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  • Obama Initiates Marine National Monument in Atlantic

    16 September 2016
    Research & Development

    President of the United States Barack Obama has under the Antiquities Act designated the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. The monument, more than 100 miles southeast of Cape Cod in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, is home to undersea canyons and seamounts that comprise fragile and largely pristine deep marine ecosystems and rich biodiversity, including […]

  • USA: KCF Technologies Smart Tether Supports Rozalia Project’s Goal of Cleaning Seas

    4 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean concluded a record-setting year, and gave credit for some of its success to KCF Technologies Smart Tether – an innovative, very simple to use, non-acoustic navigation system that offers real-time GPS positioning for remotely operated underwater vehicles, along with advanced scanning, mapping, and target-marking functions. According to Rozalia […]

  • EIA: Potential of Gas Hydrates Is Great, But Practical Development Is Far Off (USA)

    8 November 2012

    Methane hydrates (or gas hydrates) are cage-like lattices of water molecules containing methane, the chief constituent of natural gas. They may represent one of the world’s largest reservoirs of carbon-based fuel. However, with abundant availability of natural gas from conventional and shale resources, there is no economic incentive to develop gas hydrate resources, and no […]

  • Alcoa Wins Contract from US Navy

    8 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Alcoa announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded a $2.1 million contract to Alcoa to develop advanced welding techniques designed to reduce manufacturing costs on aluminum-intensive ships. Under the program, developed through a collaboration by Alcoa’s Government Affairs team and researchers at the Alcoa Technical Center in New Kensington, PA, Alcoa will adapt high-deposition […]

  • Dynamic cabling R&D for floating marine renewables starts in France

    27 February 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The partners in the collaborative research and development initiative aimed at metaphysical characterization of dynamic umbilicals for floating marine renewable energy devices, known as the OMDYN2 project, have held a kick-off meeting last month in France.

  • LR to work with Chinese partners on 220,000-cbm LNG carrier

    8 July 2019
    Research & Development, Vessels

    Classification society Lloyd’s Register has signed an agreement with a group of Chinese companies to design and develop the first 220,000-cbm LNG carrier with a GTT Mark III membrane containment system.

  • RenewableUK Criticises Civitas’ Wind Power Report

    9 January 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave & tidal industry, has criticised a report published by the thinktank Civitas for failing to understand how wind power works as part of the UK’s electricity generation system. The study, by Ruth Lea, Director of Civitas’s Manufacturing Renewal Project, claims that both onshore and offshore wind power […]

  • Australia: Carnegie Presents Perth Wave Energy Project

    13 November 2012

    Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, welcomed the leadership of the United States Defence Force and Australian Defence Force to Carnegie’s Wave Energy Research Facility for a briefing on Carnegie’s flagship Perth Wave Energy Project. Carnegie’s Perth Wave Energy Project is located at Garden Island in Western Australia, home to HMAS Stirling, Australia’s largest […]

  • UK Tidal Energy Frontrunner, Says Frost & Sullivan

    27 July 2015

    The growing emphasis on renewable and carbon neutral energy generation has pushed tidal energy into the spotlight. Tidal energy being more reliable than wave energy has a few operational plants with substantial capacity across the globe. New, experimental concepts such as dynamic tidal power, which enable production even in low-tide regions, possess the potential to […]

  • Technology de-risking at NUI Galway set to usher in new age for marine renewables

    27 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    A research team in the SFI MaREI Centre at NUI Galway has made a significant contribution to technology development in the marine energy sector, by delivering three full-scale structural testing programmes to de-risk blade components to allow for commercial and operational trials in Alaska and Scotland.

  • China enriches offshore oil & gas operations arsenal with its first and ‘world’s largest’ fracturing vessel

    26 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    A design scheme of China’s first offshore oilfield fracturing vessel passed the basic design review of China Classification Society (CCS). 

  • Australia: Coalition fishes for votes

    19 August 2010

    The Australian Coalition has unveiled its policy for commercial and recreational fishing sectors ahead of the federal election on August 21, with measures to give greater representation to the fishing sector, increased investment in promoting a sustainable seafood industry, provide more funding for fisheries research and a commitment to fight against illegal foreign fishing.

