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  • CMA CGM to prioritize LNG fuel and avoid Northern Sea Route

    27 August 2019

    French shipping company CMA CGM has revealed plans to turn to a more environmental operation through prioritizing LNG-fuelled newbuilds and not using the Northern Sea Route along Siberia.

  • Study: Newfoundland and Labrador Shows Offshore Wind Potential

    14 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA) has released a study identifying the supply chain associated with offshore wind energy development, and analyzing the capacity within this Canadian province to meet development requirements.

  • WHOI Scientists Find Major Source of Methanol in Ocean

    11 March 2016
    Research & Development

    Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered a massive, previously unaccounted for, source of methanol in the ocean: phytoplankton. The study found that these microscopic organisms, which form the base of the marine food web, have an ability to biologically produce methanol in the ocean in quantities that could rival or exceed that […]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia to Select Two Technologies for Fundy Tidal Project

    21 January 2014
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    Nova Scotia’s recent tender for a berth at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has attracted three qualified bidders, and two tidal turbine developers will win the chance to demonstrate their technology in the Minas Passage in the Bay of Fundy, home to the world’s highest tides. The province expects to announce the […]

  • PGS, Geology Without Limits Acquire 2D Scientific Survey in Russian Barents and Kara Seas

    8 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), within the framework of an international scientific program, has acquired 8,840 line km of 2D data in the Russian Barents Sea and Kara Sea. The 2D survey, conducted in partnership with Geology Without Limits, began in 2012, using the vessel Akademik Lazarev. This scientific research survey is part of a multi-year, long […]

  • Top news, May 4 – 10, 2015

    10 May 2015

    Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from May 4 – 10, 2015. EMEC: Free technology verification for developers A competition run by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) offering free Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) to successful technology developers has been launched. The competition is open to all […]

  • Bathymetric Mapping in Atlantic Completed

    29 July 2014

    In the latter half of 2013 the British Royal Research Ship, RRS James Cook, set sail for the Atlantic to conduct the field work component of a European Research Council funded project, Reconstructing abrupt changes in chemistry and circulation of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean: Implications for global climate and deep-water habitats (CACH).   The expedition […]

  • VIDEO: Damen Delivers ‘World Diamond’ PSV

    2 July 2013

    Damen Shipyards Galati has delivered the ‘World Diamond’, the first of six Platform Supply Vessels for Norwegian offshore owner World Wide Supply, built to an entirely new Damen design. The World Diamond was christened by godmother Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Margarita of Romania on June 28th, in a yard ceremony attended by 150 guests. […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    24 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 18 – April 24). Italian contractor Saipem has been awarded new E&C (Engineering & Construction) contracts valued at approximately €430 million ($487 million). The first is a contract with Statoil, for the lift and mating operations of […]

  • Innovate UK Boosts Marine Autonomous Systems Growth

    17 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The National Oceanography Centre (NOC), along with nine UK partners from across industry and academia, has won funding from Innovate UK to enable £2.9 million worth of collaborative research & development for Marine Autonomous Systems. Starting later this year the projects will see NOC working closely with businesses to develop a low cost robot sub, […]

  • Bluefin Robotics Awarded $30M for Hull Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Localization System (USA)

    3 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), is being awarded a $30 million contract modification to exercise option III for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Hull Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Localization Systems (HULS) production systems. The HULS production systems support Naval Forces in conducting hull, piers and pilings searches. […]

  • 43 Containers from MSC Zoe Remain to Be Located

    8 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    43 containers remain to be located after 281 units fell from MSC Zoe in rough weather off the Netherlands last week.

