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  • Sevan Marine tests cylindrical hull for Gulf of Mexico application

    24 May 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Under a program organized by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), Doris Inc., the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) at Texas A&M University and Sevan Marine have carried out further research and model scale testing of Sevan Marine’s cylindrical hull for application in the Gulf of Mexico ultra deep water. Sevan Marine […]

  • The Netherlands: Bechtel Enters Testing Stage of ROPES Project

    5 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Bechtel announced on November 5 that a groundbreaking study to improve the safety of shipping ports has entered a new phase. The Research on the Passing Effects on Ships (ROPES) project, an international joint-industry research initiative led by Bechtel, has now moved from computer simulation to testing involving ships in port. The results of the […]

  • Floating solar platforms await modelling response

    23 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    In support of its research into floating solar energy, the Queen’s University Belfast is seeking a post-graduate candidate to investigate dynamic response of floating solar PV arrays.

  • WWII American Aircraft Found in Pacific

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    An American aircraft, a TBM-1C Avenger, missing since July 1944, was recently located by Project RECOVER in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau. Project RECOVER is a public-private partnership to enlist 21st century science and technology combined with in-depth archival and historical research in a quest to find the final underwater resting […]

  • Marine renewable energy to have its day at the European Parliament

    22 August 2016

    As part of the MERIKA project, the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) is organising a Marine Renewable Energy Research Day in Brussels on Wednesday 30 November 2016.

  • Scientists Study Effects of North Sea Wind Farms on Local Climate

    1 March 2016
    Environment, Research & Development

    Climate researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are coordinating a research project to study the interaction between wind farms and their potential effect on local climate in the North Sea. So far, mutual interactions of wind farms and their potential effects on local climate have been approximated with models only. Thanks to their wide installation, however, it […]

  • Scientists Study Effects of North Sea Wind Farms on Local Climate

    1 March 2016
    Environment, Research & Development

    Climate researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are coordinating a research project to study the interaction between wind farms and their potential effect on local climate in the North Sea. So far, mutual interactions of wind farms and their potential effects on local climate have been approximated with models only. Thanks to their wide installation, however, it […]

  • NOAA Names New Chief Scientist

    12 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Obama Administration named Dr. Richard W. Spinrad as NOAA’s Chief Scientist. An internationally recognized scientist and executive with more than 30 years of experience, Dr. Spinrad will be the senior scientist for the agency, driving policy and program direction for science and technology priorities. Until this appointment, Dr. Spinrad served as vice president for […]

  • UK: RRS Discovery Returns to Southampton for the Last Time

    17 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Royal Research Ship Discovery has returned to the National Oceanography Centre’s Empress Dock in Southampton for the last time. The ship, the UK’s oldest research vessel, will be taken out of service after a distinguished half-century of service to UK marine science. This final science expedition – her 382nd – was led by Dr […]

  • USGS, USACE and ASBPA: Protecting Coastal Communities

    14 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association are working together to advance coastal dune science and management through workshops and research investments. They have funded projects at Oregon State University, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, North Carolina State University, Texas A&M University and […]

  • Hawaiki Strikes New Capacity Deal with REANNZ

    21 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Hawaiki Submarine Cable and Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand have signed an agreement to provide the country’s peak research network with a crucial boost in international cable capacity and resiliency. REANNZ was an anchor tenant for the Hawaiki Transpacific Cable – launched for commercial service mid-2018. Its network allows researchers to send and […]

  • Exeter University ocean scientist scoops international award

    28 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Dalian University of Technology (DUT) in China has appointed Professor of Ocean Technology at the University of Exeter, Lars Johanning, a ‘Hai-Tian’ Sea-Sky Scholar in recognition of his research into ocean energy and technology.

  • TWIND Project Appears on Horizon

    11 July 2019
    Research & Development

    A project to create a network of excellence that will dynamize a pool of specialized research professionals and trainees in support of emerging offshore wind industry in Portugal has secured funding under the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. The TWIND project is coordinated by the Portugal-based WavEC Offshore Renewables and gathers three other internationally recognized research […]

  • COFS Lands Grant for Offshore Wind Foundation Design

    10 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS) at the University of Western Australia has received Federal Government funding for a research project focused on offshore wind foundations.

  • Marine energy innovation hub to be formed in Scotland

    20 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator (MERIKA) aims to create a reference research and innovation hub on the theme of marine energy, with international support and recognition, it is stated in CORDIS’ press release. EU-funded MERIKA project revolves around establishing the UHI Faculty of Science, Health and Engineering into marine energy research hub in […]

  • SEAI calls on Irish industry to apply for H2020 energy funding

    30 September 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has called on the Irish industry, academia and the public sector to apply for the next round of energy research funding through the Horizon 2020 funding programme. Launched last year, Horizon 2020 is the EU’s largest research and innovation programme with an energy budget of €6 billion for […]

  • MacArtney Delivers CORMAC Winch System to Kiel University, Denmark

    1 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The MacArtney Group announces the delivery of a CORMAC 4Stainless Steel Winch system to the Institute of Geosciences at the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel. The winch system, which was acquired through German MacArtney Group member, MBT GmbH, will be put to good use onboard various research vessels, hereunder the R/V Alkor, which is operated […]

  • WHOI Gets RV Neil Armstrong

    25 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Following completion of successful acceptance trials, the nation’s newest research vessel, the Neil Armstrong, was officially turned over by the U.S. Navy to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), which will operate the vessel as part of the national academic fleet. In May 2010, the Office of Naval Research selected WHOI to operate the new […]

  • Japanese Consortium to Develop Autonomous Ocean Transport System

    26 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism has selected a joint project led by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding to develop a technological concept for autonomous ocean transport system for its FY2017 Transportation Research and Technology Promotion Program. The research consortium of the project is comprised of MOL, Mitsui, the National Institute of Maritime, […]

  • French marine body seeks tidal farms specialist

    28 December 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    French national institute dedicated to marine renewable energy research France Energies Marines (FEM) is looking to hire a research engineer specialized in marine renewable energies.

  • Wreck of Umpqua II Found in Monterey Canyon

    6 November 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    During a recent expedition to map earthquake faults in Monterey Bay, MBARI researchers discovered the wreck of a barge on the muddy seafloor in Monterey Canyon. The barge Umpqua II was about 1,700 meters (one mile) below the ocean surface. Researchers first spotted the barge in sonar data from MBARI’s autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) D. […]

  • China: CNPC, CAS Ink Cooperation Deal

    14 May 2012

    On May 11, CNPC and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing, to join hands in technological research on cutting-edge basic science of oil and gas exploration and development, petroleum engineering technology and equipment research and development, exploration and development technology for unconventional oil and gas, research and development of […]

  • UK: University gets OGA funding to search for oil in Rockall area

    2 May 2016

    The University of Aberdeen has received a £250,000 ($366,900) grant from the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to investigate the potential for hydrocarbon exploration in the Rockall area of the North Atlantic. The funding is part of a package of measures announced by the Prime Minister to support the UK oil and gas industry […]

  • Nearshore Beaufort Sea under wave project characterization

    17 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Vessels

    ACEP’s Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center team is gearing up to undertake oceanographic work on the Alaska North Slope as part of a government-backed multiyear project to evaluate wave and tidal energy potential in the area.

  • VIDEO: RV TÜBİTAK Marmara Launched (Turkey)

    19 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    The RV TÜBİTAK Marmara is a Turkish research vessel owned by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and operated by its newly established Marine Research Center for oceanographic research studies. The vessel was designed by Soyaslan Marine, indigenously developed and built at the Çeksan Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul to a cost of […]