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  • Industry Puts UK Offshore Wind and Marine Birds Under Watch

    11 September 2019
    Environment

    Six offshore wind developers have launched a forum to better understand how large-scale offshore wind development in the UK may impact marine birds. The Offshore Wind Strategic Monitoring and Research Forum (OWSMRF) is led by EDF Renewables, Equinor, Innogy, Ørsted, ScottishPower Renewables, and Vattenfall and is being delivered by JNCC. According to JNCC, with the UK […]

  • MacArtney Provides ROV Winch for Antarctica Survey

    7 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Danmark’s MacArtney Underwater Technology has delivered an ROV winch for polar supply and research vessel S. A. Agulhas II which will take part in University of Gothenburg’s Antarctica expedition. The electrically driven winch system (MERMAC R10 AHC ROV) was acquired through Swedish SubSea Solutions on the part of University of Gothenburg. S. A. Agulhas II, designed […]

  • Fist Stage of Public Engagement PhD Completed

    15 July 2014
    Research & Development

    Bouke Wiersma, the University of Exeter PhD student undertaking research into public opinions in Guernsey on marine renewable energy, has completed the first part of his research. The PhD researches the meanings and values associated with Guernsey’s coastal and sea areas and with specific forms of offshore renewables (wind, tidal and wave) in order to […]

  • Protean bags R&D tax incentive funding

    13 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Protean Energy has received over Au$710,000 through Australian research and development tax incentive refund.

  • New online renewables knowledge platform launched

    12 February 2015

    Wiki-Cleantech is an online knowledge platform that includes scientific and technology information on renewables such as wave and tidal, wind, solar and other renewable energies. Wiki-Cleantech was created to facilitate easier knowledge exchange between industry engineers and their industry peers , as well people interested in renewable energy. The platform aims to ease the access […]

  • Teledyne Companies Celebrate Anniversaries (USA)

    26 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Teledyne Benthos and Teledyne Webb Research, leading international marine technology providers, celebrated their 50th and 30th anniversaries last week at the company’s North Falmouth facility. Nearly 400 people celebrated the milestones, including employees and their families, customers, vendors, and state and local officials. The gala included opening remarks by Group General Manager, Thomas Altshuler, followed […]

  • Pentland Firth Could Power Half of Scotland

    10 July 2013

    Tidal turbines stretched across Pentland Firth, which separates the Orkney Islands from mainland Scotland, could generate up to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of power – equivalent to almost half of Scotland’s electricity needs. A new study, led by Oxford University researchers, provides the first reliable estimate of the maximum energy that could be generated from Pentland […]

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Launching in Lake Ontario, USA

    15 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Two autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) are launching on Lake Ontario this week at Sodus Point, Oswego, Rochester and Oak Orchard, NY. The high-tech, remote-controlled equipment will produce intensive data for analysis of nearshore-offshore interactions, fish productivity in Lake Ontario, changes to the lower food web, and algal abundance. The research will also focus on how […]

  • Large Majority of British Public Supports Green Energy Future

    16 July 2013
    Research & Development

    A team of Cardiff University’s researchers have found that a large majority of the British public support moves to an efficient, clean, fair, and safe energy system but distrust remains a concern. Transforming the UK energy system – public values, attitudes and acceptability brings together the findings from two in-depth phases of research carried out […]

  • Oxford University Study Estimates Maximum Generated Energy from Pentland Firth

    10 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Tidal turbines stretched across Pentland Firth, which separates the Orkney Islands from mainland Scotland, could generate up to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of power – equivalent to almost half of Scotland’s electricity needs. A new study, led by Oxford University researchers, provides the first reliable estimate of the maximum energy that could be generated from Pentland […]

  • Detailed Antarctic Seafloor Topography Released

    9 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Reliable information on the depth and floor structure of the Southern Ocean has so far been available for only few coastal regions of the Antarctic. An international team of scientists under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, has for the first time succeeded in creating a digital […]

  • Canada boosts tidal power sector with $9.4 million

    10 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    Canada is investing $9.4 million in four tidal energy projects that will bring clean energy technologies to the Atlantic region. The announcement took place following a tour of the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy’s facilities in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Nova Innovation has secured $4 million to build a tidal turbine array using subsea tidal […]

  • IADC: Dredging Education Reaches New Levels (The Netherlands)

    18 June 2012

    Maritime infrastructure construction is not possible without dredging. At the core of every port expansion or coastal engineering achievement lies the bedrock of dredging operations and the skills of the dredging industry. And at the centre of state-of-the-art dredging lies high-level education. Over the years education and research have reached new heights – and depths […]

