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  • POWER-GEN Europe announces final keynote speakers

    2 June 2015
    Environment

    POWER-GEN Europe, and its co-located event Renewable Energy World Europe, has announced Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink and Marie Donnelly as final keynote speakers for the conference. Dezentjé was appointed president of FME, a Dutch employers’ association in the technology industry  in 2011, and her work includes launching an analysis report for the energy market that provided […]

  • Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 June 2017

    25 June 2017

    First Hywind Turbine Mounted on Its Floating Foundation The first of the total 5 turbines for the Hywind Scotland project has been lifted onto its floating foundation in Stord, Norway, and is ready for the deployment off the Scottish coast. MHI Vestas SOV Hits the Water (Video) Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has organised a launching […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 16 – 22, 2013

    22 December 2013

    Seafox 5 Finishes DanTysk Foundation Installation (Germany) As announced on December 13, all of the 80 foundations for the DanTysk offshore wind farm are now installed. TU Delft`s Researcher Develops Method for Offshore Wind Cost Reduction The costs of generating electricity through wind farms at sea still need to be lower. Researcher Michiel Zaayer of […]

  • UK: First Subsea Invests in New Mooring Connector Test Rig Facilities

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    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 […]

  • Fugro developing offshore drone base for wind farm maintenance

    3 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance

    Fugro is developing an offshore platform from which uncrewed vessels and drones can perform inspection and maintenance operations on offshore wind farms. Together with three partner companies and a research institute, Fugro has been granted EUR 3.3 million for the RoboDock project by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). The RoboDock platform enables various uncrewed vessels […]

  • OTN adds Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV

    29 July 2020
    Technology

    The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) has upgraded its remotely operated vehicle to a 1000-metre rated Saab Seaeye Falcon DR. The Falcon ROV was chosen in a competitive bid process. Greater depth capability of the Falcon DR extends the potential for maintenance and recovery of lost tracking equipment, lends itself to oceanographic and biological surveying, and […]

  • MARIC wins AiP from RINA for dual-fuel crude oil tanker

    19 March 2021
    Environment, Transition, Vessels

    Classification society RINA has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) Certificate to Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) for its 157,000dwt dual fuel crude oil tanker. The vessel features an innovative propulsion system featuring two four-stroke dual-fuel engines and an electric power demand arrangement system. According to MARIC, the vessel achieves the Energy Efficiency […]

  • Secretary-General Backs Up New Exploration Contract

    20 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Speaking at the contract signing between the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and Ifremer on Tuesday, November 18,  Secretary-General Nii Allotey Odunton said the new contract marked the beginning of a new era in what has been a productive relationship between Ifremer and the ISA. He said the contract being signed was also a pioneering contract […]

  • MPA, PSA Ink MoU on Developing Container Port Technologies

    11 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and PSA Corporation Limited (PSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to extend their collaboration under the Port Technology Research and Development Program (PTRDP). The extension of the Program will allow MPA and PSA to continue with research and development (R&D) initiatives to develop next-generation technologies […]

  • Rawwater Hires New Business Development Manager

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

    Rawwater, the UK-based specialists in contract research and consultancy services for facilities design, oilfield souring and well abandonment, has employed Mike Mooney as business development manager. Before joining Rawwater, Mooney was employed as a business development/sales manager with oilfield chemicals specialists Reda Oilfield. Prior to that, he provided specialist consultancy services globally. His earlier roles […]

  • Aquabotix Joins IWRP Consortium

    27 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    UUV Aquabotix has been accepted as a member of the Information Warfare Research Project consortium (IWRP), a consortium focused on advancing information warfare capabilities to enhance United States Navy and United States Marine Corps mission effectiveness. As a member of IWRP, Aquabotix will gain access to US Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Command’s Other Transaction Authority […]

