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  • Mamiraua Institute, WWF Study Amazon River Dolphin Population

    8 September 2014
    Research & Development

    In the same week that Amazon Day is commemorated, the Mamiraua Institute and WWF are publicising the preliminary results of an expedition undertaken to register the distribution of Amazon River dolphin species (tucuxi and pink river dolphins) and estimate their abundance in the Tapajos River basin. The team of researchers travelled 577 km on board […]

  • New Additions to EMEC’s Team

    7 August 2014

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd added two new members to its team, Caitlin Long and Danielle Wick. In her role as Research and Consents Officer, Caitlin will work closely with developers taking them through the consenting process at EMEC, and assisting with liaison between developers, regulators and regulatory consultees. She will also be […]

  • ASV, BMT Aim to Improve Safe Autonomous Navigation at Sea

    11 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    ASV Global and BMT are leading a new £1.2-million research project to enhance the safety and reliability of autonomous navigation. The project team will use deep learning machine vision systems trained with a unique combination of simulated and real world data. Part funded by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, this project should enhance situational […]

  • Study points to growing role of scrubber discharge water in Baltic Sea pollution

    20 October 2022
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Discharge water from ships’ exhaust gas treatment systems (scrubbers) is responsible for up to nine percent of certain emissions of carcinogenic and environmentally harmful substances in the Baltic Sea, a study from Chalmers University of Technology reveals. ​The study was commissioned by the Swedish Transport Agency and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management to investigate the environmental […]

  • Building more climate resilient future for Louisiana’s coast

    4 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Louisiana’s Barataria Basin has experienced some of the highest rates of land loss on the planet: Between 1932 to 2016, the region lost nearly 295,000 acres of land, displacing communities, threatening critical infrastructure and jobs, and decimating formerly diverse and abundant wildlife habitat. Louisiana’s bounty – its fisheries, wildlife, and abundant natural resources – are […]

  • AWI: New Satellite Shows Precise Extent of Arctic Sea Ice Loss

    19 February 2013

    Current measurements of the ESA ice thickness satellite CryoSat-2 have shown that the total mass of the Arctic sea ice was 36 per cent smaller last autumn than during the same period in the years 2003 to 2008. Five years ago the autumn ice volumes averaged 11900 km3. But in the second quarter of 2012 […]

  • OceanGate Completes Hull Design for ‘Cyclops’ (USA)

    22 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    OceanGate Inc., a global provider of manned submersible solutions for research and commercial applications, has announced the completion of the initial carbon fiber hull design and feasibility study for its next generation manned submersible – Cyclops(TM). Under a contract issued to Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T), OceanGate, the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of […]

  • OceanGate Completes Revolutionary Hull Design for Subsea Manned Submersible

    22 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OceanGate Inc., a global provider of manned submersible solutions for research and commercial applications, has announced the completion of the initial carbon fiber hull design and feasibility study for its next generation manned submersible – Cyclops™. Under a contract issued to Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T), OceanGate, the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of […]

  • UK’s center for low-carbon technologies Cenex joins Maritime Battery Forum

    11 December 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Cenex, the UK’s center of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies, has joined the Maritime Battery Forum (MBF), a community that aims to promote new and efficient energy storage technologies in the maritime industry.

  • Anglesey birds wearing solar-powered trackers to ensure safe tidal energy deployment 

    12 August 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    This initiative, part of the marine characterization research project (MCRP), aims to ensure the safe deployment of tidal energy devices in the Morlais scheme.

  • Team Tao Recognised in Ocean XPRIZE Competition

    6 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    A team of North East-based subsea engineering experts from Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) and Newcastle University have been recognised for their innovative engineering approach in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition. TeamTao, the only UK team and one of the smallest to reach the grand final of the Ocean XPRIZE, were recognised for their highly […]

  • Deltares: Franz Edelman Award for Optimisation of Dutch Dike Standards

    9 April 2013

    The ‘Economically Efficient Flood Standards to Protect the Netherlands against Flooding’ project, which calculated the optimal design for Dutch dikes, has won the prestigious Franz Edelman Award in Texas. Deltares came in ahead of five other finalists, including Baosteel, Chevron, Dell, Kroger and McKesson. A consortium of Dutch organisations developed and implemented a new method […]

