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  • Teenager Provides Ocean Garbage Patch Solution

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    By deploying the proposed system for ten years, almost half of the plastic within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can be removed. The Ocean Cleanup, founded by Dutchman Boyan Slat, has unveiled its feasibility report today, concluding that its concept is a viable method to clean the oceans from plastic. The report is the result […]

  • Qatargas Supports CBTF (USA)

    8 June 2011

      Qatargas has extended its support to the US-based Children’s Brain Tumour Foundation (CBTF) and participated in its annual benefit dinner organised by the charity recently in New York City. The CBTF is a non-profit organisation, founded in 1988 to improve the treatment, quality of life and the long term outlook for children with brain […]

  • USA: NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary System Preserves and Protects Ocean Treasures

    24 October 2012

    For 40 years, NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary System has preserved and protected some of the most spectacular and treasured resources in the world’s oceans. The system, consisting of a network of underwater parks consisting of more than 150,000 square miles of America’s oceans, includes beautiful coral reefs, lush kelp forests, whale migration routes and underwater […]

  • Bureau Veritas Develops New Tools for Safe LNG Transportation in Arctic Regions

    24 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has responded to demand for safe LNG transportation in the Arctic regions by developing new high-level tools to assess cargo sloshing in ice conditions. It has also developed a cutting-edge probabilistic method for assessing ice loads on structure which will reduce the time and data needed to assess the […]

  • Top news, July 20 – 26, 2015

    26 July 2015

    Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 20 – 26, 2015. Tocardo, Mosscliff form joint tidal venture Tocardo, a Dutch tidal energy developer, has joined forces with UK-based Mosscliff Environmental to create a new tidal energy company MT Tidal. The newly formed venture will combine Tocardo’s […]

  • Irish Sea geological study to aid offshore developers

    15 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development

      The Crown Estate has published a study by the British Geological Survey (BGS) summarising the geological conditions of the Irish Sea that is expected to provide a valuable resource for potential developers of offshore infrastructure in the region. The study follows The Crown Estate’s publication of a wide range of data collected for the […]

  • Babcock and University of Edinburgh Team Up on New Test Facility

    21 March 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    A £2.4 million engineering research facility will seek to speed the development of materials and structures for tidal energy, transport and other industries. The FASTBLADE facility will test new materials within full scale structures such as tidal blades, plane components and bridge sections. It will be built by the University of Edinburgh and commercial partner […]

  • USA: Marinette Marine Splashes New Fisheries Survey Vessel Reuben Lasker

    19 June 2012

    Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), a Fincantieri company, on June 16 launched the Reuben Lasker, a fisheries survey vessel that the Wisconsin shipyard is building for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Pamela A. Lasker, the daughter of the ship’s namesake and its sponsor, christened the ship before the 208-ft. vessel was side-launched into the […]

  • Canada Funds Innovative PEV Smart Grid Project

    11 August 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of State and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, has announced a new, additional investment of $600,800 as part of Canada’s comprehensive strategy for enhancing innovation and […]

  • Wave Energy Coming to Ireland

    7 May 2012

    The fact that Ireland is one of the countries that has the best waves is not a secret, but how to make use of those waves in terms of making energy? TheJournal.ie reports that this has been a crucial question for many years now and Ireland has invested a vast amount of money and time […]

  • WATCH: Investigator Discovers 50-Million-Year-Old Volcanoes

    13 July 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Australia’s new ocean-going research vessel Investigator has discovered extinct volcanoes likely to be 50 million years old about 250 kilometres off the coast of Sydney. The chief scientist for the voyage, UNSW Australia marine biologist Professor Iain Suthers, said that while searching for the nursery grounds for larval lobsters the ship was also routinely mapping the seafloor […]

  • Scots awarding half a million pounds for offshore wind

    3 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Crown Estate Scotland is awarding £500,000 for the development of the local offshore wind market. The funds comprise £300,000 for Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) projects and £200,000 for environmental research. The awarding of SOWEC funding will be linked to criteria which include aligning with the goals of the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, Crown […]

  • Thailand: TRF Discusses Coastal Erosion Problems

    30 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) in cooperation with Songkhla province has held a meeting to discuss solutions to solving coastal erosion problems. Dr.Silaporn Buasai, Deputy Chief of the TRF, stated that the purpose of the meeting was for the TRF to present solutions gathered from researches on coastal erosion problem solving, especially in Songklha province, […]

  • MOL, Oshima complete hard sail system for ships

    1 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Vessels

    Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and compatriot shipbuilder Oshima Shipbuilding have completed the hard sail system jointly developed under the Wind Challenger project at the Oshima shipyard.

