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  • European Commission Unveils Maritime Strategy for the Atlantic

    13 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission has today adopted an Action Plan to revitalise the marine and maritime economy in the Atlantic Ocean Area. The Action Plan follows from the Atlantic Strategy the Commission adopted in 2011. It aims to show how the EU’s Atlantic Member States, their regions and the Commission can help create sustainable growth in […]

  • NOAA Adds New Fisheries Survey Vessel

    5 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    NOAA commissioned a state-of-the-art fisheries survey vessel, NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, during a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Pier in downtown San Diego on May 2nd. 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 […]

  • The Netherlands: Damen Unveils New AHTS Design

    31 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Damen Shipyards Group introduces its newly designed Damen AHTS 200, a versatile deepwater Anchor Handling Tug Supplier able to operate in water depths in excess of 3,000 m. The AHTS 200 is the latest addition to the ongoing Damen Offshore Series. Following the company’s ambitions to increase its market share in the offshore industry, Damen […]

  • LR: Maritime decarbonization will require autonomous systems for viability in the future

    31 May 2024
    Automation, Market Outlooks, Transition

    The complex decarbonized systems of the future will require autonomous management systems for viable exploitation, speakers at the Automation Summit, part of Singapore Maritime Week, revealed.

  • Climate-neutral sailing ship for the Marshall Islands launched in South Korea

    16 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    An environmentally sailing ship intended for the Marshall Islands has been launched in South Korea.

  • Mitsubishi Shipbuilding breaks ground on LCO2 demonstration ship

    7 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Green Marine, Research & Development, Vessels

    The Shimonoseki Shipyard of Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Corporation hosted today a keel laying ceremony for the hull of the demonstration test ship for liquefied CO2 transportation. The project was announced by the shipyard in February this year following a contract signing with compatriot shipping company Sanyu Kisen, the owner of the vessel. Although ships to […]

  • SmartBay Ireland, SmartBay Newfoundland Team Up

    8 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    SmartBay Ireland has entered into a trans-Atlantic collaboration agreement with the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Dublin City University and the Marine Institute Ireland. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at a reception hosted by the Canadian Embassy during a recent Canadian Trade Mission […]

  • MacArtney Connectivity for North Sea UFO

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Spearheaded by oceanographic experts from German Group Operations MBT, MacArtney has delivered the full connectivity package for the innovative UFO (Underwater Fish Observatory) which was recently deployed in the North Sea. Realised through successful cooperation between the Hamburg based Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, the Development Center […]

  • Sonardyne LTRs Used in Scandinavian Water Monitoring

    12 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Luode Consulting, a Finnish-based environmental monitoring company, has chosen acoustic release transponders supplied by Sonardyne International Ltd. to support its water and ice quality research in Scandinavia. Using its Sonardyne Lightweight Release Transponders (LRTs) to deploy and recover specialist recording instruments, Luode Consulting has now completed over 350 studies across the region, including under-ice profiling […]

  • IFM-GEOMAR Scientists Examine Causes of Earthquakes and Tsunamis Off Italy

    19 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    From late December 2011 till Mid January 2012 earth scientists from the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) and from the Cluster of Excellence „The Future Ocean“ in Kiel, Germany will examine the causes of earthquakes and tsunamis along the continental margins of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of South Italy. The enhanced understanding […]

  • ECSSR: The Challenges of Piracy in Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) launched a symposium on the 4th of June 2013, under the title The Challenges of Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. It was organized in collaboration with the Yemen International Affairs Center (YIAC). The symposium has been attended by a number of […]

  • UK: Consultation Findings for Gwynt y Môr Community Benefit Fund Spending Revealed

    12 March 2013

    Findings from a major consultation in North Wales into how RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Community Benefit Fund should be spent have been unveiled. The £19m fund – £768,000 per annum, index linked to inflation – will become available once Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm is fully operational in 2014. The company says […]

  • Nord Stream: Construction Works Slightly Increased Underwater Noise Levels in Baltic Sea

