REGENT Craft has revealed the first full-scale seaglider prototype and completed the first on-water tests, kicking off sea trials that are expected to culminate in the first human seaglider flight in mid-2025.
VO:X Barentsz, the fifth uncrewed survey vessel (USV) developed through the joint effort of Dutch Van Oord and DEMCON Unmanned Systems, has secured a certificate of registry in the Netherlands, becoming the first uncrewed seagoing vessel to fly the Dutch flag. VO:X Barentsz, Van Oord’s first USV spe
U.S.-based developer of subsea autonomous robotic systems and software Nauticus Robotics has initiated a process to acquire compatriot SeaTrepid International, a provider of subsea robotic services. Nauticus Robotics reported it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets and busi
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has unveiled a concept design for a multi-megawatt cluster of wave energy converters (WECs), aiming to improve efficiency and lower costs in offshore renewable energy. The design explores clustering multiple wave energy devices into a single moored and electrically connect
Tampnet, a Norway-headquartered provider of offshore high-capacity and low-latency connectivity services, has secured a fiber optic project and long-term service contract with Woodside Energy that will enable remote operations at an oil project in the Gulf of Mexico/America. The fiber-based connecti
Valmet, a Finland-headquartered developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, has received an order for a marine methanol fuel automation control system for two cable-laying vessels (CLV) being built in China for Jan De Nul. The or
A UK-built 12-meter-long autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV), designed for long-distance over-the-horizon operations, has hit the water for the first time, with three sister vessels soon to follow. After nearly 18 months of design, engineering, and build, UK-headquartered Zero USV launched its
REGENT Craft, a US-based developer and manufacturer of all-electric seagliders, has signed an initial agreement with Strategic Development Fund (SDF), an Abu Dhabi-based investment company wholly owned by EDGE Group, to form a joint venture for manufacturing seagliders in the UAE.
Eltronic FuelTech has partnered up with Aarhus University for the AMAZE innovation project that aims to develop an advanced system for minimizing ammonia emissions from dual-fuel vessels.
The European Union (EU)-backed TREASURE project has selected renewable energy company SolarinBlue, Rotary Wave start-up, as well as wave energy developer Eco Wave Power among the 52 companies to address environmental challenges in Euro-MED ports. The TREASURE initiative (Testing novel environmental
Dutch company Next Ocean is looking at a global reach for its technology that predicts waves and vessel motions minutes beforehand. Following a period of demonstration deployments of WavePredictor and the first vessels using it commercially, Next Ocean says it is witnessing the technology becoming s
Norwegian renewable energy firm Alotta, in collaboration with compatriot fish farming company Emilsen Fisk, is installing a floating solar power plant at the latter’s facility in Båfjordstranda, making it the “world’s northernmost floating solar power plant.” According to Alotta, the project, backed
French wave energy developer Seaturns has completed sea trials of its wave energy technology at the IFREMER test site in Brest, France, moving a step closer to commercialization. The company is now gearing up for full-scale testing in 2025. In collaboration with IFREMER, Seaturns deployed a 1/4-scal
This is an article by Navingo, owner of the Offshore-Energy.biz media brand and the organiser of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. The year has just started but the exhibition floor for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2025 in November is filling up quick
