thames as part of its plans to become a zero-carbon port. As announced last year, the PLA last wants to achieve Net Zero by 2040, or earlier. Chief Executive Robin […]

  • AtlantOS Project to Advance Atlantic Ocean Observation

    10 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    AtlantOS, one of the largest and most ambitious marine research projects of recent decades has just started and holds its kick-off meeting, with more than 130 representatives of the project partners, from 10 to 12 June in Brussels. During this kick-off meeting the details of the work program will be presented and the overarching goals discussed. […]

  • ​NTU to integrate renewable energy sources in one system

    28 October 2016
    Research & Development

    Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is building an offshore system that will integrate multiple renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, tidal, diesel, and power-to-gas technologies.

  • In focus: Cross-sector collaborations replacing fossil fuels with green energy

    28 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    In the face of decarbonisation challenges, presenting a united front seems to be a way around for offshore energy players. During the last week of January, we have witnessed a number of cross-sector collaborations established with a single aim to eliminate carbon emissions and reach the net-zero destination through a green energy path.

  • US: New shipping reform seeks greater control of ocean carriers

    7 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    U.S. senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), both members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, have introduced the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, bipartisan legislation that would update federal regulations for the global shipping industry.