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  • UK: ABPmer to Provide Specialist Advice to Humber Area Marine Aggregates Regional Environmental Assessment

    13 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    ABPmer (ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd), a recognised provider of physical processes advice to the offshore sector, has been awarded the hydrodynamics, sediment mobility and turbid plume study elements of the Humber and Greater Wash Area Marine Aggregates Regional Environmental Assessment (REA). ABPmer will work with Environmental Resource Management Ltd (ERM) to deliver the full […]

  • Dredging Experts to Discuss ‘Sediment Balance’

    19 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    ACI’s European Dredging Summit 2015 will take place on 7th and 8th October in Antwerp, Belgium, where the world’s leading dredging experts will discuss “Sediment Balance & Waste Management”. This meeting will provide a global analysis of dredging projects, environmental regulation and essential recommendations for dredging activity including equipment and contractor selection. The participants will have […]

  • Boskalis Makes Historic Finding in Portsmouth

    11 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    An iron cannon has been recovered during the dredging project that will prepare HMNB Portsmouth for the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers.  The cannon was found by Boskalis Westminster, which has been contracted by the Defense Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to carry out the £31 million dredging program. The discovery was swiftly reported to […]

  • Kraken Secures $500K Canada Backing

    9 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Kraken Sonar’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems Inc., will receive a non-refundable financial contribution of up to $495,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). In addition to technical and business advisory services provided by NRC-IRAP, the funding is being used to develop the Kraken Active Towed Fish (KATFISH) for […]

  • DNV GL Leads Project to Boost Meshed HVDC Offshore Grids

    22 March 2016
    Research & Development

    A new project has been launched with aim to investigate the benefits of the meshed offshore transmission grid connecting offshore wind farms to land. Lead by DNV GL, the project, ‘PROgress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks’ (PROMOTioN), planned to last the next four years, is currently the biggest energy project in the EU’s Horizon 2020 research […]

  • Shell, Sonardyne, Senai Cimatec Partner on Autonomous Seismic Nodes

    12 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Shell Brasil has agreed a partnership with underwater sensor technology company Sonardyne and Brazilian research institute Senai Cimatec to develop autonomous technology to make the monitoring of Brazil’s challenging deepwater pre-salt oil fields more efficient. The new 4D seismic monitoring system, based on so-called On Demand Ocean Bottom Nodes, is being developed under a National […]

  • ASV Global USV for University of Southern Mississippi

    22 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    ASV Global has been awarded a contract by the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for the provision of C-Worker 5 unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The 18’ USV will be used for testing, training, and establishing procedures and protocols for use of the system by NOAA on future hydrographic programs. Monty Graham, director of USM’s School […]

  • RCUK SSC Announces Hydrographic Services Tender (USA)

    1 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    RCUK SSC Limited, on behalf of the British Geological Survey (BGS), announced tender for hydrographic services. BGS, a component Research Centre of the Natural Environment Research Council, has a requirement for a marine geophysical and geotechnical pre-rig move site survey in the Gulf of Mexico, approx. 15 miles off the Yucatan coast. The survey and […]

  • Admiralty Shipyards Starts Sea Trials for RV Akademik Treshnikov (Russia)

    24 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Admiralty Shipyards recently started sea trials for the research and expedition vessel RV Akademik Treshnikov. The trials are scheduled to last for 11-day and will be conducted in the Gulf of Finland near the island of Hogland. The RV Academic Treshnikov is a scientific and expedition vessel built for the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental […]

  • BP, CGG to develop new marine seismic sources

    28 October 2014

    CGG and BP announced an agreement for collaborative research and development in the field of new types of marine vibratory seismic sources. The agreement combines the companies’ research efforts and expertise to develop and deploy innovative seismic source technology, and builds on successful prototype trials. Seismic surveys have for decades been the exploration industry’s key […]

  • The Netherlands: Fugro N.V. Lifts an Award

    15 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Fugro N.V. has won the Erasmus Innovation Award 2010-2011 for the most innovative company in the Netherlands.In the press release from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the following is stated: “The jury notes that Fugro N.V. distinguishes itself through its forward looking vision and by offering integrated, innovative solutions. To achieve this, […]

