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  • Delaware Wetlands Conference in Wilmington

    1 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 7th Delaware Wetlands Conference will take place this week, on February 3-4, at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, DE. More than 300 wetland experts and enthusiasts from the tri-state area will gather in Wilmington at the Delaware Wetlands Conference to share the latest in wetland research, innovations to outreach and education and conservation […]

  • USA: University Staff to Learn About John Redmond Reservoir Dredging

    28 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    More than 50 University of Kansas staff members will visit the John Redmond Reservoir and Tallgrass Prairie Preserve on Friday, May 30. The 2014 Mini Wheat State Tour is an initiative of the Unclassified Senate and its professional development committee. Each year, the tour brings together a group of KU staff from across the university […]

  • UK: ABPmer Delivers River Hamble Maintenance Dredge Plan

    8 September 2011

    ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd has prepared a Maintenance Dredge Plan on behalf of the River Hamble Harbour Authority (RHHA), in association with marina and boatyard owners on the river. The aim of the Plan was to collate information to assist both operators and regulators seeking, or giving approval, for maintenance dredging activities close to […]

  • ORE Wrapping Up Turbine Bearing Test Facility Paperwork

    6 March 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult expects to publish the contract notices and procurement documentation for the construction of its wind turbine bearing test facility in Blyth, UK, in March.

  • Papua New Guinea: Marine Group Proposes Establishment of Citizens Mining Council

    23 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A Papua New Guinea marine conservation party has provided its proposal to the federal government to establish a citizens’ council to advise on deep sea mining projects. Papua New Guinea is the first nation in the region to have issued a deep sea exploration lease, with the Canadian company Nautilus Minerals. The mining work is […]

  • Scottish Government Disagrees with Claims on Renewable Energy Target

    12 February 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Claims that independent Scotland would not be able to achieve its target on energy being produced fully from renewable sources were rejected by the Scottish Government, the Blue & Green Tomorrow news site reports. A report, made by researchers from Birmingham, Cardiff, Robert Gordon and Queens in Belfast, shows doubts that Scotland alone would  be […]

  • Scottish Renewables Applauds Government for Offshore Wind Support

    15 July 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Scottish Renewables has responded to news that the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator programme, which aims to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10%, has been awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government. Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Offshore wind holds huge opportunities for Scotland, and the industry […]

  • Paris-based firm buys iXblue

    30 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    Paris-headquartered Groupe Gorgé has completed the acquisition of iXblue, bringing it under the same roof as ECA Group. According to iXblue, the two companies will benefit from a global workforce of 1,500 persons and will achieve an annual turnover of €250 million. “In addition to our complementary activities, both our companies share a common DNA […]

  • Coretrax Secures Maersk Oil Contract

    22 August 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Coretrax has been awarded an abandonment contract with Maersk Oil. The contract is for Maersk Oil’s well abandonment campaign in the Central North Sea and Coretrax will provide wellbore abandonment services including bridge plugs, drillable scrapers, service tools and wellbore clean up fluids. Work will start this month and last over a three-year period. Coretrax global […]

  • ISS Supports Key Marine Seismic Survey Project in Greece

    26 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has been appointed by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to support a key marine seismic survey project in Greece. Under the three month research project, ISS Greece will provide marine services to the survey vessel ‘Nordic Explorer’ and two smaller support vessels as they work along the […]

  • Singapore tops the list of world’s maritime centers once again

    14 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Singapore has topped the list of the world’s maritime centers for the 12th consecutive year based on the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index.

  • Delays in plug & abandonment work may put $5.5 billion on UK decom tab

    11 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    With investor confidence taking a hit in the aftermath of political and fiscal woes, hydrocarbon exploration in a slump, and supply chain costs likely to rise, a postponement of plug and abandonment (P&A) assignments could hike the UK’s decommissioning bill by $5.5 billion.

