With the International Seabed Authority (ISA) granting Nauru Ocean Resources Incorporation (NORI), a Nauru registered exploration company, the right to explore for deep seabed minerals in the International Seabed Area (known as “the Area”), the country becomes the first Pacific Island nation to have
A new agreement between marine scientists and a commercial telecommunications company could dramatically advance scientists’ ability to observe and study ocean processes, provide early alerts for potential disasters and study deep Earth geodynamics. Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanograph
The official opening of the all-new KONGSBERG Offshore Vessel Simulator at the SimSea AS maritime training centre in Haugesund, Norway, took place on the 9th February 2012. The simulator, which is part of a 1300m2 simulator park, is one of the most advanced of its kind, offering fully integrated tra
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited presented its proposed Irish demonstration project at the Marine Renewables Industry Association’s (MRIA) Ocean Energy Industry Forum ‘Putting our Marine Renewables Resources to Work’ in Dublin. The presentation was given by Kieran O’Brien, Carnegie
Survey shows that professionals perceive Ramboll as one of the best places to work. Every year, Universum surveys professionals and asks them questions about their career expectations, how they perceive companies as employers and what they associate with those employers. The professionals are asked
The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched
Infield Systems has just released its latest edition of the Global Perspectives Subsea Market Report To 2016. The eighth edition of this ground breaking report is devoted to the global subsea market and provides a comprehensive analysis of its many facets. Information is presented in such a way as t
Towards the end of 2012, Interstream Barging puts the first gasoil free LNG Greenstream Tanker into use. This innovation for inland navigation has been developed by Peters Shipyards and will be built entirely in the Netherlands. Under the name LNG Greenstream Tanker both parties have, in close coope
Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, is launching a new product range at this year’s Subsea UK exhibition. The first of these innovative products is DiveGel, a new application of the company’s game-changing Gel Lift System (GLS), which will revolution
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (FET) announces the appointment of two senior management positions within Forum Subsea Technologies’ DPS Offshore group. The DPS Offshore group is the leading provider of rental equipment and calibration services to the marine survey, construction, Remotely Operated V
The marine and hydrokinetic industry, which aims to harness various marine and hydrokinetic resources including ocean waves, tidal streams, river flows, ocean currents, and ocean thermal differences for power generation, stands at a critical point. The technologies are improving, major energy compan
AWS Truepower, LLC, an international leader in renewable energy consulting and information services, has joined a model inter-comparison task from the International Energy Agency (IEA) called WakeBench. More than 40 organizations in 12 countries are participating. The firms are charged with improvin
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has recently welcomed its first six graduates onto the Bibby Offshore Academy Graduate Training Scheme. Bibby Offshore Academy was launched last year to address the training needs of potential future employees and for the management and de
NorWind Installer AS, together with partners OWEC Tower AS, Vestavind Offshore AS, MENCK GmbH, BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH, Strathclyde University, Glasgow and the Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research (CIPR) at UNI Research, have been awarded support from the Norwegian Research Council for an inno
