NOAA commissioned a state-of-the-art coastal mapping vessel, NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, during a special ceremony at NOAA’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. [mappress] Source: NOAA, June 11, 2012
Seaborn Networks announced that Sidera Networks will be making a long-‐term, capacity purchase on Seaborn’s US-‐Brazil submarine cable system. Seaborn Networks’ cable system, Seabras-1, is a new 32 Tbps submarine cable that will be the first direct route between Sao Paulo, Brazil and the United St
According to Teyf Research & Consulting Group, Omantel has announced the launch of 3 new submarine cables to be operational by the end 2012 to strengthen its position as the ‘carrier of carriers’ for submarine cables landing in Oman and connecting to the rest of the region. Abdulrahim al Bahlani, GM
Petrobras has announced the discovery of good quality oil in the third well drilled in the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster’s Sul de Guará region. According to the Rights Transfer contract, Petrobras is entitled to produce up to 319 million barrels of oil equivalent in this area. This discovery well, 1
Scientists worry about the impact of the subsea turbines on deep-diving seabirds along the Scottish coastline, reported scotsman.com. Developers of the wave projects are now facing the problems that have been an issue for onshore wind farm developers for some time. Scientists in the Pentland Firth h
Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in microscopic marine plants, essential to all sea life, than an
Renaissance Services has announced the appointment of René Kofod-Olsen as CEO for Topaz Energy & Marine (Topaz). Mr. Kofod-Olsen’s career spans 18 years in the marine industry with the A.P. Møller-Maersk Group (APMM), including a period as Chief People Officer of SVITZER, responsible for the global
Maritime Institute in Gdańsk has announced a tender of a total value of 463,226 EUR (580.000 USD). The project includes the work of supply and installation of a stand-alone platform for ROV sampling and phyto-zoobenthos and marine environment measurements and the installation on board the awarding v
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, announced the procurement of six Remote Operated Vehicles (ROV) for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). These small, remotely controlled, underwater robots will be provided by Aurora ROV Systems Ltd. of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, at a cost of
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, ConocoPhillips was completing pressure testing and pre-deployment checks of the BOPs on surface. Since the last report, the BOPs and marine riser were run to the sea floor, and after failing to function satisfactorily they were pulled
University of Gdańsk has announced a tender invitation for the supply of a research vessel. This specialized research vessel would be used for operations in the Baltic Sea. The vessel should be a specialized catamaran for scientific research, inter-disciplinary marine research and training students.
Norman ASA, a global security leader, enters an OEM agreement where it will supply the Norman SCADA Protection (NSP) system to Kongsberg Maritime. KONGSBERG will use the NSP security solution in its maritime systems that it supplies worldwide. Kongsberg Maritime is a leading global supplier of marit
M3Wave announced that the company has surpassed the $500,000 mark in grant awards in the last 18 months. M3 Wave Energy Systems LLC was formed to commercialize the DMP ocean power device. Funding for M3 Wave Energy Systems LLC is predominantly a combination of US Government grants and private invest
Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, announced its collaboration with the LION2 consortium on the recently inaugurated second phase of the LION (Lower Indian Ocean Network) submarine cable project in Africa. As part of the project, Ciena’s intelligent optical switching solution – already depl
