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  • RGU wins $1.5 million to establish hydrogen testing facility in Scotland

    11 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been awarded £1.2 million ($1.5m) of funding by the Scottish Government to establish a hydrogen testing facility at the National Subsea Centre (NSC) in Aberdeen. According to RGU, the funding comes as part of the Hydrogen Innovation Scheme, a £7 million ($8.8m) capital funding stream of the Emerging Energy Technologies […]

  • GCMD, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center join forces to decarbonize shipping

    24 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have entered into a partnership to boost the shipping industry’s decarbonisation agenda.

  • World’s largest ocean carrier in action to save Mediterranean whales

    27 January 2022
    Environment, Regulation & Policy

    Swiss-Italian shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), currently the world’s largest ocean carrier, has decided to re-route its ships on the west coast of Greece in a swift action to reduce the risk of collision with endangered sperm whales in the Mediterranean.

  • UK: Marine Science Park Creates Business Growth Opportunities

    25 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • The Onshore and Offshore Wind Power Generation Outlook (UK)

    6 January 2011

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The Onshore and Offshore Wind Power Generation Outlook” report to their offering. With vast potential around the world and technological developments taking shape to achieve better efficiencies for power generation, wind power will experience considerable growth going forward. Wind power technology has developed over years in […]

  • Tidal energy demonstration: A worthwhile endeavor

    20 August 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Amanda White, the Acting Executive Director at Canada’s national association for wave and tidal energy – Marine Renewables Canada – has reflected on the recent activity in tidal energy, and the status of the sector, in the following opinion editorial piece.

  • The Netherlands: Ecofys Starts Trials on Seaweed Cultivation and Offshore Wind Energy

    5 March 2012
    Environment, Research & Development

    Ecofys started a trial with the combination of seaweed cultivation and offshore wind energy. Thursday, 01 March, the cultivation module left the NIOZ harbour on the Dutch island of Texel for a disused sand extraction area 10 kilometres west of the island. By late June, Ecofys hopes to harvest the first supply of Dutch seaweed […]

  • SOCAR strengthens energy ties in oil & gas realm with ExxonMobil and Canadian player

    3 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production

    Thanks to a new set of deals, the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is pooling resources with the U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil and Canada’s Gran Tierra Energy to explore energy opportunities.

  • Floating solar farms could mitigate harmful climate change effects on water

    6 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Floating solar farms could help protect lakes and reservoirs from some of the harms of climate change, a new study suggests.

  • Clarksons: 27% of the order book to run on alternative fuels

    1 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Ports & Logistics, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    Alternative fuels are gaining traction in the maritime industry amid growing regulatory pressure and currently, they account for 3.5% of the fleet, and 27% of the order book by tonnage, data from Clarksons Research shows.

  • Kongsberg: Successful Factory Acceptance Test for Simrad ME70

    7 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Delegates from the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) visited the Kongsberg Maritime Subsea headquarters in Horten, Norway late December 2013 for the successful Factory Acceptance Test of their second Simrad ME70 scientific multibeam echosounder. Ifremer is assigned the task of contributing to the knowledge of oceans and their resources, the monitoring […]

  • Houston Subsea Systems Institute Gets New Chief

    29 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Subsea Systems Institute, a national research center established in Houston to develop the transformative technologies, engineering and operational practices to safely and sustainably produce deepwater offshore energy resources, has named Bill Maddock as it new director. Maddock is a marine and offshore engineer with expertise in offshore structures, marine operations and the ice sciences. A […]

  • Successful Factory Acceptance Test for Simrad ME70 Scientific Multibeam Echosounder

    7 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Delegates from the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) visited the Kongsberg Maritime Subsea headquarters in Horten, Norway late December 2013 for the successful Factory Acceptance Test of their second Simrad ME70 scientific multibeam echosounder. Ifremer is assigned the task of contributing to the knowledge of oceans and their resources, the monitoring […]

