WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an open source wave energy converter simulation tool being developed as a joint effort between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind and Water Power Te
The owners of the respective harbours, municipalities of Umeå and Vaasa, have agreed to set up a joint company, Kvarkenhamnar AB. The new entity with head office in Umeå will take over port management from the Swedish and Finnish local governments as from the 1st of January, 2015. Kvarkenhamnar AB w
The Nigerian Federal Government has approved dredging operations of the Bonny Channel along with four other channels. The Transport Minister, Senator Idris Umar emphasized that the deepening of the Channel would allow bigger vessels to access the Onne Port, and that the project would have economic b
GTT and its partner Cryovision launched an innovative monitoring system to help reduce the effects of liquid motion in LNGCs, including extra boil-off of LNG cargo, due to “sloshing” inside the vessel’s tanks. The new tool, SloShield™, uses an advanced algorithm that allows LNG carrier crews to cons
Eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District projects that will provide critical infrastructure to local ports and ecosystem restoration efforts in Florida received approval as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, which was signed by President Barack O
Production is now underway on Valeport’s latest innovation – the new UV-SVP – a small and compact direct reading package aimed primarily at AUV and ROV users, which delivers high accuracy data to compliment survey work. Valeport’s UV-SVP (Underwater Vehicle – Sound Velocity Profiler) is based on the
CGG has recently inaugurated an open subsurface imaging center in Yangon to service and support anticipated growth in Myanmar’s oil and gas exploration sector. The new center is the first of its kind to be opened in Myanmar by a major international geoscience company. The inauguration ceremony was
CENTA, a specialist for flexible couplings, delivered the 58 tonnes misalignment coupling for the LORC Nacelle Testing facility, where final installations and preparations for the commissioning tests are ongoing and on schedule. The huge coupling has a nominal torque of 8.6 MNm, which makes it the l
CENTA, a specialist for flexible couplings, delivered the 58 tonnes misalignment coupling for the LORC Nacelle Testing facility, where final installations and preparations for the commissioning tests are ongoing and on schedule. The huge coupling has a nominal torque of 8.6 MNm, which makes it the l
DP World Chairman HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem met with the Maldivian President His Excellency Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Minister of Economic Development His Excellency Mohamed Saeed, in Malé and during the meeting discussed potential areas of cooperation and ways in which economic relations c
Polarcus Amani has mobilized for a 4,400 sq. km RIGHTBAND 3D multi-client survey in the Southern Porcupine basin, offshore Ireland. The multi-client project, being acquired in collaboration with ION GeoVentures and GeoPartners, will be the largest ever 3D multi-client seismic survey acquired offshor
Dominion Resources has announced that marine geophysical and geotechnical surveys will be conducted for the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project (VOWTAP) in state and federal waters off the coast of Virginia Beach. Fugro is conducting seabed surveys by using the liftboat Inez Eymard
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA, specialists in Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Surveying (CSEM), is using 6G technologies from Sonardyne International Ltd. to provide redundancy and improved precision in EM source positioning. The technology will also be used to position and retrieve EM seabed re
Nave Galatea, Italian Navy’s coastal hydrographic unit, is currently engaged in geodetic and topographic surveys in Venice and Marghera for the 2014 Idro-Oceanigraphic Campaign. These two areas are characterized by peculiar tidal rhythms and subjected to evolutionary dynamics, such as subsidence (si
