In a quest to make ships more eco-efficient, a Norwegian engineer has taken a new approach, designing a cargo ship that is powered by wind and gas.
Eni has started production from Nené Marine field, offshore Congo, just eight months after obtaining the production permit and 16 months following the exploration discovery. The field is located in Marine XII Block, approximately 17 km from the coast. The start of production reflects another importa
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will be hosting a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the development of an environmental assessment document for the Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project. The meeting will be held in the Wolf High-Technology Center’s Susan H.
Tidal lagoon electricity generating station with a potential generating capacity of 1800 MW up to a possible 2800 MW is in plan for Cardiff Bay, and will be developed by Tidal Lagoon Power. The planned lagoon includes a seawall attached to the foreshore, at its western extent approximately 2 km from
WEPTOS WEC has a simple and enduring triangular structure, connected through a flexible part in the bow. The structure is anchored by the beam positioning itself correctly in the waves’ direction. Through its floating angular construction, the wave energy converter is able to regulate the wave energ
Chevron has become the latest major operator to join Viper Subsea’s Joint Industry Project (JIP) to develop its Subsea Integrity Monitoring System known as V-IR. The project, which began in October 2013, has already attracted Shell, BP and Total and the additional sponsorship by Chevron will allow f
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have set a new record for the world’s deepest fish, filmed in the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. The new finding was just one of several new species discovered, as well as the first footage of the mysterious ‘supergiant’ amphipod filmed alive. Th
Indian Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan, is calling for India to engage more seriously in the exploitation of ocean energy. Harsh Vardhan addressed the public at the inaugural programme of the Golden Jubilee year celebration of CSIR-NIO, held at National Institute
The Monterey Bay quarium Research Institute has announced that the application period for the 2015 MBARI summer internship program is now open. The summer internship program, scheduled from June 8 – August 14, 2015, is open to undergraduate and graduate students (including recent graduates) and educ
The search efforts to find the data recorders of AirAsia’s missing QZ8501 plane have resumed as weather conditions improved. The plane, en route from Surabaya to Singapore, went down in Java Sea off the coast of Kalimantan with 162 people on board. According to the latest reports five large objects
While on a 120-day expedition in southwest Indian Ocean, China’s deepsea manned submersible Jiaolong took samples of hydrothermal fluid in two active hydrothermal vents on Friday. Jiaolong measured temperature of 352 degree Celsius of one active hydrothermal vent. During the dive the submersible als
Marine Renewables Canada, together with Nova Scotia Department of Energy, have published a guide aiming to ensure the sustainable development of in-stream tidal industry called Statement of Best Practices for Tidal Energy Development & Operation. The Statement follows a sequence of essential steps i
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has just published ‘Example Redundancy Concept and Annual DP Trials for a DP Class 3 Construction Vessel’ (IMCA M 225). It’s a companion volume to ‘Guidance for developing and conducting annual DP trials programmes for DP vessels’ (IMCA M 190 –
NUS Engineering researchers are closer to creating underwater robotic creatures with a brain of their own, besides behaving like the real thing. In the near future, it would not be too tall an order for the team to produce a swarm of autonomous tiny robotic sea turtles and fishes for example, to per