  • Heerema exec takes on CEO role in Bumi Armada

    23 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Bumi Armada, a global FPSO player, has announced the appointment of Leon A. Harland as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  Bumi Armada’s previous CEO, Hassan Basma, resigned in December 2014. Harland will take office on May 16, 2016, and will be appointed as an Executive Director. Presently Harland is the Executive Vice-President, Commercial & […]

  • ‘Ecosystem services’ to provide framework for tidal impacts evaluation

    27 February 2015
    Environment, Research & Development

    Brown University scientists propose that in order to gain the insights into the ecological and socioeconomic effects ocean renewables could potentially have, changes in benefits provided by ocean ecosystem before and after deployment of ocean energy infrastructure should be observed. As tidal energy is becoming a promising new source of energy, the impacts it could […]

  • Western Canada boosts university hydrokinetic innovation

    30 July 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A university researcher has received a funding boost from the Canadian government for the development of innovative hydrokinetic turbines. An investment in the amount of C$500.000 (US$ 385.300) has been announced for the Engineering Faculty of the University of Manitoba. It will support the testing of hydrokinetic turbines for global marine renewable energy markets, the Canadian government’s press […]

  • MaRINET2 opens second call for offshore renewables testing

    15 January 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The EU-funded MaRINET2 project has launched its second call for applications for ocean energy developers.

  • RiaSoR2 uploads wave of directives

    20 July 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Reliability in a Sea of Risk 2 (RiaSoR 2) project has published new reports on condition monitoring systems, numerical load analysis, and reliability assessment specifications for wave energy converters.

  • EDF to assess Natron’s battery for grid-scale renewables

    11 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Natron Energy has entered into an evaluation agreement with Electricite De France (EDF) on the potential use of its technology for stationary storage applications in support of the growing use of grid-scale renewables.

  • Tasmania Place to Be for AWTEC 2020 Event in November

    14 February 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    The 5th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2020) will be held in Hobart (Tasmania), Australia on 8-12 November 2020. AWTEC 2020 aims to provide an opportunity to exchange, learn, interact and network on all multidisciplinary aspects of ocean renewable energy, with colleagues from all over the world. Encompassed within AWTEC 2020, will be […]

  • Cape Sharp Tidal clear for deployment

    20 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The proposed monitoring program for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) and Cape Sharp Tidal has been approved by Nova Scotia Department of Environment.

  • Maritime innovators flock to Galway

    13 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    The third annual ‘Our Ocean Wealth Conference’ will take place in Galway this year as part of Ireland’s national maritime festival SeaFest 2016.

  • UNO Gets USD 121,000 to Develop Motion Control for Ocean Current Turbines

    25 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The University of New Orleans (UNO) School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering has received a $121,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop ocean current turbines that will be able to convert the energy of the sea into electricity. The project, “Collaborative Research: Optimized Harvesting of Hydrokinetic Power by Ocean Current Turbine Farms […]

  • Germany: GL RC Expert Honored with IEC 1906 Award

    11 September 2013

    Kimon Argyriadis, Head of Research and Development at GL Renewables Certification (GL RC), has been honoured with the IEC 1906 Award. The prize is awarded annually by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to experts around the world whose work is fundamental to the commission. Kimon Argyriadis received the award in recognition of his broad technical […]

  • Switzerland: ABB Appoints New Member of Executive Committee

    5 April 2012

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has appointed Prith Banerjee to its Executive Committee in the role of Chief Technology Officer. Banerjee, 51, will start midyear 2012 and will be based in Zurich. He joins ABB from Hewlett Packard, where he was Senior Vice President of Research and Director of HP Labs. Prior […]

  • ORE Catapult Setting Up New Rain Erosion Test Rig

    3 April 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is installing a new test rig, designed to simulate the erosion caused by the impact of water droplets on a wind turbine blade during operation, at its National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth.

  • European Commission Blueprints Offshore Skills Development Project

    9 February 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development

    The European Commission has published a call for proposals to implement the first phase of the Blueprint for sectorial cooperation on skills throughout the maritime technology industries, including offshore wind.