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  • Scientists Study Ocean Acidification Effects at Raunefjord

    8 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    In a new experiment with the KOSMOS mesocosms, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel address key questions about the impacts of ocean acidification on the food web and biogeochemical cycling. As part of this study, which runs until the end of June in Raunefjord, Bergen (Norway), the researchers will transfer a laboratory-grown […]

  • Greenland Sea Deep Water Warming Rates Increase

    25 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Recent warming of the Greenland Sea Deep Water is about ten times higher than warming rates estimated for the global ocean. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research recently published these findings in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. For their study, they analysed temperature data from 1950 to 2010 […]

  • DP World London Gateway Expands Shipping Coverage

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    New shipping services are being announced as the second berth at DP World London Gateway opens for business.    Britain’s newest port doubled its capacity as the second berth began operations in May.  Five new shipping routes to North America, South America East Coast & West Coast, the Middle East, and Europe are starting. New […]

  • Offshore wind energy may soon find its way to the Upper Peninsula (USA)

    10 May 2010
    Authorities & Government

    In a recent meeting of the Great Lakes Wind (GLOW) Council in Escanaba, both the possible benefits and drawbacks of offshore wind farms were discussed by local residents and council members.

  • University of Delaware to Reduce Offshore Wind Energy Costs (USA)

    6 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    The University of Delaware is coordinating six companies in a design effort to reduce the cost of energy and the time to deployment as well as attract investment in offshore wind power. With a $500,000 grant from the Department of Energy and an equal amount contributed by the companies, the consortium will design an integrated […]

  • Focus-Abengoa Foundation Launches Energy Transition and Climate Change School

    27 May 2014
    Human Capital

    The Focus-Abengoa Foundation has opened the Energy Transition and Climate Change School. Officials present at the opening session were Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-president of the Focus-Abengoa Foundation, Director of the Energy Transition and Climate Change Forum and Chairman of Abengoa’s International Advisory Board; José Domínguez Abascal, Technical General Secretary of Abengoa; and Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of […]

  • Germany opens test field for hydrogen fuel cell propulsion systems

    31 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Research & Development

    German Aerospace Center (DLR) has started testing and developing ‘innovative’ propulsion systems based on hydrogen fuel cells with an output in the megawatt range. The center put into operation the BALIS test field in Empfingen on October 28, 2024. Currently, such propulsion systems are not yet commercially available. In the future, they can be used […]

  • Four new members join Silk Alliance green corridor initiative

    25 August 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Four additional members have joined the Silk Alliance green corridor cluster initiative, energy producer, Yara Clean Ammonia ASA, trade association the Methanol Institute, academic institute the National University of Singapore (NUS) Centre for Maritime Studies; and shipowner MPC Container Ships ASA.

  • Deep Ocean Currents Protect Tropical Corals

    8 January 2015
    Research & Development

    Researchers from Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Phuket Marine Biological Center observed internal waves preserving corals in the Andaman Sea. Because satellites do not detect these small-scale phenomena, local measurements are crucial for the establishment and monitoring of protected areas. 1991, 1995, […]

  • Germany: Research Project HoOK Underway

    23 May 2013

    With funding from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and supported by “Projektträger Jülich” (PTJ), over the next three years Hamburg University of Technology, Mareval AG Hamburg and the maritime engineering company HeavyLift@Sea will conduct research into the improvement of tools for the simulation of offshore crane operations. The project is named HoOK – […]

  • Research Vessel Polarstern Leaves for South Polar Sea Expedition

    1 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The research ship POLARSTERN sets off in the early morning hours of 27 October 2012 for an unusual expedition to the Antarctic. This time the ship will not be returning to Bremerhaven as usual at the end of the Antarctic summer, but will be spending the winter in the South Polar Sea for research purposes. […]

  • RWE Innogy Holds Naming Ceremony for Its New Offshore Installation Vessels (Germany)

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    During a festive ceremony in Bremerhaven today, RWE Innogy is naming one of its two offshore installation vessels. The vessel “Victoria Mathias” will build the wind farm “Nordsee Ost” around 30 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland from its base port Bremerhaven. The wind power station with an installed output of 295 megawatts can […]