  • Bechtel Announces Results of ROPES Project

    4 June 2014
    Research & Development

    Bechtel announced the results of the Research on the Passing Effects on Ships (ROPES) project, a groundbreaking joint-industry study to improve the safety of shipping ports. The results, unveiled at the PIANC World Congress in San Francisco, confirmed that in restricted waters, the wash from passing ships can exert large forces on moored vessels, mooring […]

  • Two Ocean Robot Boats Showcased at NOC

    12 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Two oceangoing unmanned vehicles designed for long endurance scientific research were showcased at the National Oceanography Centre to potential users from across the marine scientific community, defence industry and broader marine industries. At the meeting it was announced that the National Oceanography Centre is to purchase the vehicles – AutoNaut and C-Enduro for UK scientific […]

  • Diver Admits Fraud in Historic Cannons Case

    16 June 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    A diver who failed to correctly declare where he found historic cannons dating back to the 1600s has pleaded guilty to fraud in excess of £46,000. Vincent Woolsgrove from Ramsgate in Kent, said he had found three 24lb cannons off North Foreland which were originally from the City of Amsterdam. The cannons were originally part […]

  • Tecton Corporation Acquires Endurance Exploration Group

    3 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Tecton Corporation (TTNC) (the “Company”) announced that it has acquired Endurance Exploration Group, LLC in a share exchange agreement. Endurance Exploration Group, LLC (“Endurance”) is a development stage company that specializes in subsea shipwreck research, search and survey, inspection, and recovery projects. Additional information regarding the acquisition can be found in the Company’s “Super 8K” […]

  • CRP’s Undersea Mining Project Step Closer (New Zaeland)

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Independent research on Chatham Rock Phosphate (CRP) prepared by Edison Investment Research (Edison) says the most significant risks relating to the project are easing. “CRP is moving closer to demonstrating a commercially and technically viable undersea mining project, risks still remain but the most significant are easing.” “Doubts over the technical viability of undersea seabed […]

  • South African Department of Environmental Affairs Takes Delivery of S.A. Agulhas II

    5 April 2012

    STX Finland Rauma Shipyard delivered a polar supply and research vessel to the South African government’s Department of Environmental Affairs on April 4th. The vessel named S.A. Agulhas II is a multipurpose vessel, and can operate as a supply, research and passenger vessel, as well as an icebreaker, according to MarineLink.com. The flag-changing ceremony was […]

  • NERC’s RRS Discovery Visits NOC Liverpool

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) new research ship the RRS Discovery berthed at the Liverpool Cruise terminal to allow NOC staff and their families to have a look at her. The new ship is almost 100m long and cost £75 million. It is packed with state-of-the-art scientific equipment, the infrastructure needed to deploy it, […]

  • Carnegie, UWA team up for anchoring system project

    28 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Carnegie Wave, an Australian wave energy developer, will join forces with the University of Western Australia (UWA) on a project to research and develop more efficient anchoring systems for wave energy converters. The project will use a multidisciplinary approach to investigate unique anchoring concepts, with the aim of developing novel strategies to avoid the most […]

  • RV Celtic Explorer in First Trans-Atlantic Mapping Survey

    17 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The first trans-Atlantic mapping survey has been announced and it’s to take place under the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance. The announcement was made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D., Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in […]

  • Construction of RRS Sir David Attenborough Starts Today

    17 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    The new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, reaches its first construction milestone today, October 17, 2016, with the ceremonial laying of the keel. Commissioned by NERC (Natural Environment Research Council), operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and built by Cammell Laird, the RRS Sir David Attenborough is meant to transform UK polar research capability. When […]

  • REV Ocean Picks V.Ships for Expedition Ship Management

    5 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    V.Ships Leisure, part of V.Group, has been appointed by REV Ocean to provide ship management services for the world’s largest research and expedition vessel, scheduled for completion in 2021. The vessel will be equipped for conducting research that covers the entire marine ecosystem, using advanced technology systems developed by knowledge clusters in Norway. It will […]

  • MBARI to Launch ‘Mission to the Deep’ Exhibit

    19 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    On November 22, the Monterey Bay Aquarium opens its re-imagined “Mission to the Deep” exhibit, highlighting the valuable work of its partners at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Inside the new “Mission to the Deep” a 360-degree video projection of the Monterey Canyon immerses visitors in a simulated underwater world. In this otherworldly […]