Following a number of public engagement efforts, NOAA Fisheries today announced it is denying the Georgia Aquarium’s request for a permit to import 18 beluga whales from Russia for public display in the United States. NOAA Fisheries based the decision on requirements of the Marine Mammal Protection
Nordic marine energy technology leader Minesto, with a marine power plant that is able to cost efficiently produce electricity from low velocity tidal and ocean currents, has appointed Dr. Heije Westberg as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Heije Westberg has previously been Manager fo
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) recently deployed its Advanced Diver Navigation System to conduct numerous projects with differing purposes. The CSA system includes the Shark Navigator, a self-contained, highly portable, diver-operated mapping system with high accuracy positioning. CSA’s Diver Navigat
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has successfully completed the comprehensive risk reduction program for the U.S. Navy’s Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) program. Designed to discover any potential systems defect
A group of divers have completed specialist coded welding trials at a leading North-east oil and gas industry support and training facility to prepare them for work in the Norwegian sector. The Aberdeen-based National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC), is the world’s foremost hyperbaric welding trials and tra
HR Wallingford’s noise model within its Hydro-Acoustic Model for Mitigation and Ecological Response (HAMMER) tool has been validated using pin-piling and ambient noise data collected from a boat based hydrophone during the construction of the SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Lough, in Northern Ire
Rowan Companies plc (“Rowan” or the “Company”) announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into a three-year contract with Cobalt International Energy, L.P. (“Cobalt”) for the Rowan Reliance, one of Rowan’s new ultra-deepwater drillships currently under construction at the Hyundai Heavy Indus
Chevron Corporation has named Joe M. Naylor corporate vice president of Strategic Planning, effective immediately. Naylor succeeds Charles (Chuck) A. Taylor, 55, who was previously appointed managing director for the company’s IndoAsia Business Unit in the international upstream business. In his new
Together with RWE Innogy, FoundOcean is currently working on the 48-jacket Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in the German sector of the North Sea. The project teams are undertaking onshore trials to investigate effective ways of speeding up the foundation installation process. One option under conside
McDermott International, Inc. (“McDermott” or the “Company”) announced that it is substantially consolidating its Atlantic operations and restructuring. The restructuring plan includes the closure of the Company’s Morgan City fabrication facility and marine base in Louisiana, expected late this year
GL Garrad Hassan has begun a project for the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawai’i (HNEI-UH) supporting the institute’s Hawai’i National Marine Renewable Energy Center (HINMREC) wave energy testing program. HINMREC, under funding from the Wind and Water Power Program of the U
Endeavour International Corporation today reported second quarter 2013 net loss, as adjusted of $12.6 million compared to a net loss, as adjusted of $17.4 million for the same period in 2012. On a GAAP basis, net loss for the second quarter of 2013 was $14.3 million as compared to net loss of $51.3
Hydratight, the global joint integrity specialist, has welcomed SeaHarvest in Egypt and Italian Gavazzi.it pipework equipment, to be part of its growing distribution network. Cairo based SeaHarvest is one of the foremost national oil companies serving the upstream oil and gas industry in Egypt & Nor
McDermott International, Inc. (“McDermott” or the “Company”) announced that John T. McCormack, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has advised the Company of his intention to retire, effective in the fourth quarter of this year. Mr. McCormack (age 66) has been with McDermott for te