  • New report highlights Darwin’s cruise ship potential

    28 May 2010

    A new research report launched by the Minister for Tourism Martin Ferguson has highlighted the potential of cruise ships to drive tourism growth in the northern Australian city of Darwin. The Australian cruise ship industry had a record year in 2008-09, with both cruise ships and visitors to ports increasing.

  • Co-operation promises safer equipment

    5 March 2009

    The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (Pema) and TT Club are to co-operate to promote best practice in the safe design and operation of port equipment worldwide. The agreement follows on from research carried out by the mutual insurance firm into the causes of equipment accidents and loss in the global port and terminal sector.

  • Canadian Coast Guard to Get 18-21 New Vessels

    26 June 2013

    The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans today announced funding of up to $488M to procure 18-21 new vessels for the Coast Guard Fleet. Minister MacKay made the announcement during the 2013 Mari-Tech Conference, an annual event providing marine engineers and those […]

  • China picks up 80 percent of newbuild orders in June

    13 July 2009

    UK-based shipping researcher and analyst Clarksons reported that the total tonnage of new ships ordered in June reached 1.83 million DWT. Chinese yards received some 80 percent of the orders (1.6 million DWT) and South Korean yards took the remaining tonnage.

  • Scientists Find Origin of Dissolved Iron in Central Pacific

    3 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A new study led by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) points to the deep ocean as a major source of dissolved iron in the central Pacific Ocean. This finding highlights the vital role ocean mixing plays in determining whether deep sources of iron reach the surface-dwelling life that need it to survive. […]

  • ‘Polarstern’ Returns after Antarctic Mission

    11 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    After year and a half in the Antarctic the research vessel Polarstern is expected back in its home port on 13 April. Apart from the crew and scientists on board, there are lots of data, samples and animals from the Southern Ocean that will soon be examined more closely in the laboratories of the Alfred […]

  • Maritime Know-How in Demand for Offshore Wind Energy and Oil & Gas Production

    14 June 2012

    The offshore segment is one of the most promising fields of activity for the maritime industry ‑ with the main focus on provision of hardware and services both for wind energy as a growth market and for the boom sector of offshore oil and gas production. The technical challenges and economic opportunities will be addressed […]

  • Antarctica Is in Need of Protection, Texas A&M University Oceanographer Says

    20 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      The continent of Antarctica is at risk from human activities and other forces, and environmental management is needed to protect the planet’s last great wilderness area, says an international team of researchers, including a Texas A&M University oceanographer, in a paper published in the current issue of Science magazine. Mahlon “Chuck” Kennicutt II, professor […]

  • USA: Markey Receives Order for Winch Systems for AGOR-27

    1 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Markey Machinery announce that it has been awarded an order for a complete suite of winch systems onboard AGOR-27, a new academic research vessel under construction at Dakota Creek Industries, (Anacortes, Washington). Sponsored by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research, this award continues a plan to renew America’s aging fleet of academic research vessels, […]

  • Maritime Know-How in Demand for Offshore Wind Energy and Oil & Gas Production

    14 June 2012

    The offshore segment is one of the most promising fields of activity for the maritime industry ‑ with the main focus on provision of hardware and services both for wind energy as a growth market and for the boom sector of offshore oil and gas production. The technical challenges and economic opportunities will be addressed […]

  • NSRI to become part of Subsea UK

    31 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) is set to be incorporated into Subsea UK as part of an on-going transition towards the establishment of a Global Underwater Hub.

  • EMGS’ Vessel Utilization Increases

    4 October 2017

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has seen vessel utilization for the third quarter 2017 at 77% compared with 52% for the third quarter 2016. In the third quarter of 2017, the company had one vessel in operation. This vessel was allocated 72% to multi-client projects and 5% to a funded research and development project. In the […]

  • Malaysia: More Jobs for Hock Seng Lee in 2013

    14 January 2013

    Hock Seng Lee (HSL) Bhd would be able to get ports dredging works, waste water management, flood mitigation, rural road works and other infrastructure projects on the back of the execution of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE), said Kenanga Research. “Over the years, HSL has transformed vast acres of uninhabitable swamp land into […]