Marine Science News


Incoming President Celebrates IMarEST’s 125th Anniversary

Apr 01, 2014

Protecting the world and its oceans remains the focus of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) as it celebrates its 125th anniversary, says its new president, Richard Vie, VP Technical Development and Quality Assurance…

Scrivens Named AMSI Business Person of the Year

Mar 13, 2014

The annual Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) Business Person of the Year Award was presented to Roger Scrivens, Founder and Managing Director of RS Aqua Ltd., by Richard Burt, Chairman of the AMSI Council of the Society of Maritime Industries…

Bound for the Great Lakes? Ballast Tank Exam a Certainty

Mar 06, 2014

The Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group (BWWG) informs of the release of its 2013 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway ballast water management report. The mission of the BWWG is to harmonize ballast water management efforts between: the U…

Singapore, UK Researchers Team up for Maritime R&D

Mar 05, 2014

Building on the fruitful past decade of U.K.-Singapore cooperation in scientific research and development, A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI) officially launched a…

Explorer's Club Medal for Ocean Geophysicist Walter Munk

Mar 04, 2014

UCSan Diego inform that the Explorers Club will honor renowned Scripps scientist Walter Munk with the Explorers Medal at its 110th annual dinner March 15 at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The event, “Exploration & Technology: Celebrating Innovation in Discovery…

BP Loses Bid to Block Seafood Fund Payments

Feb 27, 2014

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday denied BP Plc's request to halt payments from the $2.3 billion fund it created to compensate commercial fishermen for financial losses after the British company's 2010 offshore oil spill, according to court records…

Scientists Train Students on Oil Spill Research

Feb 25, 2014

As part of ongoing research nearly four years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will team up with a group of high school students in Florida to collect remnants of oil from Gulf Coast beaches this week…

Retlif Marks 35th Anniversary

Feb 05, 2014

Retlif Testing Laboratories, a strategic compliance organization and independent testing laboratory, is celebrating its 35th year of operations. President Walter Poggi officially announced the anniversary with a series of planned events and…

ISS advises of North Queensland Weather Disruptions

Jan 28, 2014

As forecast cyclone approaches, Inchcape Shipping Services, (ISS), is advising that the adverse weather around the coast of North Queensland, Australia, is causing port disruptions, closures and evacuations. The current monsoon low lies over the north of the Coral Sea…

AWT Shares Acquired by StormGeo

Jan 28, 2014

Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT) announced the conclusion of an agreement with weather specialist company StormGeo under which the full shareholders stock in the company has been acquired by Norwegian based StormGeo A/S .Following the acquisition…

New Fisheries Assistant Administrator at NOAA

Jan 15, 2014

Today, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, acting NOAA administrator, appointed Eileen Sobeck as assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries. She assumes her new position on January 27 taking the helm from Samuel Rauch, who has served as acting assistant administrator since 2012…

Ron Crocker Joins Alion Team

Jan 13, 2014

Alion Science and Technology, a global engineering, technology and operational solutions company, announced that Ron Crocker has joined the company to enhance GSA communications and provide strategic management of several of Alion’s GSA indefinite…

Alion Names Kevin Boyle General Counsel

Jan 07, 2014

Alion Science and Technology, a global engineering, technology and operational solutions company, announced that Kevin Boyle has joined the company as General Counsel.  Mr. Boyle’s expertise includes government contracts law and litigation, M&A…

Lynch Takes Helm of NOAA’s Atlantic Fleet

Jan 02, 2014

NOAA Capt. Anne K. Lynch has assumed command of the agency's Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Va., which manages the day-to-day operations of the nine research and survey ships in NOAA's Atlantic fleet.Each year these ships…

Modern Compasses Improve Oil Production

Dec 19, 2013

By using the Earth’s magnetic field, combined with new innovative technology, oil and gas drilling companies are increasing oilfield productivity while reducing development costs and environmental impacts.This technology has applications across the world…

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