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  • Terra at Aqua: Even in Tough Economic Times, R&D Investments Continue

    18 March 2011

      Dredging forms the basis for many important aspects of our civilised World and is indeed vital to social and economic development, particularly to the construction and maintenance of much of the infrastructure upon which our economic prosperity and environmental well-being depend. The world’s population relies heavily on dredging solutions for creating and maintaining ports for global trade, […]

  • Preem kicks off Sweden’s largest CCS project

    26 May 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition

    Sweden’s largest test facility for carbon dioxide capture has begun operation at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil. Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions is providing its mobile test facility for the project. The project will analyze the whole value chain from capture to storage of carbon dioxide off the Norwegian west coast. It also aims to enable […]

  • East Coast Gliders Clear View of Influence That Ocean Eddies Have on Marine Life (Australia)

    28 February 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      The influence ocean eddies have on marine life in the oceans surrounding Australia’s south-east is expected to become clearer after scientists examine data from new deep-diving research ‘gliders’ patrolling the East Australian Current. Eddies can be up to 200 kilometres across and they distribute heat and nutrients around the ocean and form their own […]

  • NWEI Deploys Wave Energy Device off Coast of Newport, USA

    5 September 2012
    Equipment

    After a multi-day installation operation, Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI), a Portland-based company, has successfully installed a wave energy device off the coast of Newport, Oregon. The device, known as Wave Energy Technology-New Zealand (WET-NZ), is now deployed at the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center’s (NNMREC) open ocean test facility. “This is a huge milestone […]

  • PTTEP extends academic cooperation with Chulalongkorn University

    22 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), and Chulalongkorn University (CU), jointly signed the Fourth Amendment Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to extend the academic cooperation until February, 2016. PTTEP will provide financial support to the research studies related to the field of petroleum engineering, petroleum geology and petroleum geophysics with the amount of […]

  • Congressmen Smith, LoBiondo condemn Barnegat Bay and Jersey Shore seismic testing

    2 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    U.S. Representatives Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) and Chris Smith (NJ-04) have strongly condemned the decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to grant the necessary authorization to allow a proposed seismic testing survey off of Barnegat Bay and the Jersey Shore to go forward. “I’m deeply disappointed with NOAA’s decision to allow seismic testing […]

  • Gallery: Construction of Australia’s New Icebreaker Kicks Off

    5 June 2017

    Image Courtesy: Damen/Australian Antarctic Division The construction of Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker has begun with a steel cutting ceremony held at Damen Shipyards Galati (DSGa) in Romania on May 31. Planned to arrive at its home port of Hobart in mid-2020, the new ship will replace the aging Aurora Australis which has been serving the Australian […]

  • DNV GL Names Director for Europe and Southern Africa

    14 February 2014

    DNV GL – Oil & Gas, the leading technical advisor to the global oil and gas industry, has appointed Liv Hovem as Director of its Europe and Southern Africa Division. DNV GL’s Europe and Southern Africa Division is a leading provider of risk management, technical advisory and technical assurance services across the entire oil and […]

  • Reliability of wave & tidal energy devices set for upswing

    23 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The second phase of the RiaSoR project, designed to improve the reliability of wave and tidal energy converters through collaborative international research, has officially started.

  • ORE Catapult, CENSIS team up for new tidal sensors

    1 September 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    A new type of sensor could soon be installed on the blades of subsea tidal turbines to monitor the interaction between marine life and renewable energy installations. A collaborative project involving the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and CENSIS will aim to improve the monitoring of activity around subsea tidal installations and provide a warning […]

  • Singapore to Study Feasibility of Building Marine Renewables Testing Facility

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Classification society ClassNK has announced the launch of a new feasibility study for a new marine renewable energy testing facility to be built in Singapore. The announcement was made at the 2014 Asian Clean Energy Summit held in Singapore on 28-29 October 2014. The study will pave the way for the establishment of the world’s […]

  • Spain: SUPRAPOWER Offshore Wind Turbine on Its Way

    20 January 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    SUPRAPOWER (SUPerconducting, Reliable, lightweight, And more POWERful offshore wind turbine) is an EU FP7 founded research project focused on a major innovation in offshore wind turbine technology by developing a new compact superconductor-based generator. The project aims to provide an important breakthrough in offshore wind industrial solutions by designing an innovative, lightweight, robust and reliable […]

