The Dutch research institute Deltares has developed an open tool that analyses satellite data and visualizes land and water changes around the globe. According to the tool, the world has gained 115,000 km² of water and 173,000 km² of land over the past 30 years. The Deltares Aqua Monitor was develop
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has invited applications for funding under a EUR 3 million scientific research programme at the company’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland, to understand the impacts of offshore wind on the environment. A scientific panel ha
Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. is expanding its offshore wind business abroad through a partnership with Taiwanese steel maker China Steel Corporation, Nikkei Asian Review reports. The two companies are expected to start collaborating on offshore wind-related projects this autumn. Hitachi will be in charg
Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) has completed sea trials of its remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian, conducted off the island of Guam in the western Pacific. This is the first submersible vehicle that SOI has designed and built. The 25-day testing, from aboard SOI’s oceanographic research vessel
The East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) has announced the formation of a new offshore wind special interest group which aims at establishing the East of England as a centre of excellence for offshore wind in the UK. The new SIG will be under the chairmanship of Graham Hacon of 3sun and is expected
gridComm has provided technology that enables Ocean Networks Canada to monitor and read ocean floor sensors placed 3,000 meters under sea level and 25 kilometers apart. Ocean Networks Canada has been monitoring deep ocean and coastal environments for ten years. One of the objectives of this project
GCE Subsea and NCE Seafood Innovation have secured funding for the second phase of a project to explore the crossover potential between Oil & Gas and Aquaculture. The cluster-to-cluster project Subsea meets Aquaculture between GCE Subsea and NCE Seafood innovation is facilitated by Deloitte and spon
A paper proposing a novel computational tool for the reliability-based assessment of wave, tidal and offshore wind farms was published yesterday in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. The paper presents the new tool to identify typical decision problems and to shed light on the complexity
A paper proposing a novel computational tool for the reliability-based assessment of wave, tidal and offshore wind farms was published yesterday in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.
German designer of offshore and multipurpose vessels HeavyLift@Sea has presented an updated version of its Service Offshore Vessel (SOV) customized to operate on offshore wind farms. The standard configuration of the SOV serves as a base for 60 technicians and crew members accommodated in single cab
A team of scientists and engineers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Newcastle University (NU) have developed a novel technique to measure sea surface height directly using global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology in combination with a marine surface autonomous vehicle (SAV
NOAA and its partners will visit what remains of the World War II German U-boat U-576 and the Nicaraguan-flagged freighter SS Bluefields to document the so-called “Battle of the Atlantic”. On July 15, 1942, the U-boat sank the SS Bluefields. However, the merchant ship convoy and its U.S. military es
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has launched a tender competition to supplement its technological competence and capacity. The purpose is to become more of a driving force in development of discoveries and measures to enhance recovery from fields in operation. The tender competition is for
Vishakhapatnam Port is poised for major expansion, with the Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurating several projects during his visit to the port last Friday. The Minister inaugurated a container freight capacity developed project as well as the commissioni
