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  • NOAA Finds High Levels of Pollutants in Guánica Bay

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The pollutants measured in the sediments of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico, in a new NOAA study were among the highest concentrations of PCBs, chlordane, chromium and nickel ever measured in the history of NOAA’s National Status & Trends, a nationwide contaminant monitoring program that began in 1986. Researchers from the National Ocean Service’s National Centers […]

  • MacArtney Delivers Focus 2 ROTV to German WTD 71

    1 August 2016
    Equipment

    German navy research institute, WehrTechnische Dienststelle, WTD 71, has taken delivery of MacArtney Focus 2 ROTV system. WTD 71, with the main task of developing new underwater technologies for the German navy, will use Focus 2 ROTV as a tool for their research efforts. The system is supplied with MacArtney Luxus compact low light cameras, ORE trackpoint 3 USBL transponder, Valeport MiniSVS sound velocity sensor […]

  • The Netherlands: Multratug 19’s Naming ceremony to Take Place on June 22

    8 June 2012

    Multratug 19’s namegiving ceremony will take place on June 22 at 16.00 hrs during the official opening of the ‘Terneuzense Havendagen’, in the ‘Oude Veerhaven’. Multratug 19 is the second vessel built by Damen for Multraship, following the 2010 delivery of the newbuilding ASD3213 tug, Multratug 3, built at Damen’s Vietnam yard. Ms. An Sofie […]

  • Timmons Adds AXYS to Its Team

    8 April 2014

    Timmons Group chose  AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) to become a member of its team recently awarded a research project funded by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) to explore new methods of metocean and offshore environmental monitoring. Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on March 26, 2014 that the Timmons Group proposal was one of […]

  • Schottel Hydro tests scaled Triton tidal platform

    11 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Schottel Hydro, a German-based provider of hydrokinetic energy solutions, is testing the scaled version of Triton tidal energy platform at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin.

  • Wave Energy Scotland is recruiting

    19 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is looking for wave energy professionals to help drive the Scottish wave energy sector forward. WES is recruting for a Project Manager, and two Project Engineers. According to WES, Project Manager will be tasked with managing the projects accepted onto the WES programme, including negotiation of contracts with successful bidders under […]

  • Lockheed Martin appoints new Senior Vice President and CTO

    19 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Lockheed Martin has named Rodney A. Makoske as Senior Vice President, Corporate Engineering, Technology, and Operations and a corporate officer, and Dana Jackson as vice president and chief technology officer (CTO). Makoske will be responsible for providing corporate leadership in the strategic areas of technology, engineering, production, supply chain, program management, and sustainment operations. His […]

  • Wave energy grid integration easier than that of wind energy

    8 January 2015
    Environment

    A study done in collaboration of researchers suggests that wave energy systems developed in the Pacific Northwest could be integrated into the overall energy grid at lower costs than some other forms of alternative energy, including wind power. The study demonstrates that “wave energy will have fewer problems with variability than some energy sources and […]

  • Planning set to begin for marine test site off Sweden

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

    Ocean Energy Sweden has informed that the planning for the Skagerrak test site for marine and maritime innovation will begin during the meeting of the project group scheduled for this week.

  • VIDEO: Seatricity Tests Its Device in Beaufort Wave Basin

    27 July 2015
    Research & Development, Technology

    Seatricity had tested the Oceanus technology in the Beaufort Wave Basin of the Hydraulics and Marine Research Centre at the University of Cork from 13th to 17th July. The week was supported by the MARINET FP7 programme – a European Community – Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 “Capacities” Specific Programme. During the week a number […]

  • New Study Documents Natural Relationship Between CO2 Concentrations and Sea Level

    3 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present (almost 400 parts per million) were systematically associated with sea levels at least nine metres above current levels. The study determined […]

  • Siemens to Spend USD 1 Billion on Business Expansion in Brazil

    25 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Siemens plans to expand its presence in the important growth market Brazil – setting the course for sustainable long-term growth in the country. The company intends to invest up to 1$ billion over the next five years with the aim of strengthening and expanding its business in Brazil. Investment will span the entire Siemens portfolio […]

