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  • NSU Gets Funding for Oil Spill Research

    19 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Oceanographic Center has been selected to receive $8.5 million part of GoMRI’s $140 million for continued research in the area of oil spills.  “The world’s oceans are changing as a result of many global and varied local and regional pressures,” said George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D, president and CEO of NSU. “The […]

  • Researchers Team Up on Mediterranean Seismic Survey

    7 October 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    With the aim of expanding the so far only fragmentary knowledge about the processes on the seafloor of the Mediterranean and improving the risk assessment, researchers from GEOMAR and their colleagues from France and Italy have started an expedition on the German research vessel METEOR into the waters southeast of Sicily. Scientists from Italy, France […]

  • UK: National Subsea Research Initiative Launched

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A major subsea research initiative has launched this month. The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) will be the focal point for the co-ordination of research and development activities for the UK’s subsea oil and gas sector. As a direct link between the subsea community and academia as well as government, NSRI will facilitate the development […]

  • U.S. Oceanographic Research Vessel Arrives in Vietnam

    29 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    U.S. researchers and Vietnamese experts will discuss coastal ocean circulation and land-ocean environmental developments this week as the R/V Roger Revelle, an auxiliary general purpose oceanographic research vessel (AGOR 28), continues its nine-day port call in the city of Da Nang, reports Phys.org. The vessel which is owned by ONR (Office of Naval Research) arrived […]

  • Keel Laid for Norwegian Research Vessel (Spain)

    27 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Gondan Shipyard has celebrated the keel laying ceremony of the new Oceanographic Research Vessel for the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) of Bergen, Norway at its facilities in Figueras. The official keel laying ceremony, marks the start of the assembly of the hull in the slipway. Several representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]

  • OERA opens targeted tidal research call

    13 December 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) has launched a call for research proposals for tidal energy projects with a specific focus on marine operations cost reduction, and marine animals monitoring.

  • HR Wallingford Names New Research Director

    18 July 2014

    Dr Giovanni Cuomo has been appointed as Research Director at HR Wallingford. Giovanni joined HR Wallingford in 2008, having previously worked with them as a visiting researcher. He has since helped to develop their expertise in the modelling of coastal structures, both numerically and with physical models. His appointment as Research Director follows the retirement […]

  • Bureau Veritas awarded for offshore rolling research

    11 June 2014
    Equipment

    A team in the R&D department of leading international classification society Bureau Veritas, working with Brazil’s Petrobras, has been awarded the prestigious OMAE 2013 Best Paper of Offshore Technology Symposium for its paper detailing the ground breaking research into second-order rolling of FLNGs. The basic research in the paper has led to a Joint Industry […]

  • China’s New Research Vessel Put Into Service

    1 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    According to Xinhuanet.com, Kexue, or Science, China’s most advanced research vessel, was handed over to the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) on Saturday. Kexue is a 87.5-million-U.S. dollar ship with a cruising capacity of 15,000 nautical miles and a top speed of 15 knots, it can travel with 80 members for 60 […]

  • Researchers Looking Into Causes of Wind Turbine Fires

    16 November 2016
    Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A group of international researchers led by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have teamed up to investigate the causes of wind turbine fires and to determine how to improve fire safety. Fires in wind turbine, both on land and offshore, have huge human, financial and environmental consequences, DTU said. In the field of fire safety it […]

  • Danish Researchers Turning Wind Energy into Gas

    22 January 2016
    Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Wind energy can be converted into methane gas and stored in a natural gas grid, eliminating carbon emissions from biogas plants which use this method, a research project carried out by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Lemvig Biogas Plant has shown. Through the MeGA-StoRE project (Methane Gas Storage for Renewable Energy), DTU and Lemvig Biogas […]

  • Researchers Observe Underwater Volcanoes in Tonga Trench

    7 December 2011
    Research & Development

    Researchers from Britain have unveiled the most detailed survey of the South Pacific -the most seismically active area of the planet. They utilized sonar to create pictures of the seabed, and observed the process of demolition of the undersea volcanoes in the Tonga Trench. The researchers are trying to understand the causes of the tsunamis […]

