The $24 million Antarctic Gateway Partnership, launched by the Australian Government in November 2014, includes $7.5 million to establish a marine technology hub to build next-generation hybrid autonomous vehicles capable of exploring hundreds of kilometres under metres-thick ice. Leading this resea
Japanese politicians and business leaders have visited the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) – a visit that comes at a time when Japan looks to establish its own marine energy test centre sites, EMEC’s press release reads. The visit was hosted by EMEC and the Orkney-based environmental consultanc
Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have used advanced photographic tools in an unmanned Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to make major advancements in estimating deep-sea ecosystem diversity at ‘landscape’ scales. By using a camera on the Autosub6000 AUV to take a continuous str
SMC/IEC TC-114 is requesting research proposals from Canadian industry and academic groups which would accelerate the development of international marine energy technical specification and standards currently being developed through IEC/TC 114. One of the key focuses of the research is the assessmen
Effective 1 January 2015 DeepOcean is organised in two main regions, the Greater North Sea (“GNS”) region and the International region. Ottar Mæland will head up the GNS region as Group EVP GNS. Group support functions such as IT, Procurement, Asset Management, Ship Management and Engineering will r
The MacArtney Underwater Technology Group announced the inauguration of its fifth dedicated business unit in North America. Located in Jupiter, Florida, just north of West Palm Beach, the new MacArtney ‘Southeast Operations’ will cover a six-state area including Tennessee, North Carolina, South Caro
Longbay Seapower has notified the Planning Inspectorate of an intended application for the the West Somerset Tidal Lagoon. LongBay SeaPower aims to harness the natural resources of the Bristol Channel to generate electricity. The West Somerset Lagoon is the construction of a continuous breakwater wa
The black box of the AirAsia QZ8501 Flight has been retrieved from Java Sea by Indonesian Navy divers. Last week pinger locator detected pings from the black box that was found stuck at a depth of 30 meters in the plane debris. According to Reuters report, divers retrieved the flight data recorder,
China’s most sophisticated research vessel Kexue (Science) departed from the eastern city of Xiamen on January 10 on a new expedition to a west Pacific seamount. According to reports, the second expedition to the Yap Seamount sea area will focus on deep-sea environment and ecology, said Dong Dongdon
Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has issued its third open funding opportunity announcement, OPEN 2015, for up to USD 125 million, it is stated in ARPA-E’s press release. OPEN 2015 will support energy research and development projects from America’s top inno
Energinet.dk has invited potential contractors to prequalify for an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey to be carried out in 2015 at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm site. The Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet.dk is preparing the installation of a 33 km export cable from the planned
A subsea engineering and training company, Jee Ltd, will draw on its extensive integrity management experience to host a free-to-attend webinar exploring the topic on February 24, 2015. Available to a global audience, the webinar ‘Lessons learned in subsea pipeline integrity management’ will be pres
Two extensive, unexplored submarine mountain chains are proposed as new open-water marine protected areas by the Republic of Panama based on scientific expertise from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Submarine mountain chains are recognized by the United Nations as conservation prioritie
Petrobras announces results of drilling well 9-SES-187A (Petrobras nomenclature) / 9-BRSA-1278A-SES (ANP nomenclature), located in concession area BM-SEAL-10, blocks SEAL-M-347 and SEAL-M-424, in Sergipe Basin ultra-deep waters. Results have confirmed the continuation of the light oil accumulation i