  • UK study maps out complex tidal flows around ‘world’s most powerful tidal turbine’

    1 October 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Vision

    A team of scientists from the Marine Biological Association, the University of Plymouth, and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Shetland have analyzed how Orbital Marine Power’s O2 turbine interacts with Orkney’s powerful currents, providing insights into the optimal placement of tidal stream turbines, and highlighting the need of site-specific assessments. According to […]

  • China: Rongsheng Heavy Wins Order to Construct Four 6600 TEU Container Vessels

    9 August 2011

      China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group HoldingsLimited,announced that it has recently secured orders for 2+2 6600TEU containerships from a major European shipowner. Mr. Chen Qiang, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of China Rongsheng Heavy Industries, said, “This is the third group of shipowners that has ordered 6600TEUcontainerships from China Rongsheng Heavy Industries within the […]

  • Fiber optics for offshore wind and gas storage safety

    31 March 2020
    Research & Development

    Researchers at Berkeley Lab have have been awarded new grants to develop fiber optic cables for monitoring offshore wind operations and underground natural gas storage. The new research builds on Berkeley Lab’s previous studies in fiber optic cables and their for use in carbon sequestration, groundwater mapping, earthquake detection, and monitoring of Arctic permafrost thaw. […]

  • GEOMAR Uses New Methods to Date Lava Flows Off Iceland

    6 April 2016
    Research & Development

    Scientists at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel trying to understand how the Earth’s surface was formed have used new technology to date lava flows at the North Kolbeinsey Ridge about 500 kilometers north of Iceland. They found evidence of large, deep-sea volcanic eruptions, which probably formed almost half of the Earth’s crust. […]

  • SMRU Marine Releases New Tool to Assess Noise Impact on Marine Mammals

    12 August 2014
    Research & Development

    SMRU Marine – collaborating with a team of researchers at the University of St Andrews, led by Prof. John Harwood – has developed Population Consequences of Disturbance (PCOD), an interim framework for assessing the consequences of noise disturbance on marine mammal populations that may result from the underwater noise generated by offshore renewable energy developments. […]

  • NOC Teams Up with ANU on Ice Age Study

    1 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, the University of Southampton and the Australian National University developed a new method for determining sea-level and deep-sea temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years. The research provides new insight into the climatic relationships that caused the development of major ice-age cycles during the past two million years. The […]

  • Australian, Japanese players join forces on industrial-scale shipping of CO2

    23 August 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Future Energy Exports CRC Limited (FEnEx CRC), JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX NOEX), Low Emission Technology Australia (LETA), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Osaka Gas have executed a project agreement to conduct research and development for transport of CO2 by ships.

  • UK: ITF Members Offer Funds to Drilling and Subsea Technology Developers

    14 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      ITF is calling on technology developers to come forward with innovative solutions to drilling, well intervention and subsea challenges, with the potential for successful proposals to receive up to 100% funding. Submission deadlines are fast approaching for three global calls for proposals, following identification of key priorities at a series of Technology Challenge Workshops […]

  • Westwood: 2023 shaping up to be a busy year for offshore rigs with further boost in day rates

    26 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Westwood forecasts global marketed offshore rig utilisation to average 95 per cent this year with day rates getting a further boost.

  • Starcross and Cockwood Tidal Defence Scheme

    15 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Environment Agency is reviewing options to manage the risk of tidal flooding at Starcross and Cockwood on the Exe Estuary in Devon. This project was identified as one of the priority schemes detailed in the Exe Estuary Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy (EEFCRMS).  Although funding is yet to be secured, the scheme’s […]

  • Miami Hosts World Dredging Congress WODCON XXI

    8 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Western Dredging Association will host the 21st World Dredging Congress & Exposition, the WODCON XXI, at the Hyatt Regency Miami next week (June 13-17, 2016). The conference will showcase around 120 technical papers over three days covering all aspects of dredging and maritime construction. This congress will also feature dredging short courses, a technical exhibition and […]

  • Innovation Award for Runswick Bay Scheme

    1 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dr Alice Hall has won the Innovation Award at the CIRIA BIG Biodiversity Challenge Awards for her research in coastal infrastructure and defences. Bournemouth University (BU) ecologist worked with Scarborough Borough Council and University of Hull (Dr Sue Hull) on a scheme to protect houses and coastal infrastructure in Runswick Bay in North Yorkshire with […]

  • TechnipFMC and Petronas Agree Technological Collaboration

    1 November 2017
    Project & Tenders

    TechnipFMC together with Petronas Research (PRSB) and Petronas Technology Ventures (PTVSB), has signed a tripartite heads of agreement. This collaboration will leverage all parties’ best technology, expertise, personnel, assets and facilities in areas such as gas separation technology, desanding and sand disposal, enhanced oil recovery solutions, unmanned equipment and operations. Rune Thoresen, president Subsea Projects […]