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  • Reefers greener than container carriers

    13 October 2009

    Container carriers with reefer containers generate 27 per cent more emissions of greenhouse gases than specialised reefer carriers, according to a study carried out by the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) of Lincoln University in Christchurch, New Zealand, reports fruitnet.com.

  • Extinction threat to wild salmon

    12 December 2007

    Wild salmon on Canada’s west coast are being driven to extinction by parasites from nearby fish farms, a study claims. Wild pink salmon around the Broughton Archipelago are declining rapidly and will die out within 10 years if no action is taken, say researchers.

  • Zuccon sets up a new maxi yacht design division

    25 February 2011

    In response to growing demand for maxi yacht designs, Zuccon International Project is drawing on years of experience in the field to strategically expand its staff and set up an in-house team dedicated specifically to research and development in the area of maxi-yacht designs.

  • Antarctic buffers sea level rise

    21 May 2005

    The ice sheet covering the interior of Antarctica is thickening, researchers report in the journal Science. This bulge may temporarily buffer rising sea levels, they believe. Antarctica’s “weight gain” is due to extra snowfall, caused by rising temperatures, the team thinks.

  • Kongsberg: Successful commissioning of the ‘Miguel Oliver’

    7 June 2007

    The Spanish research vessel ‘Miguel Oliver’ has just been commissioned and was delivered to the customer during the first week of May. Built by Asilleros M. Cies in Vigo for Secretaria General Pesca Maritima, the vessel will belong to the Spanish Fishery Ministry.

  • Eight newbuildings for Hapag-Lloyd

    17 May 2007

    Global container transport volume should surge to 138m standard containers by 2011, according to Global Insight, one of the leading economic research institutes. This would mean an increase of 40m containers or over 40% compared with 2006.

  • Shipping fish live and other industry assists

    2 April 2007

    By John Enge – Alaskan fishermen could have used a good way to ship fish live a long time ago. They need to start doing research on these things themselves, since nobody else is going to do it for them.

  • Thanet Offshore Wind Farm Could have Positive Effect on Marine Life (UK)

    3 October 2011

    Marine researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting offshore wind farms in Kent could have a positive impact on species living beneath…   By Marijke Cox (yourcanterbury) [mappress] Source: yourcanterbury, October 03, 2011

  • WHOI Atlantis Vessel Joins Search for Argentine Submarine

    28 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s (WHOI) research vessel Atlantis has joined the search for the missing Argentine submarine ARG San Juan. The vessel was en route to a planned oceanographic mission in the South Atlantic when U.S. Navy officials directed it to head to the area where last communications were received from the submarine, WHOI informed. Atlantis is […]

  • Newcastle University outlines plans for North Sea wave energy demo

    30 January 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Newcastle University has set sights on turning wave motion into a source of renewable energy with the latest project that will see the installation of a wave energy device prototype in the North Sea.

  • Larger Sand Grain Size Improves Nourishment Performance

    28 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    A comparison of recent and previous nourishments of San Diego beaches suggests that a larger sand grain size improved nourishment performance, according to Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. Sand added to three San Diego County beaches in 2012 has partially remained, surviving the large waves of the El Niño winter […]

  • Robotic Floats Deployed in the Indian Ocean

    29 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Robotic floats armed with revolutionary new sensors will be launched in the Indian Ocean, as part of a new India-Australia research partnership to find out what makes the world’s third largest ocean tick – and how both nations can benefit from it. The Indian Ocean contains vast fisheries and mineral resources that are of strategic […]

  • UK: University of Dundee Geowave Project Aims to Anchor Wave Energy

    28 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A major new research project – led by the University of Dundee – has been launched with the aim of helping make offshore wave energy a sustainable proposition. Sustainable offshore wave energy has the potential to make a real contribution towards the binding European Union commitment to source 20% of its electricity requirements from renewable […]

