SAFEEN Subsea, part of AD Ports Group’s Maritime & Shipping Cluster, has launched SAFEEN Green, a remotely operated unmanned vessel (USV) that operates entirely on renewable electric power or biofuel. According to AD Ports Group, the USV is designed to revolutionize marine surveys and inspections us
French designer and manufacturer of wind propulsion systems OceanWings has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for its ‘innovative’ wind propulsion technology in Busan, South Korea.
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has released a ‘free’ digital carbon calculator designed to help container shipping companies estimate the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions they could cut down on. As disclosed, the new calculator enables users to enter vessel details, the existing container cargo system a
A couple of months after Equinor revealed its participation in the technology qualification program for Reach Subsea’s Reach Remote uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), France’s energy giant TotalEnergies joined as a new collaboration partner. The pilot project with Equinor, TotalEnergies and other “maj
To scale up the production of its materials for green hydrogen, Matteco has closed a €15 million Series A investment round backed by a group of national and international family offices.
Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has released a new report highlighting the potential of nuclear technology in the maritime industry through a study of a small modular reactor (SMR) on a standard LNG carrier. The study modeled by ABS and Herbert Engineering Corporation (HEC)
The EverLoNG project, an initiative aiming to encourage the uptake of ship-based carbon capture (SBCC) by trialing its use onboard LNG-fueled ships, has completed the second demonstration campaign on Heerema Marine Contractors’ LNG-powered crane ship Sleipnir. The demonstration campaign began in Jun
Scottish wave energy company Mocean Energy has kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to secure additional investment as it advances its ocean energy technology from the prototype stage toward technology commercialization and internationalization. The company’s technology integrates wave, solar, and bat
U.S.-based FuelCell Energy and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have agreed to jointly pursue hydrogen energy business initiatives and have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining the possibilities.
U.S. renewable hydrogen electrolysis company Verdagy has opened a gigawatt-scale electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Newark, California.
WaveX, a renewable energy business, and Centre for Energy Research & Innovation (CERI) resident, has secured a Western Australia State Government Innovation Booster Grant (IBG) to accelerate the integration of advanced control systems into its D-Spar wave-powered generator. The competitive Innovati
UK’s remote robotics company HonuWorx is planning to develop a fleet of autonomous submarines that will perform services across the oil & gas, offshore wind, and defense sectors, targeting 50 units in the long term. In what the company describes as an industry-first, HonuWorx deployed a remotely ope
Oriol Colomés Gené, Assistant Professor at Technische Universiteit Delft in Offshore Engineering, has received the NWO Vidi grant for the DigiOcean4Solar project to develop a first-of-its-kind digital ocean model designed to assess floating solar farms. DigiOcean4Solar, short for a Digital Ocean en
The first floating solars for the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore solar farm have arrived at the Port of Amsterdam, set for installation at the Dutch CrossWind HKN offshore wind farm. Planned for a 2025 installation, the Hollandse Kust Noord solar farm is expected to be what the company describe
