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  • VIDEO: PLOCAN offshore platform

    4 April 2016
    Research & Development, Technology

    Located 1.5 km off the coast, the platform will serve as the field control tower for the test bed with the aim of hosting the equipment and people to conduct research, development and innovation (RDI) initiatives in the marine science and technologies sector.

  • USACE Galveston Hosts CERB Meeting

    3 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is hosting the 92nd Coastal Engineering Research Board (CERB) meeting this week at the district’s headquarters building in Galveston, Texas. According to Jose E. Sanchez, SES, PE, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory and alternate designated federal officer of […]

  • AEUK Wins Torpedo Protection Gig from Dstl

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK Ltd (AEUK) has been awarded a $5.6 million (£3.5 million) three year contract for the provision of underwater defensive aids research. The exciting three year contract was awarded by Dstl to provide research into a future torpedo countermeasures system for surface ships and submarines. AEUK will be leading a team which is […]

  • Structural Integrity of Offshore Wind Turbines: Oversight of Design, Fabrication, and Installation (USA)

    29 April 2011
    Research & Development

      Structural Integrity of Offshore Wind Turbines: Oversight of Design, Fabrication, and Installation, a new report from the National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board, examines standards and practices that could be used to design U.S. offshore wind installations. In order to develop offshore wind energy in the United States, a clear set of requirements is […]

  • South Africa: Damen Wins Major Repair Contract from DAFF

    4 April 2013

    The South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has assigned Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT, part of Damen Shipyards Group) to get its fleet of Fisheries Research Vessels and Fisheries Protection & Surveillance Vessels operational as soon as possible. The scope of work includes repair works and ongoing maintenance. The DAFF Fleet currently […]

  • Orkney’s marine renewables campus moves to HIE ownership

    2 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has taken full ownership of the Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC) in Stromness, Scotland, following the transfer of Orkney Islands Council’s (OIC) share in the joint venture (JV). According to HIE, the move comes as ORIC prepares for a second phase of development, backed by a £2.8 million funding […]

  • Surface Ocean Carbon Dioxide Levels Mapped

    30 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Details of a new atlas that maps surface ocean carbon dioxide levels across the Earth have been released by an international team of marine carbon researchers. The most comprehensive dataset of its kind, the atlas allows an estimate of how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is being absorbed by the oceans globally and how this is […]

  • US-Ireland R&D program awards €500K for collaborative wave energy project

    27 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Maynooth University’s Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) has secured €500,000 through the joint US-Ireland research program for a collaborative wave energy project whose aim is to make the technology more commercially attractive.

  • World-class tidal blade test facility opens for business in Scotland

    16 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The world’s first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, which researchers say can speed up development of marine energy technologies while helping to reduce costs, has opened for business in Scotland.

  • Japan, Singapore Companies Jointly Tackling Emission Reduction System

    17 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, the Monohakobi Technology Institute, and ClassNK have teamed up with Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University and Sembcorp Marine Technology Pte. Ltd. for research on an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) intended to be used to control SOx emissions outside emission control areas. This joint research project between Singapore and Japan will […]

  • US DoE recruiting for MHK general engineer

    12 January 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Wind and Water Power Technologies Office is seeking applicants for the position of marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) general engineer. As a general engineer, the successful applicant will serve as a lead engineer of a research and technology development portfolio The responsibilities include managing multiple concurrent research and development projects, evaluating […]

  • Skipsteknisk’s ST-367 ‘Cabo de Horno’ Delivered to Chilean Navy

    11 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Skipsteknisk announces that ST-367 «Cabo de Horno» was recently delivered from Asmar Shipbuilding in Talcahuano, Chile to the Chilean Navy. The vessel is a 74 m long Fishery and Oceanographic Research vessel, built and outfitted for fishery and oceanographic research operation in Chilean waters. The vessel is built to the ICES 209 noise standard, which […]

