Canadian energy storage solutions provider Sterling PlanB (SPBES), now called Shift, has revealed its plans to expand its markets beyond marine industries and to launch a new clean energy supply service PwrSwäp.
Canadian transport provider Seaspan Ferries Corporation (SFC) has revealed its plans to use renewable natural gas (RNG) for its roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) liquefied natural gas (LNG- powered marine fleet.
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC, has announced the official start of its new battery-powered and low emissions tugboat build program.
USV manufacturer Saildrone has launched a 22-metre version of its uncrewed surface vehicles, known as saildrones. Powered by wind and solar energy, saildrones are capable of missions of up to 12 months in the open ocean. The latest and largest version is also the first in the Surveyor class of USVs,
The partnership targets zero-emission shipping markets with next-generation redox flow batteries.
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is supporting XOCEAN-led XO-G2 project which aims to develop the next generation survey platform in the form of uncrewed surface vessels (USV). With increased demand on the ocean for aquaculture, harvesting metals and energy extraction, companies need safer, lower cost, c
Kraken Robotics has completed its third offshore data acquisition and technology demonstration campaign as part of the $19-million OceanVision project. During this campaign the Canadian ocean tech company deployed its new SeaScout system. The system consists of Kraken’s KATFISH towed synthetic apert
Boston-based subsea robotics firm Dive Technologies recently completed sea trials of a Large Displacement Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (LD-AUV), powered by Kraken Robotics pressure tolerant batteries. As a result, Kraken expects further contracts with Dive for additional batteries in 2020 and beyon
Canada’s Ocean Startup Challenge has shortlisted 31 companies to compete for 10 prizes of $25,000 and in-kind support from partners. “Applicants accepted our challenge by proposing creative solutions to solve industry hurdles, with more than a third of the shortlisted companies having ocean technolo
Canada is investing $9.4 million in four tidal energy projects that will bring clean energy technologies to the Atlantic region. The announcement took place following a tour of the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy’s facilities in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Nova Innovation has secured $4 million t
GeoSpectrum, an Elbit Systems subsidiary, has introduced the C-Bass family of compact very low frequency (VLF) long-range acoustic underwater transducers. Generating high power at very low frequencies from a small source is a technological challenge, with current high power underwater VLF sources av