    18 September 2012

    A study has been conducted in cooperation between Nord Stream, the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and the Swedish Nature Protection Agency, in order to establish the underwater noise levels in the sea close to the Natura 2000 area at Norra Midsjöbanken, to the south of Gotland. Noise emanating from regular commercial maritime traffic as […]

  • Greenland Study Points at Ocean’s Effect on Glacier Melt

    24 June 2014

    In the last 40 years, ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet increased four-fold contributing to one-quarter of global sea level rise, research by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Oregon reveals. The research has been undertaken so as to shed new light on the connection between the ocean and […]

  • Jindal, BRAF Announce Plans for World-Class Campus to Foster Coastal Expertise

    18 December 2013

    Governor Bobby Jindal, officials from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Department of Economic Development and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF) joined leaders from the City of Baton Rouge, The Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana State University and other coastal research institutes to unveil plans for the establishment of The Water Campus […]

  • Interview with Luca Sittoni: Dredged sediment is the new gold

    11 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Sustainability means acting in a way that is not harmful to the planet, preserving natural resources, and thus supporting long-term ecological balance. By adhering to principles of sustainability for dredging and dredged material management by using natural systems to integrate these actions, the dredging industry believes that the goals of environmental quality and economic prosperity […]

  • US DOE awards $12M for marine energy and hydropower projects

    28 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $12 million for marine energy and hydropower projects as part of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.

  • USA: MBARI Geologists Use Underwater Robots to Discover Hidden Faults

    31 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Hidden beneath ocean waves and masked by sand and mud on the seafloor, underwater faults are notoriously difficult to see and even more difficult to study. As a result, geologists struggle to evaluate the risks associated with these faults and often can’t include them in seismic hazard assessments. “People have known that a significant portion […]

  • NOC Works with ASV and MOST on New Generation Ocean Robots

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    National Oceanography Centre has collaborated with two Hampshire companies ASV Ltd and MOST (AV) Ltd on a new generation of robots which are about to enter production as marine industries recognise the value of their cutting-edge designs and capabilities. The new state-of-the-art Long Endurance Marine Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LEMUSV) the AutoNaut by MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Ltd and the C-Enduro by ASV […]

  • NTSB to Launch El Faro VDR Underwater Search

    12 February 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    The National Transportation Safety Board announced that it would launch a second expedition to search for evidence in its investigation of the loss of the cargo ship El Faro, which sank in the Atlantic during a hurricane on October 01, 2015. A key objective of the upcoming mission, which is expected to begin in April […]

  • France sets aside €7 billion for renewables

    27 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The French government plans to invest €7 billion in the next five years to grow its renewable energy sector.

  • VIDEO: Tocardo’s T1 tidal array in operation

    29 April 2015
    Research & Development, Technology

    In February, Tocardo installed and grid-connected an array of three T1 tidal turbines. The array has the capacity of 300 kW, and was installed on the Afsluitdijk barrier at Den Oever, Netherlands. The electricity produced from the turbines will power 100 Dutch households. According to Tocardo, the array will be used for research and development purposes […]

  • Tidetec Puts Its Turbine to Test

    15 June 2017

    Tidetec has completed installation of its tidal turbine is in the test rig at the Technical University of Munich. The following month the turbine will be tested to show performance data, Tidetec  informed. The performance data from the lab tests will verify the overall efficiency for these types of turbines. In addition to increase in efficiency, […]

  • USA: Oregon to Host Wave Energy Project

    27 September 2012

    As OPB reports, the first large scale wave energy research site could find its place in Oregon. Namely, the Department of Energy has granted USD 4 million for the project development. Belinda Batten, who directs the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University, said the project will help make the wave energy […]

  • Corps Prepares Savannah and Brunswick Dredging Plan (USA)

    26 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is conducting preliminary research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors to perform maintenance dredging in the Savannah and Brunswick entrance channels. During the cleanup program about 2 to 3 million cubic yards of material will be removed using hopper dredgers. A specific area, identified by […]