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  • 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.

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Brodosplit to build 100% green passenger sailing ship

    24 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit, part of the DIV Group, has started construction of a zero-emission passenger ship with electric propulsion.

  • New energy innovation campus in UK set to transform large-scale manufacturing

    6 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    The Arrol Gibb Innovation Campus (AGIC) has been launched in Scotland with the aim to transform large-scale manufacturing for energy transition-related sectors.

  • Scientists Study Safety of Sub-Seabed CO2 Storage

    26 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has coordinated the ECO2 (Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)) research project from May 2011 to April 2015. Funded by the European Union, the ECO2 project developed recommendations for the selection and monitoring of submarine storage sites as well as an approach to a sound environmental risk assessment (ERA). […]

  • Busy 2016 for International Association of Dredging Companies

    20 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), exclusively for Dredging Today, looks back at 2016 and forward to 2017. IADC is the global umbrella organisation for contractors in the private dredging industry. As such IADC is dedicated to not only promoting the skills, integrity and reliability of its members, but also the dredging industry in […]

  • Crowd Energy to Build Another Generation Turbine (USA)

    6 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Crowd Energy, having completed construction and successful testing of its first generation prototype of the Ocean Energy Turbine, will launch a major Kickstarter campaign in March 2014 to construct a second generation turbine and move the project to (SNMREC) Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Florida Atlantic University for verification and open water testing. […]

  • Swedish Divers Found Soviet WW2 Submarine in Baltic Sea

    11 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A Soviet submarine lost during the World War II was recently found by Swedish divers on the seabed of the Baltic Sea. The submarine was identified thanks to Russian letters still readable on the sub’s hull and the year of 1936 stamped on the main 100-mm gun. Experts of Central Navy Portal suggest it is […]

  • VIDEO: AdBm Deploys Subsea Noise Reduction System at Butendiek OWF

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

    The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), part of the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin (UT), has detailed the recent successful offshore demonstration of AdBm Technologies’ underwater noise abatement system. AdBm, a portfolio company of ATI’s Clean Energy Incubator, worked with its Dutch partner, Ballast Nedam, to deploy its system at the Butendiek Offshore […]

  • One Sea Makes Case for Safe, Ethical Autonomous Shipping

    22 October 2019
    Rules & Regulation

    The alliance is aiming to create an environment suitable for autonomous ships by 2025.

  • BSEE to Establish Ocean Energy Safety Institute (USA)

    30 May 2013

    Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James Watson yesterday announced the Bureau is taking steps to establish an independent Ocean Energy Safety Institute (Institute) to further enhance safe and responsible operations across the offshore oil and gas industry. The Institute will provide a forum for dialogue, shared learning and cooperative research among academia, […]

  • UK: Wind Power Increases Copper Demand

    2 August 2012

    Analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s metal markets and power research teams reveals that a 12% growth in wind power capacity across Western Europe is increasing copper demand, required for component parts of wind turbines and related infrastructure. Growing pressure from European Union (EU) environmental targets in recent years has resulted in the rapid expansion of wind […]

  • Offshore Wind Growth Limited by Supply Chain (UK)

    3 November 2011

      Wind is one of the fastest growing energy sources in the world. From an emerging fuel source 20 years ago, wind energy has grown to become a commercial electricity generating technology in over 87 countries. Developments in technology have paved the way for more effective and reliable equipment and machinery, which has led to […]

  • USA: GE, Sandia National Lab Discover Pathway to Quieter, More Productive Wind Turbines

    15 August 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company (GE), today announced research that could significantly impact the design of future wind turbine blades. Utilizing the power of high-performance computing (HPC) to perform complex calculations, GE engineers have overcome previous design constraints, allowing them to begin exploring ways to design reengineered wind […]

  • DNV GL Launches Marine Energy Planning Tools

    27 February 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    DNV GL yesterday released WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer; the world’s first marine energy planning tools to be made commercially available. A major barrier to the growth of the marine energy industry is the risk associated with projects and the accompanying uncertainty of return on investment. Engineers face a large number of unknowns at the start of […]