Korea Maritime Consultants Co., Ltd. (KOMAC) has secured approval in principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its design of an ammonia-fueled containership. The 3,600-TEU vessel design aims to address what KOMAC forecasts will be as an increase in the market need for small-scal
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has redeployed a tidal energy turbine for MeyGen project, which underwent significant upgrades to improve performance and reliability.
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has launched a Direct Generation Concept Design Competition, inviting wave energy specialists, concept designers and solution architects to apply.
Energy services provider Expro has secured a contract with what it says is a “major operator” for the first deployment of its single-valve subsea solution. According to Expro, the multi-functional single shear and seal mechanism will form part of a full subsea deepwater completion/intervention syste
Subsea7 and EnBW have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly study several offshore wind-powered hydrogen production concepts. Within the framework of a study, the two partners will explore the technical and commercial elements of green offshore hydrogen production, from both pilot and comm
The UK’s National Subsea Centre (NSC) and Robert Gordon University (RGU) are collaborating on a data project to add artificial intelligence technology to subsea inspection operations. The Subsea AI Body of Knowledge (SAIBOK) project is using AI and machine learning technologies to accurately train a
Houston-based Nauticus Robotics has secured a contract with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for the deployment and testing of its Aquanaut autonomous subsea robot offshore Brazil. The contract is said to come as Petrobras had recently ramped up efforts in robotics and artificial in
Danish company Wavepiston and its two university partners have secured a government grant of over €2 million for a wave energy research project.
Argeo Robotics, a fully owned subsidiary of marine survey contractor Argeo, has been granted a patent from the Norwegian Industrial Property Office for a subsea electromagnetic remote-sensing system for tracking of buried cables and pipelines below the seafloor.
Marine Energy Research Australia (MERA) has teamed up with CorPower Ocean and Australia Ocean Energy Group (AOEG) to perform an extensive study focused on wave energy hydrodynamics, which could result in driving performance, reducing cost and accelerating commercialization of wave energy technology.
Utilizing nuclear power could become a catalyst for the growth of alternative fuel infrastructure projects and the ship orders to go with it, according to Principal of Sea/Switch Partners and Partner in the ETFMG Breakwave Sea Decarbonization Tech ETF, BSEA, Hal Malone. As explained, shipping decarb
The University of Oxford, along with two other universities and over twenty industry stakeholders and regulatory bodies, will work together on an ambitious €8.1 million project that will address the key challenges currently preventing the tidal energy sector from reaching its full potential.
The report on the potential of tidal stream energy to support sustainable growth in the UK, published by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, has concluded that this form of energy can serve as an effective complement to wider efforts on both net zero and energy security.
A joint study into ammonia safety onboard ships undertaken by the Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS), has found that a range of mitigation methods, from ship design to crew training and operations, are required
