Robert Gordon University (RGU) will open a new Centre for Smart Data Technologies this month, which aims to bring the benefits of analysing and mining vast quantities of data to industry. The Centre, which will be launched on Tuesday, September 9, will focus on Big Data Analytics, particularly for t
The Coastal Engineering Research Board (CERB) will meet at Presidio San Francisco, Sept. 9-10, to review current coastal engineering challenges within the Pacific Coastal region. The CERB is a congressionally-authorized advisory board which provides advice to the Chief of Engineers on research and d
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has opened a major new storage, maintenance and inspection facility in Aberdeen, UK. The new base – on a three-acre site with a warehouse, 20 permanent onsite staff and a multi-million pound mooring inventory – will support InterMoor’s global mooring operations with a f
A leading wind turbine blade manufacturer delivered a 56 meter blade to the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center last week. The turbine blade will undergo rigorous testing at the lab that has the longest structural reaction floor in the U.S. According to UMaine spokesman J
A leading wind turbine blade manufacturer delivered a 56 meter blade to the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center last week. The turbine blade will undergo rigorous testing at the lab that has the longest structural reaction floor in the U.S. According to UMaine spokesman J
Eco Wave Power, an advanced and innovative international wave power developer based in Israel, introduced its plans to raise $5 million by the year end for the development of ocean energy. As Bloomberg reports, the Company is seeking investors outside Israel and it is also in talks with several ener
Plexus Holdings PLC, owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has doubled the size of its operational headquarters in Dyce, Aberdeen through the purchase of a c.36,000 sq.ft. work shop and office facility (the ‘New Facility’) for £2.4 million
Temporary Works Design (TWD) combined their experience with the design of various pile handling tools and motion compensated systems to get to a revolutionary new concept: a motion compensated piling gripper, allowing straight piling of monopiles from a floating vessel or barge. Due to the tight tol
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will take part in two important events in China this autumn, Oceanology International China 2014 (OI China 2014) and China International Diving, Salvage & Offshore Summit-2014 (DSOS-2014). The association is an official supporter of both events
The Kingdom of Tonga this month became the first country in the world to put in place a law that manages seabed mineral activities within its national marine space and under its sponsorship in international waters. Tonga’s Seabed Minerals Act 2014 was prepared with the assistance of the Deep Sea Min
The latest Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition was launched today at the NOC in Southampton, making £1.5 million available to UK businesses to develop novel adaptive autonomous ocean sampling network (AOSN) management systems. The competition, run by the Natural Environment Researc
The expansion of renewable energy will slow over the next five years unless policy uncertainty is diminished, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its third annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report. According to the report, power generation from renewable sources such as wind, sola
The expansion of renewable energy will slow over the next five years unless policy uncertainty is diminished, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its third annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report. According to the report, power generation from renewable sources such as wind, sola
During an expedition with the German research vessel Polarstern off the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, an international team of scientists discovered more than 130 active methane seeps at the seafloor. According to chief scientist and MARUM researcher Gerhard Bohrmann, this is the first repo