  • British Embassy Awards Contract for UK-Korea Ocean Energy Technology Co-Operation

    15 June 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The British Embassy in Seoul has awarded a contract to the Korea Maritime University (KMU) and IT Power (ITP) to establish the “UK-Korea Ocean Energy Technology Co-operation Project”. This follows closely after the accord between Renewable UK and the Korean Wind Energy Industry Association (KWEIA) which was signed in London on 27th April. The new FCO project will facilitate […]

  • UK: New Energy Event Highlights Job Opportunities in Region

    29 March 2012

    Tens of thousands of jobs are on the horizon in the new renewables, energy and chemicals process workforce over the coming few years, and many of them will be on the Humber, say industry experts. The massive potential for jobs in the region came under the spotlight at a Hull conference organised by Humber Chemical […]

  • Sustainability and the Triple Helix

    8 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    By Tom Scott The subject of sustainability in the Dutch maritime sector can be summed in part by looking at the outcome of the IMO meeting in London in April last year. This resulted in the IMO announcing the goal to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 50 per cent by 2050 (compared to 2008 […]

  • Bermuda: Seawell to Acquire Allis-Chalmers Energy in US$890 M Transaction

    13 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill’s majority owned subsidiary Seawell Limited and Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. announce that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Allis-Chalmers by Seawell in a transaction valued at approximately US$890 million (including assumed debt). The combined company will have approximately 6,500 employees and is projected by equity […]

  • Technical challenges with collection of subsea minerals for use in EV batteries can be overcome

    26 October 2020

    Front-end engineering design study paves the way for development of new subsea mining riser system, ensuring feasibility, safety, and operational performance at ultra-deep water depths. Electric Vehicle battery demand set to grow Energy companies around the world have increasingly adopted strategies to achieve a broader energy mix to meet global demand as well as to […]

  • Reliance, BP Enter Historic Partnership. Focus on India Deepwater Blocks.

    21 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      Reliance Industries Limited and BP today announced a historic partnership between the two companies. Mr. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, and Mr. Robert Dudley, BP Group Chief Executive, signed the relationship framework and transactional agreements in London. The partnership across the full value chain comprises BP taking a 30 […]

  • Activity ramping up on Irish floating wind test site

    27 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is busy with bringing forward its Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS), a floating wind and wave energy technology test site which has been in development for several years now.

  • Faroe Petroleum: Strong and Stable Results in 3Q (UK)

    27 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focussing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, provides an operational update. The Company has a material and active investment programme ahead, which is fully funded from existing cash flow, cash reserves and debt facilities. Production and development […]

  • Technological Advancement in Piling Instrumentation

    3 June 2019

    By Alexandre Crochelet, Senior Engineer at G-Octopus, a Cathie Associates Company Pile Driving Monitoring (PDM) during driving and Pile Dynamic Testing (PDT) are widely used in onshore and offshore construction to ensure the structural integrity of the piles during driving and achieve a safe and economical pile installation. PDM helps in assessing the pile behaviour […]

  • Energy transition is a tale of collaboration

    9 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Energy transition will never be a one-sided affair with one industry excluding the other. the push to greener sources of energy is a collaborative effort of all the industries, with oil and gas still playing a major role in unlocking new industries and accelerating their development.

  • Seabed Map Doubles

    14 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The data available to produce the definitive map of the world’s ocean floor has more than doubled, just two years after the launch of an international effort to produce a complete map by the year 2030. Following the efforts of The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, coverage of the world’s ocean floor has now increased […]

  • What Does the Future Have in Store for LNG?

    5 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Is liquefied natural gas (LNG) the future of marine fuel – or just a future marine fuel? That is the billion-dollar question. Cleaner, safer, more affordable and easier to obtain – as the variety and interest in new marine fuels grows, shipowners and operators are more likely to opt for the prosaic than the exotic, […]

  • Alaska DNR Publishes Analysis of LNG Project Fiscals

    19 November 2013
    Research & Development

    The Alaska Department of Natural Resources released an in-depth study of the commercial aspects of the Alaska LNG project that the three major North Slope oil producers and TransCanada Corp. are now pursuing. The LNG project – one of the largest projects of its kind in the world – would pipe gas from the North […]