  • New director of Subsea Systems Institute at University of Houston

    29 September 2015

    Bill Maddock has been named director of the 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. The University of Houston (UH) announced this appointment on Monday. Maddock is an experienced marine and offshore engineer with […]

  • The Netherlands: Archaeologists Find Traces of Stone Age Habitation in Port of Rotterdam

    8 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The site of what is now Rotterdam’s Yangtzehaven was inhabited by humans in the Middle Stone Age. At a depth of 20 metres, in the sea bed, unique underwater archaeological investigation found traces of bone, flint and charcoal from around 7000 BC. These finds are the very first scientific proof that humans lived at this […]

  • Oregon State University to Develop Bird-monitoring System (USA)

    15 February 2012
    Research & Development, Technology

    The next generation of wind energy facilities in the United States may be built offshore where winds are stronger, floating platforms could be utilized, and links to power grids may already exist. Though the development of such offshore wind towers locally is still in the conceptual stage, there already is concern over the potential impacts […]

  • TNO: Keep it simple, sustainable and predictable…

    19 June 2013

    Currently most of the licences for offshore wind farm development zones are granted with a lease period of 20 to 25 years. As a consequence the turbines have to be built to last for at least that period. There are several elements that can affect the life span of a turbine once it is installed […]

  • Third ship in NOAA fleet launched

    20 December 2007

    In a balmy, sunny ceremony Wednesday on the banks of the Escatawpa River, VT Halter Marine launched the third in a series of four fisheries research ships it’s building for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ship will homeport at NOAA’s facilities being rebuilt along the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula, which were destroyed by […]

  • Origami-inspired flexible wave energy device undergoes testing at NREL

    20 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Flatirons Campus, researchers have embarked on testing a flexible wave energy converter (WEC) prototype, designed to advance the capabilities of marine renewable energy.  The collaboration between NREL, the University of Florida, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) resulted in a prototype built under the distributed embedded energy […]

  • NREL to make 2.0 version of wave-powered desalination device after first faced hiccups (Video)

    15 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Following months of data-driven insights from deployments off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is moving forward with a next-generation iteration of its hydraulic and electric reverse osmosis (HERO) wave energy converter (WEC), a wave-powered desalination system.  During the deployment of NREL’s HERO WEC off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, severe […]

  • 56-foot fin whale killed by ship strike, exam confirms

    17 May 2006

    A 56-foot fin whale that washed ashore in northwest Washington died when it was struck by a ship, scientists said Wednesday. “That was fairly unequivocal,” said John Calambokidis of Cascadia Research, who led the team that examined the whale Tuesday. The carcass is on Lummi Indian tribal land that is closed to the public.

  • Successful Trial for New Remote Phosphate Monitor

    5 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Researchers at the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have conducted trials on the river Thames to evaluate a new remote phosphate monitoring technology (Cycle-P) as part of a high-frequency (hourly resolution) monitoring programme that is studying river nutrient concentrations and how they are affected by algal abundance. The monitoring system ran continuously over […]

  • Japan: JAMSTEC Obtaines Arctic Cyclone Observations Data

    1 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Jun Inoue and Masatake Hori, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), JAMSTEC, successfully obtained in situ observations on the genesis and development of an Arctic cyclone that occurred near the Arctic marginal ice zone (79.0° N) on its expedition in September 2010. The observations, carried out aboard JAMSTEC’s Oceanographic Research Vessel “Mirai,” revealed that the […]

  • USA: Markey Machinery Wins Order for Complete Suite of Winch Systems Onboard AGOR-27

    1 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Markey Machinery announces 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, […]

  • USA: Stanford, MBARI Develop AUVs for Exploration of Treacherous Deep-Ocean Terrain

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Engineers at Stanford and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have developed a system that allows autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to better anticipate obstacles in their path, enabling them to safely photograph even treacherous, distant reaches of the ocean floor. Taking a series of photographs of the same areas over time helps scientists monitor […]

  • Onshore Power Supply

    2 June 2015

    The shipping industry aims to become greener, partly driven by governmental regulations. One of the possibilities to reduce emissions like CO2, NOx and SOx is the use of onshore power supply (OPS). During the seminar ‘Generator power versus onshore power supply in the shipping industry’, organised by Platform Clean Shipping , global developments, positive effects […]