  • Aquabotix Adds New Commercial Partner

    6 March 2018
    Project & Tenders

    UUV Aquabotix has added new commercial partner and distributor, Azorean Aquatic Technologies, to help support the company’s global expansion and sale of its underwater robotics products. Azorean, headquartered in Ponta Delgada, Portugal, will aid the sale of Aquabotix’s Endura remotely operated vehicle (ROV), Integra AUV/ROV and AquaLens Connect underwater camera system. “We welcome Azorean to […]

  • Money Secured for Rhode Island Study

    10 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline have announced $891,243 in federal funding for a partnership between Rhode Island and four other New England states to study the effects of coastal storms and develop tools and solutions to help communities respond to these events. The partnership will include researchers […]

  • CGG Donates Geoscience Software to Mozambique’s University

    6 September 2019

    CGG has donated a comprehensive geoscience software and supportive training package to Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. Its Geology Department was the first in Mozambique to benefit from such a collaboration initiative as part of CGG’s global University Donation Program (UDP) to further improve opportunities for local students to […]

  • MRC explores global marine renewables opportunities

    25 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) will host a webinar where Canadian marine renewable energy companies will get a chance to hear what Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and Export Development Canada (EDC), can do to help them expand to international markets.

  • OPT bags $1.7 million

    26 January 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has received approximately $1.7 million through New Jersey’s Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program. The program enables companies to raise cash to finance their growth and operations and is administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Division of Taxation. Under the program, […]

  • Bangor University hosts tidal lagoon workshop

    26 May 2016
    Research & Development, Technology

    Bangor University hosted a 2-day tidal lagoon research workshop in the recently opened Marine Centre Wales in Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey.

  • MacArtney Norge to Supply Cables for IMR’s MUST System

    19 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    MacArtney Norge AS has, through tender procedure, secured a contract for the supply of electro-optical cables for the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research’s (IMR) MUST system on the “G.O. Sars” research vessel. The contract has a value of approximately 965,000 NOK (152,217 USD). MUST (Multi-Usage System for Towed vehicle) is used for mapping and volume […]

  • NREL’s variable-geometry wave energy concept advances to test phase

    17 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in United States have built and tested a small-scale prototype of novel wave energy device which can adapt its shape according to the strength of the waves for greater survivability and power extraction.

  • German, US Scientists Study Seawater Along Greenland’s West Coast

    14 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    This year Greenland is experiencing one of the warmest summers in its recent history. This heat wave has meant that an international research team is in the unique position of being able to collect important climate data from the changing Arctic. Until today German and US scientists on board the research ship MARIA S. MERIAN […]

  • USA: Students Compete in 15th International RoboSub Competition

    25 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Thirty-two teams of high school and college engineering students have put underwater robots through their paces in gladiator-themed missions at the 15th International RoboSub Competition, July 17-22, in San Diego. Co-sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation, the international competition challenges students to design and […]

  • Coral Reefs to Decline Because of Global Warming

    1 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Coral reefs are predicted to decline under the pressure of global warming. However, a number of coral species can survive at seawater temperatures even higher than predicted for the tropics during the next century. How they survive, while most species cannot, is being investigated by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) and New […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime and Vestfold University College sign R&D agreement to cooperate on innovation simulator training

    20 January 2011

    Kongsberg Maritime’s simulation division and Vestfold University College has signed a framework agreement to further explore activities and projects of joint interest within research and development of maritime simulators from an innovation and human factor perspective. The agreement which was signed 22nd December 2010 comprises extensive R&D project plans and the use of an Interactive […]

  • New British Marine and Maritime Industry Growth Plan Launched

    19 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      A new strategy that could lead to £8 billion growth in the British marine and maritime industry has been launched today by Business Minister Mark Prisk at one of Europe’s premier on-water shows, the PSP Southampton Boat Show. Drawing on the thinking of business, Government and academia, the Marine Industries Growth Strategy (MIGS) is […]

  • U.S. Navy Backs Washington University’s Wave, Tidal Energy R&D with USD 8 Mln

    27 October 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The U.S. Navy has committed to get half of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. One element of that strategy will be looking to extract energy from tides, currents and waves. The University of Washington is helping to reach that goal with an $8 million, four-year contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering […]