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  • 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.

  • New York Offshore Wind Alliance Adds Workforce-Dedicated Partners

    25 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The New York Offshore Wind Alliance (NYOWA) has added the Building and Construction Trades Council of Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the Long Island Federation of Labor to its membership. The Long Island Federation of Labor is committed to preparing and mobilizing the workforce as New York’s 9GW offshore wind goal will require thousands of new workers, […]

  • Ecology Versus Technology

    19 February 2012

    “I am actually quite worried”, states marine ecologist Marc Lavaleye of the Deep Sea Science & Technology Center in Texel, the Netherlands. He is referring to the consequences to the environment when regarding the deep sea mining developments. Technology is one half of the equation, how do we get to and extract the manganese nodules […]

  • MH370 Search Back On?

    7 August 2017
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could continue as the US-based seabed exploration specialist reportedly offered to take another stab at the likely search area. The two-year search was suspended in January this year after it failed to find the MH370 flight that vanished on March 08, 2014, en route from […]

  • Navarre Beach Renourishment Plan Moves Forward (USA)

    26 April 2012

    According to weartv.com, Santa Rosa County is moving ahead with preparations to renourish Navarre Beach. Today, county commissioners will vote on giving the go ahead to a consulting firm to do some of the research needed for the permitting project. That includes physical and aerial surveys of the beach and preparation of an engineering report. […]

  • Deltares Tests Second Generation Air-Bubble Curtain (The Netherlands)

    11 July 2013

    Deltares is participating in a field test of an improved air-bubble curtain. The aim of these curtains is to restrict salinity intrusion. The pilot will be carried out near one of the Krammerjachtsluizen. Deltares is an independent, institute for applied research in the field of water, subsurface and infrastructure. Throughout the world, Deltares works on […]

  • Greek Ship Owners Wait for Lower Prices to Buy, RBS Banker Says

    5 July 2010

    Most Greek shipowners, who account for more vessel orders than any other nation, are waiting for prices to drop before expanding their fleets, according to Royal Bank of Scotland Group, their largest lender. The cost of a new 2 million-barrel carrying supertanker has climbed 5 percent this year to $104 million following a 33 percent […]

  • USA: Virginia Tech Works on Developing Robotic Jellyfish

    29 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are working on a multi-university, nationwide project for the U.S. Navy that one day will put life-like autonomous robot jellyfish in waters around the world. The main focus of the program is to understand the fundamentals of propulsion mechanisms utilized by nature, said Shashank Priya, associate professor of mechanical […]

  • VesselsValue introduces ships’ energy efficiency ratings

    16 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, IT & Software, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    London-based data provider VesselsValue has launched a new green product that will enable the shipping industry to meet IMO regulations.

  • Russian Divers Reach 416 Meters Record in Sea of Japan

    31 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Russian military divers have successfully carried out a dive to a depth of 416 meters for the first time in the history of the Russian Navy. The Navy Research Institute and a separate expedition detachment of divers aboard the Igor Belousov Pacific Fleet rescue ship descended into the deep sea of the Sea of Japan. The […]

  • NOAA Discovers Two WWII Vessels Off North Carolina

    22 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A team of researchers led by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries have discovered two significant vessels from World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic. The German U-boat 576 and the freighter Bluefields were found approximately 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina. Lost for more than 70 years, the discovery of the two […]

  • NOAA Adds New Survey Ship to Its Fleet

    5 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    NOAA has commissioned a state-of-the-art fisheries survey vessel, NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, during a ceremony at the Navy Pier in downtown San Diego. The ship will conduct fish, marine mammal and turtle surveys off the U.S. West Coast and in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Reuben Lasker is the fifth […]

  • A Lecture about Speed versus Safety at Sea

    16 July 2017

    Is it possible for ships to sail faster through rough water and keep the safety of the crew a priority? Lex Keuning, Associate Professor at the Technical University (TU) Delft, asked himself this question after he had broken both of his kneecaps in a speeding incident at sea. In cooperation with Jaap Gelling, Managing Director […]

  • PortXL and Buccaneer talk innovation, start-ups and the importance of social skills

    4 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Carolien Vat-Sandee, director and co-founder of PortXL, and Seriena Bal, managing director of Buccaneer, tell us all about the importance of start-ups for established players, what makes a successful innovation, their leadership and accelerator programs, and more.