  • Spain: Repsol Eyes Renewable Energy Sources

    24 July 2012

    Repsol is no stranger to offshore activity, having operated in the most demanding of environments for the exploration and production of oil and gas. However one of the challenges for Repsol as an energy company has been to increase its knowledge and experience by investing further in the research and development of renewable energy sources. […]

  • Geological Samples Acquired from Jan Mayen Ridge

    29 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Using a remotely operated underwater vehicle with an installed saw, researchers have acquired geological samples from the Jan Mayen Ridge this summer. The method is new – and the results provide new and useful knowledge. “This is the most fun thing I have done as a geologist!” says Robert W. Williams in the Norwegian Petroleum […]

  • Japan: ClassNK Certifies World’s First Specially Built Nickel Ore Carrier

    24 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The world’s largest classification society ClassNK, announced that the world’s first specialized vessel for the carriage of Nickel Ore has been built and registered to the NK class. The vessel, the Jules Garnier II, was built by Naikai Zosen Corporation and delivered to Japanese shipping major JX Shipping Co. Ltd on 19 September 2012, and […]

  • Reliable Rotors for Wind Industry (Germany)

    12 August 2011

    Wind turbine blade manufacturing is a developing business as the wind energy industry looks to have fewer, larger turbines offshore, which presents performance challenges for composite materials. The situation is complicated by the cost pressures in the renewable energy markets, wanting turbines at a cheaper price, so some of the types of technology used in […]

  • TUV SUD NEL Opens £16M Subsea Centre of Excellence

    11 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory (NEL) has launched its £16-million Advanced Multiphase Facility (AMF), which should help global oil and gas operators to ensure that production remains economically viable. The AMF’s test range (of operating pressures, temperatures, flowrates and metrology) is said to be beyond the capability of any other laboratory in the world. Operating […]

  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused permanent damage to Gulf shore’s marshes, study says

    29 September 2016
    Exploration & Production

    A new Duke University-led analysis of 270 miles of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts has concluded that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill six years ago caused widespread marsh erosion that may be permanent in some places.  On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig killed 11 workers and pumped more than […]

  • Obama requests budget boost for BSEE

    3 February 2015

    President Obama’s fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is $204.7 million. According to BSEE, this robust support will enable it to keep pace with industry activity and the technology developments that are helping to drive deepwater oil and gas development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The […]

  • Industry Bodies Propose USD 5 Bn R&D Fund to Decarbonize Shipping

    18 December 2019
    Rules & Regulation

    Shipping bodies propose the establishment of a USD 5 billion fund for decarbonization of the shipping industry.

  • Genetic Study Reveals Humpback Whale Subspecies

    21 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A new genetic study has revealed that populations of humpback whales in the oceans of the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere are much more distinct from each other than previously thought, and should be recognised as separate subspecies. Understanding how connected these populations are has important implications for the recovery of these charismatic […]

  • India, U.S. find ‘large’ natural gas reserve in Indian Ocean

    26 July 2016

    A research partnership between the Government of India, the Government of Japan, and U.S. scientists has resulted in a discovery of ‘large deposits of potentially producible gas hydrate’ in the Indian Ocean.  The international team of scientists was led by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) of India on behalf of the Ministry of […]

  • Lloyd’s Register’s Hellenic National Advisory Committee considers key industry issues for shipping’s future and welcomes Lloyd’s Register’s strategy to establish a new marine headquarters in Southampton, UK to develop a centre of maritime excellence for world shipping

    2 June 2008

    Lloyd’s Register’s Hellenic National Advisory Committee (HNAC) met in Piraeus yesterday. The Committee received updates on important current issues including new construction standards, the ILO Convention and Lloyd’s Register’s plans to establish a world class centre for shipping research and development, linking technical ship operations with industry and with ship science and maritime studies at […]

  • AWTEC Issues Final Abstracts Call

    18 February 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    There are only 2 weeks left to submit your abstract for the Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2020). Abstracts must be submitted online no later than Sunday March 1, 2020. The 5th AWTEC 2020 will be held in Hobart (Tasmania), Australia on 8-12 November 2020. AWTEC 2020 aims to provide an opportunity to […]

  • US labs to share forecasting know-how for oceanic renewables

    24 July 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory have joined forces to better understand the resources of weather-dependent and oceanic renewable energy systems.