Polarcus, a Dubai-based seismic contractor, has received a letter of award for the acquisition of a 3D marine seismic project in South America. The project will start in the first quarter of 2018, the company informed. The South American project is planned to last for approximately two months. Polar
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has appointed William S. Joyce to its board of advisors.
EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has celebrated the topping-out ceremony of its second building for the Merkur offshore wind farm service base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, and expects to have it fully built on time with no delays despite winter weather.
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) will carry out the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 380. The “NanTroSEIZE stage 3: frontal thrust long-term borehole monitoring system (LTBMS)” will be executed via the ultra deep-water drilling vessel Chikyu from Jan
CSA Ocean Sciences has expanded its operations in Trinidad and Tobago. CSA Ocean Sciences (Trinidad) will be led by Candice Leung Chee, chief executive officer, Carlyle Kalloo, director, and Rameez Persad, operations manager. The expanded executive team brings decades of collective experience in the
Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a video software tool called EyeSea that automatically spots the interactions between fish and marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) devices.
Ocean Infinity confirmed that its proposal to continue the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 has been accepted by the Government of Malaysia. Ocean Infinity’s search will focus initially on the zone identified by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. The vessel, Seabed Constru
The First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones has written to the UK Prime Minister Theresa May stating his intention to provide ‘substantial’ investment for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon if that would enable the project to move forward.
Subsea technology company Rovco has secured Innovate UK funding to develop a 3D visualisation system as part of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) demonstrator project potentially worth GBP 1 million.
A group of 25 wind industry executives have called for market scale and visibility on renewables deployment volumes in order to sustain the current cost reduction pathway during the first meeting of the European Commissions’ Clean Energy Industrial Forum dedicated to renewables.
Subsea technology company, Rovco, has secured Innovate UK funding to develop a 3D visualization system that could revolutionize the way energy companies manage and inspect their subsea assets.
Gibdock yard recently carried out repair works on a 3D seismic survey vessel Polar Marquis, operated by Shearwater a joint venture by GC Rieber Shipping and Rasmussengruppen. The Bergen-based offshore shipping specialist is a repeat customer for Gibdock, having docked several vessels for repair and
Aker Solutions has entered into an agreement to provide duty holder or ‘installation operator’ services on Marginal Field Development Company (MFDevCo’s) projects. The addition of duty holder capability is imperative in the final phases of project due diligence and provides the link with the operati
Defence and security company Saab will demonstrate its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, the AUV62-AT, for the U.S. Navy. The AUV62-AT is an artificial acoustic system that mimics a submarine. The Navy will evaluate Saab’s AUV62-AT against its systems through the ‘Foreign Comparative Tes