  • Industry majors launch ‘world’s first’ on-demand OBN production plant

    11 December 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Vision

    SENAI CIMATEC, in partnership with Shell Brasil, Petrobras, and Sonardyne, has inaugurated the world’s first production plant for on-demand ocean bottom nodes (OD OBN), a seismic technology poised to revolutionize oil reservoir management, particularly in Brazil’s pre-salt region. Located at SENAI CIMATEC Park in Camaçari, Bahia, this facility is said to represent a milestone in […]

  • LR, Greek shipping majors launch new global maritime emissions reduction center

    9 February 2024
    Collaboration

    The Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonization Hub has partnered with Greek shipowners Capital Group, Navios Maritime Partners, Neda Maritime Agency, Star Bulk and Thenamaris to launch Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre (M-ERC) that will focus on optimizing efficiency of the existing fleet. 

  • Sand Load in Mississippi River to Stay Consistent, Study Says (USA)

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The wetlands of the Mississippi River Delta are slowly sinking and rapidly eroding, but new research from Rice University and the University of South Carolina has found the river’s supply of sand, the material engineers most need to rebuild the delta, will stay constant for centuries. The new study is encouraging news for scientists and […]

  • NRL Builds Wrasse-inspired AUV

    30 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have taken inspiration from nature, from fish, in particular, to design and develop novel underwater propulsion, control, and sensing solutions for near-shore and littoral zone missions. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have demonstrated many successful capabilities in inspection, surveillance, exploration, and object detection in deep seas, at high […]

  • Wave and Tidal Cooperation to Boost Marine Energy Development

    22 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Increased connectivity and collaboration between the world’s wave and tidal power test sites is vital to ensure resources are used strategically and to help boost the development of international markets. That was the key message from delegates attending a major international marine energy conference held in Orkney last week. Plans to create an international research […]

  • Deep Sea Off Greece Chosen for XPRIZE Test Site

    11 October 2018

    XPRIZE has chosen the deep sea off Kalamata, Greece, as the field testing location for finalist teams competing in the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. Deep sea, real-world testing is a key stage in the three-year global competition challenging teams to advance ocean technologies for rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery. In this final […]

  • Global wave characterisation standard for Irish test sites

    2 April 2020
    Research & Development

    Ocean modelling researchers from the MaREI Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) are using wave data collected at the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site and the outputs from NUIG wave models on the site to characterise the wave resource at the site according to […]

  • Construction of O&G Pipelines Boosts Growth of Welding Equipment and Consumables market

    5 August 2010

    The construction of onshore and offshore oil and gas pipelines is driving growth in the welding equipment and consumables market. Growth is largely due to high demand from major pipeline construction companies requiring welding equipment, consumables, manufacturing automation, steel pipes, cables and wiring, technology expertise and training, system design and integration, as well as testing […]

  • USA: UMaine Wins 1st Phase of Deepwater Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Project

    31 January 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded the first phase of a potential $93.2 million deepwater offshore wind demonstration project by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The UMaine Composites Center-led team of industry leaders and national laboratories is one of five awardees selected from over 70 competing proposals. In […]

  • US Navy Funds Noran, ShipConstructor for Ship Production

    1 June 2006

    Engineering, Inc., a leading developer of NEi Nastran finite element analysis (FEA) software announced a collaborative effort with ShipConstructor Software (www.ShipConstructor.com), a developer of 3D product modeling software for the maritime industry, to develop a program that will solve a major production problem in shipyards with safe, damage free lifting and handling of ship components […]