  • Canada: GRI Simulations Receives RDC Funding for 3D Software

    19 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Funding announced on Monday by the Research & Development Corporation (RDC) is supporting the development of an innovative 3-D simulation software product that will enhance offshore oil and gas installation design and operations. Mount Pearl-based GRI Simulations Inc. is receiving $250,000 from RDC’s Proof of Concept program to assist with simulating oil field design as […]

  • ABS Inaugurates Korea Energy Technology Center (KETC) in Busan

    30 October 2012

    Leading classification society ABS officially inaugurated the ABS Korea Energy Technology Center (KETC) in Busan, South Korea, on 19 October 2012. ABS President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki joined senior representatives of the Korean shipping and shipbuilding sectors and academia to celebrate the official opening of the ABS KETC, ABS’ first global energy center. Researchers […]

  • GeoWAVE Project Launched to Anchor Wave Energy (UK)

    23 January 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    A major new research project – lead by the University of Dundee – has been launched with the aim of helping make offshore wave energy a sustainable proposition. Sustainable offshore wave energy has the potential to make a real contribution towards the binding European Union commitment to source 20% of its electricity requirements from renewable […]

  • Major Conference Marks Final Phase of Helios Project

    3 December 2013

    A major international conference on 27 November in Copenhagen marked the final phase of the EU-funded Helios project. Helios is a cooperation research project within the EU´s 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technical Development/Transportation with MAN Diesel & Turbo acting as coordinating partner. The general objective of the project is to develop a research […]

  • UK: European Marine Science Park Offers Commercial Opportunities

    25 May 2012

    Construction of the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) has begun at Dunstaffnage near Oban, which will offer commercial space for businesses at one of the world’s leading sites for marine research and development. The 20,000 square feet building will be available by the end of 2012, with further developments planned over the coming decade. The […]

  • ExxonMobil approves KOGAS’ LNG tank tech

    16 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company granted approval for KOGAS’ design of a fully protected onshore membrane for LNG storage tanks.

  • Japanese trio developing next-gen floating wind platform

    2 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Japanese MODEC, Toyo Construction and Furukawa Electric have partnered up to develop a next-generation floating wind platform and mooring system. Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) selected the parties to develop the project as part of the public offering of research and development for technology to reduce CAPEX and OPEX of […]

  • USACE Hosts Riparian Restoration Workshop

    23 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Los Angeles District Environmental Research Branch hosted the Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory for a Hands-on Riparian Restoration Workshop from November 14 to 17 in the Prado Basin. Workshop participants helped restore an arundo removal site along the Santa Ana River in Norco, California, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Los Angeles […]

  • Management Changes at NOC

    1 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Kevin Forshaw, Associate Director Enterprise and Research Impact, will be leaving the National Oceanography Centre on July 20. He will take up a position with the University of Plymouth, as Director of Industrial and Strategic Partnerships within the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Forshaw will leave a lasting legacy of successfully launching the Marine Robotics […]

  • German AWI Purchases Sercel’s Sentinel HR 

    27 February 2018
    Equipment

    CGG informed that Sercel has sold one of its new Sentinel HR high-resolution solid streamers to the German research foundation, the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). AWI will use the Sentinel HR on research projects it is conducting to record critical data about the relationship between geological activity and ecosystems in order to gain a better understanding of the Earth’s system. […]

  • DNV GL in Aquaculture Partnership with EXPOSED

    2 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    DNV GL has teamed up with EXPOSED Aquaculture Operations Centre, with aim to make fish farming safer and more sustainable. EXPOSED is a centre for research-based innovation with the main objective to “develop knowledge and technologies for exposed aquaculture operations, enabling a sustainable expansion of the fish farming industry”. Developing aquaculture for the future brings together […]

  • WAMSI: Recovering Potential of Pilbara Seagrasses

    28 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    Research from the WAMSI Dredging Science Node has provided new insight into how seagrasses in the Pilbara may recover from disturbance events such as dredging.    While some seagrasses can potentially recover from dredging related pressures over a 200 kilometer radius, others require another meadow within five kilometers to survive, or need to be regenerated […]