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Latest Tide Measurement Suite Launched by C-Nav

Jun 04, 2013

US-based C-Nav Solutions launch its latest GNSS Real-time tide measurement package, C-Tides. The company says that its C-Tides suite combines the exceptional vertical accuracy of C-Nav's GNSS Precise Point Positioning service with the latest advanced ocean and coastal tides models…

Maersk Deliver Antarctica 'White Gold' to Europe

May 29, 2013

The 'white gold' is in the form of deep ice cores taken for scientific research from the south polar region for delivery to a Belgian university.The sensitive shipment required global collaboration across several Maersk Line teams. 
Samples of ice…

Arctic Economic Potential: Scholarly Briefing Published

May 28, 2013

The need for a comprehensive and risk-aware understanding of Arctic dynamics before proceding with development is emphasised in a recent research paper.The melting of the Arctic is expected to offer prospects for maritime transport and hydrocarbon…

US, Canada, EU, Sign Atlantic Ocean Research Accord

May 27, 2013

The recently signed 'Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation' concerns research into the workings of the Atlantic Ocean and its interaction with the Arctic. The alliance will build on existing bilateral cooperation agreements and projects…

Shipwrecks Pose US Sea Pollution Threat

May 20, 2013

New NOAA report presented to the US Coast Guard examines national oil pollution threat from shipwrecks in US waters.The report finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation's coastal marine resources…

New NOAA ROV On Ocean Trials

May 15, 2013

The 6,000-meter-rated remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system will be tested from 'Okeanos Explorer' in the 2013 field season. Dave Lovalvo, project manager for the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research’s Deep Submergence Group and…

Subsea GofM Acoustic Experiments Begin

May 10, 2013

US Naval Surface Warfare Center with Office of Naval Research (ONR) &  academia, is participating in a multi-country, acoustic scattering experiment in the Gulf of Mexico until June 2013.
The test event dubbed TREX is a Target Reverberation…

UNOLS Call for Nominations

May 09, 2013

The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) seeks nominations & applications to fill Council and Committee vacancies in 2013.The open positions include:    •    UNOLS Council - 1 position    •    Deep Submergence…

Subsea SE Alaska: Seismic Sensors Deployed

May 02, 2013

The US Coast Guard Cutter 'Maple' helps the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy 12 seismic sensors along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault, northwest of Craig, Alaska.The team placed the ocean-bottom seismometers along a 28-mile section of…

New, New York Harbor Current Meter

May 01, 2013

NOAA uses data from a new current meter in New York harbor operated by New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology.The system provides enhanced real-time information to mariners travelling through the nation’s second busiest port.The Stevens current meter measures the  direction…

Wave Glider Wins Edison Gold Medal

Apr 28, 2013

Liquid Robotics, an ocean data service provider and developer of the Wave Glider, was named the 2013 Gold Medal winner for innovation in power generation and utilization.Presented at the 26th Edison Awards Ceremony and Gala event, Liquid…

U.S. National Ocean Service 2014 Budget Request

Apr 26, 2013

The FY 2014 President's Budget Request for the National Ocean Service (NOS) amounts to $529.2M.The National Ocean Service (NOS) observes, measures, assesses and manages coastal, ocean and Great Lakes areas and provides science-based services to inform decision making…

Swiss Army Knife Survey Boat Returns Home

Apr 24, 2013

TerraSond Limited announces the return to home base in Alaska of its multi-purpose survey boat 'Luna Sea'.The owners say that this strategic return enhances their capability to serve clients in the Cook Inlet and South Central Alaska.Headquartered in Palmer…

U.K.'s Liverpool Bay Dredging Secret Discovered

Apr 18, 2013

New research tracking the movement of dredged sediment around Liverpool Bay could save millions of pounds in dredging costs.Each year, sediment must be dredged from the port and deposited elsewhere to maintain access for commercial vessels…

U.S. National Ocean Policy Plan Released

Apr 17, 2013

The Obama Administration releases its final plan for translating the National Ocean Policy into on-the-ground actions to benefit the American people. With significant public input from a wide spectrum of individuals and interests, the final…

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