The latest effort to find the doomed ships of 19th century British arctic explorer Sir John Franklin ended in failure, Canadian officials… (upi) [mappress] Source: upi, August 29, 2011;
Officials are questioning the feasibility of a proposal by the Russian government to build a 64-mile long tunnel under the Bering Strait tha… (digitaljournal) [mappress] Source: digitaljournal, August 28, 2011;
Plans to develop an ocean-based renewable energy industry in Massachusetts took some positive steps forward last month with the successful… (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, August 28, 2011;
New mobile radar systems, each costing about £20 million, are being purchased from a US defence contractor to ensure Britain’s early … By Robert Mendick (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, August 28, 2011
New mobile radar systems, each costing about £20 million, are being purchased from a US defence contractor to ensure Britain’s early … By Robert Mendick (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, August 28, 2011
The mother ship of China’s manned deep-diving submarine, Jiaolong, has completed its mission of a 5,000-meter dive in the Pacific Ocean betw… (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, August 26, 2011;
Last spring, a volcano erupted 425 kilometers (about 265 miles) off the Oregon coast and far below the surface, at Axial Seamount. No one was aware for months. Now, the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative will survey the site and stream live video of the volcano. It’s the fi
A coalition of 24 governors from both major parties and each region of the country has asked the administration to take a series of steps to provide a more favorable business climate for the development of wind energy, starting with a seven-year extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the I
A coalition of 24 governors from both major parties and each region of the country has asked the administration to take a series of steps to provide a more favorable business climate for the development of wind energy, starting with a seven-year extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the I
The world’s demand for safe and clean energy continues to grow, with renewable sources playing an every greater role. Wind power generation, having expanding offshore, is now not only looking out but up. International renewable energy consultancy, GL Garrad Hassan, has issued the first market report
The PGS Crystal III Wide Azimuth survey illuminates and eliminates the unknown in East Breaks. This MultiClient survey is available now, in time for the highly anticipated Lease Sale 218 in the Western Gulf of Mexico on December 14, 2011. This survey, which covers 485 OCS blocks, or 11,300km², in Ea
A draft Offshore Renewable Energy Strategic Action Plan from DETI has proposed targets of 600MW from offshore wind and 300MW from tidal… (energyireland) [mappress] Source: energyireland, August 25, 2011
Chesapeake Technology Inc. , a world leader in real-time sonar data acquisition and advanced sonar processing has released an updated version of its flagship product, SonarWiz 5. New features were designed in response to customer feedback to speed up mission planning, target prosecution and change d
In spring of this year MMT was awarded the marine route survey contract for the NordLink Submarine Cable. Since the mid nineties several power cable connections between Norway and Germany have been on the drawing board. The landfall areas in Norway have all been in the Lista and Fedafjorden area, wh