  • UK: PMSS and SMRU Marine Release Papers on Tidal and Wave Energy

    25 October 2013
    Environment

    Leading renewable consultancy companies TÜV SÜD PMSS (PMSS) and SMRU Marine Ltd with their academic partner the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) have recently delivered a series of position papers which have gathered evidence from published research and interviews with key industry representatives regarding how wave and tidal energy devices may affect birds, fish and […]

  • Repairs of Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu to Take Place at MHI’s Yokohama Dockyard (Japan)

    18 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu, operated by Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, will enter dry dock on April 20 for inspection and repairs for damage caused by the “2011 Off the Pacific Coast Tohoku Earthquake. The work will take place in Yokohama Dockyard and Machinery Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The schedule for future […]

  • UPDATE 1-Oman crude bound for US West Coast, S.Korea eyed

    9 August 2006

    Oil traders and refiners on Thursday moved to dispatch prompt crude supplies to the U.S. West Coast, which will soon begin to feel the pinch of BP’s decision to shut down its massive Prudhoe Bay oilfield, traders said. Independent U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp. (TSO.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which has several plants on the U.S. West […]

  • DNV Concludes Report on Deepwater Horizon BOP (USA)

    24 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      The forensic examination of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer (BOP) is now concluded, and DNV has submitted its report to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), and made the report publically available. The blowout preventer, a 50 foot – 300 ton assembly was raised and taken to NASA’s secure […]

  • South Korea: Samsung Heavy, Hanjin Shipping to Build Smart Green Ships

    2 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Heavy Industries and Hanjin Shipping sign joint research agreement for application of VPS. System to be applied to 4,600 TEU-class container ships, reducing fuel consumption by up to 15%. Combining green technology and an advanced navigation system as a breakthrough to overcome the economic slowdown. A ‘model case’ of cooperation between a shipbuilding company […]

  • Newly Discovered Ocean Plume Could Be Major Source of Iron

    19 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Scientists have discovered a vast plume of iron and other micronutrients more than 1,000 km long billowing from hydrothermal vents in the South Atlantic Ocean. The finding, soon to be published in the journal Nature Geoscience, calls past estimates of iron abundances into question, and may challenge researchers’ assumptions about iron sources in the world’s […]

  • USA: Marine Energy Sector Requires Corporate Investment and Government Price Supports, Says Report

    25 June 2012
    Research & Development

    In many ways marine and hydrokinetic power systems offer one of the most promising areas for renewable energy development.  Marine and hydrokinetic resources – including ocean waves, tidal streams, river flows, ocean currents, and ocean thermal differences – are abundant, the technology is improving rapidly, and countries that have strong marine resources, such as the […]

  • SeaBotix Joins Teledyne Marine Systems

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Teledyne Marine Systems group, providers of undersea vehicles and subsea infrastructure, have announced that SeaBotix, part of the recent Bolt Technology Corporation acquisition by parent company Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, will join the Marine Systems group of companies. SeaBotix is a manufacturer of underwater observation class MiniROVs designed to perform a multitude of tasks that include […]

  • Malaysia: Body of worker missing after vessel fire found

    18 April 2018

    The body of a worker, reported missing following a fire on a vessel offshore Malaysia, has been recovered. 

  • Norwegian Shipyard Stadyard As to Provide Inspection & Repair to M/S Hydrograf

    14 December 2012

    Norwegian shipyard Stadyard As, headquartered in Raudeberg,  has been awarded contract in an open procedure tender for mid-term inspection and repairs services to the surveillance vessel, M/S Hydrograf. The contract was awarded at the end of November. The German-flagged Research -Supply-Dive Vessel M/S Hydrograf was built in 1967 by Mjellem and Karlsen Shipyard AS, Norway. […]

  • Petronas, MISC and MOL debut LCO2 carrier JV

    17 June 2025
    Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Petronas CCS Ventures, part of Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas, compatriot shipowner MISC Berhad and Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have incorporated a strategic joint venture to develop and acquire liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers.

  • CCS and partners to conduct Singapore’s first long-term B100 biofuel trial

    30 October 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    China Classification Society (CCS), Weichai Singapore, Marine Energy and Sustainability Research Department of Nanyang Technological University (MESD), and Pinnacle Marine have signed a research cooperation agreement to test B100 biofuel for 1,000 hours in Singaporean waters. The four-party agreement for this joint project was signed on October 10, 2024. According to CCS, it marks Singapore’s first long-term ship […]

  • SDARI’s new PCTC design gets DNV nod

    16 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Vessels

    Classification society DNV has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) designed pure car and truck carrier (PCTC).