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  • Damen’s Maaskant Yard Wins Third SRSV

    11 November 2013

    During a special contract signing ceremony at Europort 2013, Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group signed the contract to build an additional Seismic Research Support Vessel for Rederij Groen. This latest contract, signed on Friday, Nov 8th, follows last month’s order of two new Seismic Research Support Vessels (SRSVs) that are due for […]

  • Marine Robots Could Aid Sustain South African Fisheries

    15 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Ocean gliders are currently profiling waters off South Africa to collect data that supports a UK-Africa partnership aimed at improving understanding of how regional fisheries are sustained. Working in partnership with the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and a broad range of East African partners, this mission marks the starting point […]

  • TWMA scores double with Maersk Oil

    24 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Waste management firm TWMA has been awarded two new projects with Maersk Oil UK in the central North Sea.  TWMA said on Wednesday that both projects were already underway. The first project is onboard the Ocean Valiant semi-sub rig and will run until March 2018, while the second project on the Maersk Gallant jack-up rig […]

  • Australia: GBRMPA Must Use Its Powers to Protect GBR, Says WWF

    12 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Conservation groups say the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) must use its powers to protect the World Heritage-listed asset from a massive dredging project. The federal government this week approved a major dredging project to expand the Abbot Point coal terminal in north Queensland. The approval gives the go-ahead for three million cubic […]

  • HydroQuest validates performance of new tidal turbine design at Insean

    4 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    French marine energy company HydroQuest has tested the scaled model of its new tidal turbine technology at the Institute of Marine Engineering, part of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy.

  • Contract Awarded for Menominee River Area

    24 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District has awarded a $498,973.45 contract for aquatic and riverbank ecosystem restoration throughout Strawberry, Boom, Blueberry, and Little Blueberry islands within the Menominee River area of concern (AOC) located between Marinette, WI and Menominee, MI. The work is being conducted through the USACE Detroit District, under the authority […]

  • NOAA Introduces Arctic Action Plan

    22 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    NOAA released its Arctic Action Plan, a document that provides NOAA scientists, stakeholders and partners a roadmap to make shared progress in monitoring, understanding, and protecting this vast, valuable, and vulnerable region. Climate change is making the Arctic a greener, warmer, and increasingly accessible place for economic opportunity. However, climate impacts such as sea ice loss and […]

  • STUDY: Spotlight on Economic Growth in Great Lakes Communities

    17 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) has provided more than $2.5 billion to clean up contaminated harbors, restore fish habitat and keep invasive species out of the Great Lakes, according to a study by the University of Michigan’s Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics. According to the study, every federal dollar spent on GLRI projects between 2010 through […]

  • SEA to Boost UK Royal Navy’s ANPS

    10 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Cohort company SEA has been awarded a UK Ministry of Defence contract to upgrade the Ambient Noise Prediction System (ANPS) for the UK Royal Navy. The ANPS takes meteorological and oceanographic forecasts, together with oceanographic databases, and performs complex acoustic propagation calculations to produce regular forecasts of ambient noise conditions in the ocean. The results […]

  • BSEE, NOAA Study Oil Spill Remote Sensing Systems

    21 July 2016
    Research & Development

    In an effort to enhance the ability to detect and measure oil spills offshore, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began a study of multiple remote sensing systems at BSEE’s Ohmsett facility. The three-phase study employs Ohmsett’s 660-feet long, 2.6 million gallon capacity saltwater test tank. Spill […]

  • Scientists Assess Atlantic Deep-Sea Ecosystems

    17 June 2016
    Research & Development

    The assessment of Atlantic deep sea ecosystems, supported by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 funding programme, marks the beginning of a series of expeditions in the Atlantic Ocean. The expeditions, involving at least 25 research cruises and scientists from 10 European countries, the USA and Canada, will be co-ordinated by Professor J Murray Roberts, director of the Centre […]

  • NOC, MAREMAP Projects Receive Funding (UK)