  • Iberdrola gets €100 million EIB support for innovation strategy

    25 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Innovation, Research & Development

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a financing agreement with Iberdrola to support the company’s two-year innovation, research and development strategy for renewables with €100 million. Iberdrola will use the funds for R&D in renewables, the production of green hydrogen and the development of floating wind and photovoltaic installations, and will also include the […]

  • Unmanned underwater vehicles market at $4.1 billion revenue in 2020

    14 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The global unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) market generated $4,104.2 million in revenue in 2020, according to research by P&S Intelligence. The market is said to be driven by the increasing requirement for maritime security equipment, advancements in underwater inspection systems, and surging spending by governments for the procurement of UUVs. The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) category generated […]

  • BAM Ready for Wharf-Building Project in Antarctica

    4 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A huge cargo ship loaded with 4,500 tonnes of steel and construction equipment required to build a new Antarctic wharf has arrived at British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station, reports BAM Nuttall. Work began immediately on the huge task of unloading the cargo, which is likely to take around two weeks. The ship, containing plant, 83 containers, permanent and […]

  • SmartBay supports marine biodiversity monitoring

    14 April 2020
    Research & Development

    Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is using the SmartBay observatory to integrate environmental DNA (eDNA) approaches to monitor marine biodiversity in Galway bay. eDNA tool relies on the acquisition of nucleic acids from environment to detect species that have shed “biological traces”. The project is using a programmable filtration sampler to filter large volumes of […]

  • Interim chief financial officer of KrisEnergy takes on permanent role

    19 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Oil and gas company KrisEnergy has decided to promote its interim chief financial officer (CFO) to a permanent role.

  • OceanWorks and Hydroacoustics Join Forces

    7 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OceanWorks, a subsea solution engineering company, and Hydroacoustics, Inc. (HAI) have entered into a definitive agreement that provides for the combination and integration of the two companies. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of OceanWorks and Hydroacoustics. HAI was founded in 1972 as a research and development company dedicated to improving […]

  • ICWRCOE 2015 Starts Next Week

    6 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    The International Conference on Water Resources, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ICWRCOE 2015) will take place from March 12-14, 2015, in Surathkal, Mangalore, India. This conference will provide a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists and academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the globe to present their research results and developmental activities in the […]

  • Scholarship Recipient to Study Coastal Erosion

    16 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    A Victoria Latin America Doctoral Scholarship will allow Isabela Cabral from Brazil to study long-term coastal erosion at the Center for Ocean Engineering, Science and Technology at Swinburne University of Technology. Ms Cabral (photo), from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, is one of only four high performing PhD students from Latin America to receive the […]

  • Benthic to Open Technology Center in Brazil

    28 August 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Benthic, a global geosciences company in subsea services group Acteon, plans to open its first Brazilian technology center and geotechnical laboratory in Rio de Janeiro. The facility will open later this year in the Technological Park of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Benthic aims to use the center for geoscience research, development and […]

  • DEA Supports Students’ PhD Projects

    4 January 2019

    DEA has welcomed three students at DEA Norway who’s PhD projects investigating NCS geology it supports. The met up offered the opportunity to exchange ideas and analysis. For the next three years, Andreas Hagset at the University of Tromsø, will study the potential for finding oil prone source rocks in the Cretaceous basins along the western margin […]

  • FORCE, Partners Fund New Environmental Monitoring Program

    23 March 2016
    Research & Development

    Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), the Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA), and the Nova Scotia Department of Energy announced $500,000 in funding to begin a new environmental effects monitoring program (EEMP) at the FORCE site in the Minas Passage. “We need to understand what effects in-stream tidal technologies may have on the marine […]

  • JOGMEC, Petrovietnam extend cooperation in Vietnam

    18 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and Petrovietnam have renewed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding comprehensive cooperation in Vietnam. JOGMEC and Petrovietnam have established and maintained their relationship since November 2007 through collaborative activities in E&P business and R&D projects. The Japanese company said on Tuesday that both parties agreed to extend […]

  • Aubin Products Available in Brazil

    26 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aubin, an independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, has announced a strategic partnership with an agent in Brazil.  The partnership agreement with Nortech, which covers the provision of pipeline gels and pig gels, will assist Aubin in accessing the Brazilian market whilst complementing the range of products currently offered by Nortech. As […]