Hawaiki Submarine Cable has proposed a new Pacific submarine cable what would link New Zealand and Australia with several Pacific islands by the end of 2014, reported Computerworld. The Hawaiki cable is a repeatered 2 fibre pairs submarine cable system with a design capacity of 8Tbps linking Aucklan
On 31 August the survey ship Level A capsized by collided with the Belgian-propelled barge on the Rhine at Basel. The four-man crew fell overboard. Prof. Dr. Volker Boeder, director of the project and Professor of Geodesy and Hydrography at HCU was rescued, but died on Saturday in hospital. The Leve
A NASA-sponsored expedition is set to sail to the North Atlantic’s saltiest spot to get a detailed, 3-D picture of how salt content fluctuates in the ocean’s upper layers and how these variations are related to shifts in rainfall patterns around the planet. The research voyage is part of a multi-yea
SeaGen, the first commercial-scale tidal stream energy system has achieved a new milestone of 5 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of tidal power generation since starting operation at Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. That equals the annual power consumption of 1,500 British households. The Siemens-owned sys
DNO International ASA (“DNO International”), the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced today that it has restarted production from the West Bukha field in Block 8, offshore Sultanate of Oman, at an estimated daily rate of 10,000 barrels of oil and 25 million cubic feet of gas following a five mon
Senior fishing industry representatives and scientists will focus on the role of the fishing industry in collecting ocean, weather and climate data, and how to scale up these efforts, at a World Ocean Council (WOC) panel during the Seafood Summit (Hong Kong, 5-9 September). The fishing industry can
OceanWorks International announced the establishment of OceanWorks Aykor Teknolojik Ürünler Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (OceanWorks Aykor) as its Turkish subsidiary. The addition of OceanWorks Aykor to the OceanWorks International group of companies represents a major milestone in the growth of
TPG Telecom Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary PIPE Networks Pty Limited (PIPE) one of Australia’s premier telecommunications carriers and Infinera, a leading provider of digital optical communications systems, announced the selection of the Infinera DTN-X platform for PIPE’s submarine cable system,
A University of New Hampshire researcher contracted to test sonar systems on a research ship helped discover the wreck of the ship that took Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic. Jonathan Beaudoin, research assistant professor in UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (
India was initially allotted an Area of 1,50,000 sq.km. in Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) by the then Preparatory Commission of United Nations (UN) on 17th August, 1987 on the basis of extensive survey work carried out by India. As per obligations, India relinquished 50% of the Area in phases and
After a multi-day installation operation, Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI), a Portland-based company, has successfully installed a wave energy device off the coast of Newport, Oregon. The device, known as Wave Energy Technology-New Zealand (WET-NZ), is now deployed at the Northwest National Marin
The SCHOTTEL Group will be showcasing its undiminished strong standing at this year’s SMM. With its gratifying facts and figures, the renowned German manufacturer of propulsion and steering systems for ships and offshore applications is underscoring its continuing positive development. Counter to th
This is the second important milestone in the construction process of the Ramform Titan, which is progressing according to plan. The Ramform Titan is being built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) in Japan, using the latest shipbuilding methodology, in prefabricated blocks. Block production is
Manufacturer Haux-Life-Support GmbH has gained GL certification for their Diving Simulator for the Royal Swedish Navy. The simulation system has been certified according to the GL Rules for Underwater Technology – Diving Systems and Diving Simulators. Harald Pauli and Dirk Pohlmann from GL’s Departm
