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  • 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, […]

  • Using Acoustic Deterrent Devices Protects Minke Whales, Study Says

    15 December 2017
    Research & Development

    Using Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) during offshore wind farm construction is as an effective method for protection of minke whales, according to a study conducted through a joint industry project.

  • UNSW joins Australian Ocean Energy Group

    25 March 2020
    Collaboration

    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 […]

  • UK: Global Collaboration Vital for Growth of Marine Energy

    22 October 2013

    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 […]

  • DOE Validates Avent Lidar Technology’s Wind Iris System

    8 September 2014
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    A collaborative research project at the U.S. Energy Department’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has shown that the Wind Iris nacelle-mounted LIDAR from Avent Lidar Technology is an effective diagnostic tool for identifying wind turbine yaw misalignment, allowing users to improve wind turbine performance.  This is the first independent scientific field study validating the […]

  • Unique floating wind turbine model tests for DeepCwind at MARIN

    4 May 2011

    MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) is in the closing stages of testing three different floating wind turbine concepts for the DeepCwind Consortium (USA), led by the University of Maine. It is the first time in the world that such an extensive scale model test campaign is conducted in this field. Floating wind turbines are considered […]

  • USA: Dredging Closes Bay St. Louis Beach Area

    18 June 2012

    A second section of beach at Bay St. Louis is closed, because of dredging for beach restoration. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality says dredging can release bacteria trapped in the floor of Mississippi Sound and cause dangerous physical conditions including terrain, surf, and quicksand. It also brings heavy equipment into the area. The beaches […]

  • Zhenjiang Shipyard Wins State Intellectual Property Office Patent Certificate (China)

    10 September 2012

    Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Group CO., Ltd wins patent certificate of State Intellectual Property Office. Recently, a kind of Azimuth stern drive tugboat served by duel fuel engine, which is developed by Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Group CO. was awarded patent certificate of State Intellectual Property Office. This patent technology has already been applied in the product […]

  • FORCE to update fishers on tidal project

    4 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy) has invited fishers to a meeting to provide new information on the tidal energy project. FORCE is proposing a safety zone in the Minas Passage around the recently installed underwater power cables. The zone would help protect people, cables and fishing gear from harm. The meeting is an opportunity […]

  • France: Bretagne Invites Proposals for Rennes Surveys Work

    29 October 2012

    Région Bretagne has invited bidders to submit their offers for the port bathymetric surveys work at the Rennes area. This contract includes the bathymetric surveys in the three ports of the Brittany Region for: – Regular monitoring of access channels and shorelines likely to have sediment buildup; – Carry out occasional checks for specific needs […]

  • MAN Diesel & Turbo readies ME-GI Gas Engine for Full-Scale Testing

    17 September 2010

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced plans to carry out full-scale ME-GI testing at the company’s Copenhagen test centre. MAN Diesel & Turbo has decided to make a full-scale demonstration and performance verification test of the GI principle for all kinds of marine applications on its 4T50ME-X R&D research engine, which will be rebuilt as […]

  • WHOI Supports NTSB Search for El Faro Data Recorder

    18 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will assist the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as it undertakes its second search for the vessel data recorder (VDR) of the sunken El Faro cargo ship.   The U.S. flagged El Faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin on October 1, 2015. All 33 of the El Faro’s crew perished […]

  • Wavebob: Administrative Expenses Triple (Ireland)

    16 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Irish leader in the design and development of environmentally sustainable wave energy conversion systems, Wavebob, announced that the administrative expenses tripled to €1.8m last year. As Independent.ie reports, Wavebob directors noted that the receipt of the research and development grant had the effect of increasing administration costs. The company accumulated losses of €2.6 million at […]

  • UK ports feel they must do more to protect the environment

    16 October 2009

    UK ports have made significant inroads in adhering to current environmental legislation but feel they could and should be doing much more, according to new research from engineering and environmental consultancy, Royal Haskoning. The ‘Green Ports’ survey by Royal Haskoning of 100 port decision makers in Britain revealed that many recognise the growing importance of […]

  • Ocean Infinity Supports Weddell Sea Expedition

    12 December 2018
    Research & Development

    Ocean Infinity has announced its support for the Weddell Sea Expedition, which is providing new scientific insight into one of the coldest and most remote regions of the world. The focus of the expedition is the scientific investigation of the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea. Ocean Infinity is providing the Autonomous Underwater […]

  • Hydroid AUV Takes Part in USS Indianapolis Discovery

    1 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    REMUS 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), manufactured by Hydroid, a Kongsberg Maritime company, was used to gather sonar data by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s team in the historic discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreckage earlier this month. The ship was found 5,500 meters below the surface in the Philippine Sea seventy-two years after it went […]

  • Marine energy and offshore wind projects get $18M boost from US 

    6 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated over $18 million for 27 research and development (R&D) projects to advance marine energy and offshore wind technologies. According to the U.S. DOE, these initiatives, which will be undertaken across 17 universities, including five minority-serving institutions, aim to tackle challenges facing marine and ocean renewable energy industries […]

  • Electric Ship Technologies to Be Key in Design of Future Combatant Ships

    26 April 2013

    In the wake of the recent announcement that laser weapons will be put on U.S. Navy ships, the need for reliable, high-voltage shipboard power has become a matter of national security, officials said at this week’s Electric Ship Technologies Symposium outside Washington, D.C. The Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored event featured some of the world’s […]

  • Germany: R&D Project HoOK Launched

    23 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    With funding from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and supported by “Projektträger Jülich” (PTJ), over the next three years Hamburg University of Technology, Mareval AG Hamburg and the maritime engineering company HeavyLift@Sea will conduct research into the improvement of tools for the simulation of offshore crane operations. The project is named HoOK – […]

  • Ammonia-Fuelled 23,000 TEU Boxship Design Gets AIP

    4 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ammonia-fuelled 23,000 TEU Ultra-Large Container Ship design secures LR’s AIP.

  • ABS Hosts Arctic Workshops

    26 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, continues to help industry push back the technology barriers to Arctic operations through a series of Arctic workshops that are defining the region’s most pressing research and development (R&D) needs. “In the last few years there has been increasing interest in floating, drilling […]

  • Hydrographic Conditions Determine Fate of Western Baltic Fish Stocks

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Scientists of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) at the Technical University of Denmark explain how hydrographic conditions affect the distribution of fish eggs and growth of economically important fish stocks. In the Baltic Sea, two cod stocks evolve independently. Also the juveniles of two economically […]

  • NOC Study Unveils Evidence for Assessing Tsunami Risk from Large Volcanic Island Landslides

    12 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The risk posed by tsunami waves generated by Canary Island landslides may need to be re-evaluated, according to researchers at the National Oceanography Centre. Their findings suggest that these landslides result in smaller tsunami waves than previously thought by some authors, because of the processes involved. The researchers used the geological record from deep marine […]

  • Tidal and wave pass UK’s triple test dare

    2 May 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has published a new evidence-based assessment that shows the UK’s marine energy industries can meet the government’s requirements for emerging technology support.