Falmouth Scientific, Inc. (FSI), a Cataumet based designer and manufacturer of precision oceanographic instrumentation and systems, continues to grow their Sub-Bottom product line with the addition of the new HMS-AT650 Compact ULF Sub-Bottom Profiling System. “This system is ideal for applications t
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 7-13). Ravestein Builds World’s Largest Backhoe for Boskalis The new backhoe dredger Magnor, currently being built for Boskalis by Ravestein, will be the largest and most efficient backhoe dredger in the wo
Columbia Power Technologies with its StingRAY wave energy device has been selected to work directly with the US national laboratories to accelerate the path towards commercialization. The Virginia-based wave energy developer will collaborate with National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Sandia Nati
Senwatec, a German manufacturer of dredging equipment, has just released a video about their Dredge-Prince, a versatile workboat for marinas and ports. Built under the European-Safety-Regulations, this piece of equipment has stable aluminum construction with steel front outrigger for heavy tools. Th
The deadline for application submissions for the first call for projects launched by the West Atlantic Marine Energy Center (WeAMEC) is approaching with the due date set for March 15, 2016. WeAMEC, a recently established business hub dedicated to marine renewable energies in Pays de la Loire, a regi
NORBIT has secured orders from Jan De Nul Group, through their Benelux dealer Seabed BV, for several tightly integrated all-in-one turnkey multibeam sonar systems. These compact survey systems allow for fastest set-to-work on any sized survey platform while allowing for highest quality broadband FM
A multidisciplinary consortium led by the University of Vigo will install two wave energy converters (WECs) off Galicia, Spain, to demonstrate the efficiency of wave energy devices in the high-energy coasts. The main objective of the Life DemoWave project is to demonstrate the viability of two WECs,
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has entered into a letter of intent with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES) to provide engineering support and potentially lease its APB350 PowerBuoy for the project off Japan. OPT is to conduct funded pre-work tasks and negotiate a definitive agreement that wou
The video shows the recently completed project whose aim was to investigate cost-effective methods of cable laying for tidal arrays in strong tidal flow conditions.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) will participate in the 28th Annual Roth Capital Partners Conference taking place in California later this month. President and Chief Executive Officer of OPT, George Kirby, will present at the Roth Capital Partners Conference at The Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, Califor
The extreme conditions modeling project (ECM) will be releasing two open-source numerical tools for use in modeling extreme conditions of wave energy converters (WECs). Researchers at Sandia National Laboratotries and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed the WEC Design Resp
A team of US-based researchers has teamed up with industry representatives in developing a new mooring system for floating offshore wind turbines that uses an integrated network of anchors and lines to hold dozens or even hundreds of turbines in place in the ocean in industrial-scale, offshore wind
Witt Ltd has launched a £750,000 equity raise through the crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, to take the WITT technology into manufacturing for its first application as the 200-Watt Marine WITT. The Marine WITT is expected to provide autonomous power for marine applications, such as large-scale survi
The energy produced from the first tidal turbine from the Shetland Tidal Array project has been exported to the grid. The first Nova M100 turbine of the array delivered power to the Shetland grid following a winter of operations and testing, Nova Innovation informed. The Shetland Tidal Array is a jo