  • Celtic Voyager to Conduct Hydrographic Survey Offshore Clare Coast, Ireland

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, has been advised that a hydrographic and geophysical survey operation will be undertaken by INFOMAR for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) off the Clare coast between the 11th and 19th March 2013. The R.V. Celtic Voyager (Call sign EIQN) is expected to carry out survey operations. […]

  • Spotted: Polarstern Returns from 5-Month Stint in the Arctic

    16 October 2015

    The research icebreaker Polarstern from the Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), returned to its homeport in Bremerhaven on October 14 following an expedition to the Arctic launched back in mid-May with an aim of studying the effects of climate changes on this region. This summer season, Polarstern carried over 200 biologists, physicists, […]

  • Bakker Sliedrecht Electrical Propulsion Package for Australian RV

    1 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Damen Shipyards Group has contracted Bakker Sliedrecht to deliver a flexible electrical propulsion system for an antarctic supply research vessel (ASRV). The vessel is being built for the Australian Government and will form an integral part of the Australian Antarctic Program program in the coming years. The ASRV will supply Australia’s permanent research stations in Antarctica […]

  • Ireland: SmartBay NIAP 2016 funding call open

    5 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    The call for applications under the Marine Institute SmartBay National Infrastructure Access Programme (NIAP), aimed at research performing organizations in Ireland, has been opened.

  • Autonomous upward-looking echosounder wanted in Wales

    29 March 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    Bangor University is looking for a supplier of an autonomous upward-looking echosounder, which will be deployed as part of the Seacams 2 marine renewable energy research project in Wales.

  • MIT: New Technique to Clean Up Oil Spills (USA)

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a new technique for magnetically separating oil and water that could be used to clean up oil spills. They believe that, with their technique, the oil could be recovered for use, offsetting much of the cost of cleanup. The researchers will present their work at the International […]

  • Wartsila Pens $200 Mln Loan for R&D Activities

    13 June 2013

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 150 million (approx. $200 million) loan to Wartsila to finance the company’s research, development and innovation (RDI) activities in several European countries. The contract for the 10-year loan was signed in Helsinki, Finland on 13 June 2013. This loan is a continuation of the longstanding and […]

  • Strathclyde University to explore corrosion of tidal turbines

    15 August 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The University of Strathclyde has been awarded £1.1 million to study erosion and corrosion of tidal and wind turbines as part of the SPIRE 2 project.

  • Pentland Firth Prime Candidate to House Marine Power Projects

    20 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Renewable tidal energy sufficient to power about half of Scotland could be harnessed from a single stretch of water off the north coast of the country, engineers say. Researchers have completed the most detailed study yet of how much tidal power could be generated by turbines placed in the Pentland Firth, between mainland Scotland and […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Secures Funds for Offshore Wind Turbine Test Field

    21 December 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has awarded Fraunhofer IWES with an EUR 18.5 million grant for the development of an offshore wind turbine test field in Bremerhaven. The test field is set to start operating in early 2017, the German research institute said, with construction works already underway. The site will be used to […]

  • ICIT, EMEC diving deeper into biofouling issues

    16 February 2018
    Research & Development

    Following the completion of an initial field research in January 2016, the International Centre of Island Technology (ICIT) and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) have now joined forces to carry out a one-year project focused on finding practical strategies to minimise the impacts of biofouling on the marine renewable energy (MRE) industry.

  • South Africa: Damen Enters Vessels Repair Contract with DAFF

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has assigned Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT, part of Damen Shipyards Group) to get its fleet of Fisheries Research Vessels and Fisheries Protection & Surveillance Vessels operational as soon as possible. The scope of work includes repair works and ongoing maintenance. The DAFF Fleet currently […]

  • ClassNK and Kyushu Seek New Energy Sources

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Kyushu University has established a new Department of Ocean Energy Resources with support from leading classification society ClassNK. This new department will join the Graduate Faculty of Engineering at Kyushu University and will be supported by ClassNK for two years from 1 April 2014 until 31 March 2016. The Department of Ocean Energy Resources is […]