  • SgurrEnergy Starts Wave and Tidal Research Project

    15 July 2014
    Research & Development

    SgurrEnergy has commenced a research project with the University of Edinburgh and ScottishPower Renewables to establish ways to reduce uncertainties for wave and tidal projects. The three-year project will provide solutions to some of the current issues in order to meet the needs of the growing wave and tidal industry and help to unlock the […]

  • Japan: Researchers Sample Pacific for Signs of Fukushima

    3 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    An international research team is reporting the results of a research cruise they organized to study the amount, spread, and impacts of radiation released into the ocean from the tsunami-crippled reactors in Fukushima, Japan. The group of 17 researchers and technicians from eight institutions spent 15 days at sea in June 2011 studying ocean currents, […]

  • NOAA Researchers Evacuated amid Hurricane Threat

    11 August 2014

    Sailors and Marines from the US Navy’s Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted an emergent recovery of 11 researchers with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Aug. 8. The purpose of the operation was to assist the researchers in retreating from […]

  • OERA Seeks Tidal Research Project Team

    3 June 2015
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) has been commissioned by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy to execute a two stage Request for Proposals (RFP) process that will lead to retaining the services of a project team to undertake an in-stream energy resource characterization study for a prescribed area in the Bay of Fundy. Expressions […]

  • Spanish Researchers Scaling Down Offshore Platforms

    3 June 2016
    Human Capital, Research & Development, Storage

    Researchers at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) have joined the PROMOTioN European project to reduce the costs of the development of the offshore wind farms by scaling down offshore electrical installations up to 50%. The Instituto de Automática e Informática Industrial (ai2 Institute) from the Polytechnic University of Valencia is leading the initiative. The technology that […]

  • Experts to advise on EU research funding impacts

    23 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The European Commission (EC) will set up a high level group of experts who will advise on how to maximise the impact of the EU’s investment into research and innovation.

  • Ireland: UCC researchers plan clean future

    7 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Environmental Research Institute (ERI) of the University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland has released its strategic plan for the next four years.

  • STX Finland Delivers Research Vessel Mirabilis

    9 July 2012

    On Thursday 28 June 2012, STX Finland Oy’s Rauma Shipyard celebrated the flag-changing ceremony of the specialised vessel built for the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Namibia. The event was witnessed by representatives of the customer, the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries, the classification society Bureau Veritas and STX Finland. The […]

  • Taiwan Launches New Ocean Research Vessel

    13 June 2011

      Taiwan launched a 2,700-ton ocean research vessel in the southern port city of Kaohsiung , opening a new chapter in the nation’s ocean resea… (taiwantoday) [mappress] Source: taiwantoday,  June 13 , 2011;

  • China Plans to Build Polar Research Icebreaker

    14 October 2011

    China plans to build polar research icebreaker by itself, said a spokesman for national oceanographic department. Construction project of a new icebreaker has been officially adopted by National Development and Reform Commission, said the official. A tender for the name of icebreaker will be announced in Nov 2011. According to concept design, length of the […]

  • Researchers Find Jet Engine in Monterey Bay

    14 October 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    MBARI researchers aboard the R/V Rachel Carson discovered an apparently old, large jet engine in Monterey Bay while conducting a seafloor survey 17 miles from Moss Landing, California. During the survey, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) pilot Mike Burczynski observed a large sonar signal. He maneuvered the ROV toward the signal’s location to take a closer […]

  • Chinese Submersible Schedules New Research Dive

    18 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Jiaolong, a Chinese deep-sea submersible, has returned from its six-week mission in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean and received new orders for another research dive. According to ChinaDaily, the submersible reached a depth of 7,062 meters in June in the Mariana Trench. Thanks to this technological breakthrough, China now has the capability […]

  • Researchers Study the Use of Resources from Sea

    21 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    In “World Ocean Review 3”, maribus has published a profound analysis of the opportunities and risks associated with the use of the oceans. The study was conducted in cooperation with the cluster of excellence “The Future Ocean” in Kiel, Germany.  The hunger of mankind for raw materials continues unabated. Oil consumption has doubled since the […]