  • OPT secures $1 million through New Jersey funding program

    13 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    US-based marine energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has received $1 million of non-dilutive funding through the New Jersey Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program. The funding is administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Division of Taxation. “The NJEDA’s Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program continues to […]

  • RBR Sets Up Office in China

    5 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Canadian manufacturer of oceanographic instruments RBR has officially opened RBR China in Qingdao. RBR China is a wholly-owned foreign enterprise, established to more efficiently support RBR’s customer base and collaborative business development activities in China. The coastal city of Qingdao is the hub of oceanographic research in China and home to Ocean University of China, […]

  • Alewijnse in Electrical Installation on Australia’s ASRV

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

    Alewijnse Marine has won order for the full electrical installation on board the Government of Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker. The antarctic supply and research vessel (ASRV) will be the centerpiece of the Australian Antarctic Strategy and 20-year action plan and have an operational life of at least 30 years. The 156‐metre vessel will require all […]

  • Kiasma HDPE Pipes for New Suez Canal Project

    10 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Kiasma, a company involved in research and development of thermoplastic material (HDPE), has been selected as a supplier of the discharge floating pipes for the New Suez Canal Project. The HDPE pipes that will be used for dredging of the Suez Canal have been produced by Kiasma in cooperation with Deriplast (K & D Dredging). Suez Canal Authority (SCA) […]

  • France: Piriou Breaks Into Exploration Ships Market with New Order

    27 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Piriou wins a historic order and breaks into a new market, that of exploration ships. PIRIOU has just signed a contract for the construction of an exploration ship 76 metres in length that it will deliver in 36 months to a European shipowner. The ship will be built in Concarneau (29) by CHANTIERS PIRIOU, the […]

  • First Subsea Invests in Test Rig for Mooring Connectors (UK)

    16 November 2012
    Equipment

    Subsea mooring connector (SMC) specialist, First Subsea has invested over £200,000 in new mooring connector test rig facilities at its production site in Lancaster, UK. The test-rig is being used in the manufacture of ‘next generation’ SMCs for industry leading, deepwater mooring projects: the Jack & St Malo field’s semi-submersible platform and Lucius field’s Spar […]

  • JRC Testing Anti-Piracy Software

    14 November 2014

    The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is testing a new anti-piracy software in two maritime operational centres in Kenya and the Seychelles. The software known as the Piracy, Maritime Awareness and Risks (PMAR) system provides a live picture of ship traffic activity, indicating current ship positions on a digital map. By combining data from a […]

  • UK: World Container Terminal Ownership Ranking

    12 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    In this year’s ‘Global Container Terminal Operators’ annual report, Drewry Maritime Research has introduced an additional ranking of terminal operators which includes SIPG, China Merchants​, Modern Terminals and Ports America in the Top 10. The Drewry World Container Terminal Ownership Ranking has been derived by including all companies with equity teu of more than one […]

  • Glasgow brings SMEs together for UK innovation

    29 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Over 70 organisations, including SMEs and research organisations, gathered in Glasgow earlier this week to learn how they could benefit from Innovate UK’s drive to support innovation in high-growth industries, including offshore renewable energy, transport systems, and satellite applications. The ‘Cross Catapult’ networking meeting gathered eight out of the UK’s ten Catapults, according to ORE […]

  • Wave and tidal market could exceed USD 10Bln by 2024

    4 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave and tidal energy market is anticipated to reach approximately USD 11.4 billion in 2024, according to Market Research Engine. Expanding at a CAGR of 23% from 2016, this marine energy market is now expected to exceed the USD 10 billion mark, despite being valued at some USD 488 million back in 2014. The report […]

  • Study: India’s LNG demand to rise up to 17 pct by 2021

    21 January 2016

    A study by TechSci Research expects India’s LNG demand to soar from 64 million cubic meters per day in 2015 to over 306 mcm per day by 2021.