    16 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Two research projects, led by Dr Russell Wynn, head of Marine Geoscience at UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and a coordinator of the UK Marine Environmental Mapping Programme (MAREMAP), have received funding in the amount of GBP 720,000 (1.1 million USD), Hydro International news portal writes. The projects in question, contracted by the Department for […]

  • Fugro N.V. Wins Erasmus Innovation Award 2010-2011 (The Netherlands)

    15 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      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 […]

  • Sembcorp Marine, Partners Target Innovative Hull Designs

    21 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), Sembcorp Marine Ltd, University of Glasgow and University of Glasgow Singapore (UGS) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate and develop new hull designs for large ocean-going vessels. Under the three-year MoU, IHPC, Sembcorp Marine Ltd, University of Glasgow and UGS will use computational modelling and […]

  • FloWave sets up tank testing workshop

    8 February 2016
    Research & Development, Technology

    The Institute for Energy Systems and the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility at the University of Edinburgh will jointly host a practical and best practice workshop on ‘how to do tank testing’. The workshop is aimed at those with little or no experience of medium scale model testing, but who need an understanding of tank […]

  • Fast Flow Facility turns one

    30 October 2015
    Research & Development, Technology

    One year on from the official opening of their Fast Flow Facility, engineers and scientists at HR Wallingford are celebrating a first year in business. The Fast Flow Facility was officially opened on October 30, 2014, comprising a 75 m long and 8 m wide flume holding a million litres of water that can generate […]

  • DNV GL sets up marine operations course

    8 May 2015
    Research & Development, Technology

    DNV GL, in collaboration with IHCantabria, is organizing a course on Sesam Marine software that simulates marine operations like heavy lifting, side-by-side mooring and floatover ahead of offshore handling. The course ‘Simulation of Marine Operations with Sesam Marine’ aims to introduce the participants to Sesam Marine software used for simulation of marine operations like deck mating, […]

  • Clarksons: Vessel Ordering Takes a Nosedive in Q3

    4 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Overall contracting of new vessels plunged in the three-month period from July to September to a mere 88 units, according to data provided by Clarkson Research. When compared to the same period in 2015, the orders dropped by some 81 percent from 481 vessel orders. Due to an oversupply in the shipping market, accompanied by low freight rates, […]

  • Russia: Admiralty Shipyards Kicks Off Sea Trials for RV Akademik Treshnikov

    24 July 2012

    Admiralty Shipyards, few days ago, 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 […]

  • MaRINET2 awards €1.3M for ocean energy tech development

    7 July 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The MaRINET2 project has awarded €1.3 million to 34 technology development teams to accelerate the development of next generation offshore renewable energy technologies.

  • SwRI to evaluate emissions and fuels including LNG

    25 February 2015

    Southwest Research Institute has been awarded a five-year, $20.16 million contract by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide testing and analytical services related to vehicle emissions and fuel consumption.

  • AMOG scouts for wave energy engineer

    3 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Australian engineering company AMOG has opened a vacancy for the position of renewable energy engineer that will be working on the development of the company’s wave energy converter project.

  • EU splashes €5 million on wave energy MegaRoller

    24 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Finnish developer AW-Energy has secured €5 million from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program to develop a power take-off (PTO) unit for 1MW wave energy device.

  • UNSW Joins Australian Ocean Energy Group

    25 March 2020
    Research & Development

    The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney recently became a supporting member of the Australian Ocean Energy Group (AOEG). UNSW’s involvement in this initiative was led by Dr François Flocard, Principal Engineer at the Water Research Laboratory of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The Australian Ocean Energy Group is an industry-led cluster […]

  • FORCE to Update Parrsboro’s Public on Tidal Energy Project

    16 May 2014
    Technology

    FORCE and its partners will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, May 20, in Parrsboro. They will offer an update on the tidal energy project in the Bay of Fundy, as well as introduce some of their new members. This will be an opportunity to meet and hear from: Minas Energy, Marine Current Turbines (a Siemens business), and Bluewater, OpenHydro […]