  • IBM and SEAI Launch Wave Energy Project Offshore Ireland

    28 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      IBM and The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) are working together to understand and minimize the environmental impact of converting wave energy into electricity. This project, the first to use real-time streaming analytics for monitoring underwater noise generated by wave energy conversion devices, represents a significant step toward the ability to successfully and sustainably […]

  • USA: GE Develops At-Home Refueling Station for NG Vehicles

    19 July 2012

    In what could help fuel widespread adoption of NG vehicles in the US and globally, GE researchers, in partnership with Chart Industries and scientists at the University of Missouri, have been awarded a program through Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) to develop an affordable at-home refueling station that would meet ARPA-E’s target of […]

  • Japan to Resume Whaling in the Antartic

    30 November 2015

    Japan has announced plans to send its whaling fleet to the Antarctic Ocean under its new scaled-down scientific whale research program despite the public outcry against its lethal whaling practices. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that the fleet would head for the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, December 1st and that it […]

  • Norway: Simrad Multibeam Echosounder Completes Acceptance Test

    7 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Delegates from the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) visited the Kongsberg Maritime Subsea headquarters in Horten, Norway late December 2013 for the successful Factory Acceptance Test of their second Simrad ME70 scientific multibeam echosounder. Ifremer is assigned the task of contributing to the knowledge of oceans and their resources, the monitoring […]

  • US Grid Ready for Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power Boost

    22 February 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    US electrical grid has the potential to handle large amounts of installed offshore wind capacity which would also lead to less pollution and reduced electricity costs, according to a study carried out by researchers from the University of Delaware and Princeton University.

  • Russian North Pole mission stalls

    26 July 2007

    A Russian naval expedition on its way to explore the ocean floor below the North Pole has come to a sudden halt. The Akademik Fyodorov research ship suffered engine failure a day after setting off from Murmansk port and is reportedly drifting in the Barents Sea.

  • Whales, vessels on collision course

    20 November 2006

    The number of collisions between vessels and humpback whales this year is already up to six, prompting discussions about speed limits on the oceans around Hawai’i as a way to protect both humans and the whales. Researchers estimate that 10,000 of the big animals visit Hawaiian waters each year

  • 800-year pollution threat from WWII munitions detected in Baltic Sea

    4 March 2025
    Environment, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Safety

    The southwestern Baltic Sea contains 3,000 kilograms of toxic chemicals leaking from unexploded ordnance (UXO), according to a GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel study. Without intervention, contamination will increase as metal casings corrode, continuously releasing toxic compounds for an estimated 800 years. Water samples taken in 2017 and 2018 showed contamination across the […]

  • Nekton Boosts Subsea Data Streams with Inmarsat

    6 March 2020
    Equipment, Research & Development

    The deep ocean research institute Nekton has chosen Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress to enable images captured by from the floor of the Indian Ocean to be transmitted to audiences worldwide. The maritime high-speed broadband service provided connectivity to relay broadcast images from Nekton’s submersible off the Seychelles last year. Along with Associated Press, Sky News and […]

  • Why the wind energy sector needs PhDs

    11 April 2016
    Human Capital, Research & Development

    By Dr Ali Mehmanparast REMS CDT Manager The rapid growth of the wind energy sector relies on engineering know-how as much as it does on planning and regulatory changes. But the growth of the industry could be stunted if the sector doesn’t get enough doctoral-level graduates able to deliver the innovations needed. Thankfully, the UK […]

  • STX Finland scores polar deal

    19 November 2009

    STX Finland Oy and the South African Department of Environmental Affairs have signed a contract for construction of a polar supply and research vessel, STX reports. The vessel is valued at 116 million Euros. The vessel will be built in the Rauma shipyard and it will be delivered in spring 2012.

  • Captive breeding ‘weakens’ beasts

    5 October 2007

    Animals bred in captivity to help conservation programmes can quickly become less fit for survival in the wild, research suggests. US scientists found steelhead trout reared in hatcheries were much less good at reproducing than wild fish.