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Damaging an Egyptian Coral Reef Expensive

Mar 07, 2013

Due to an increase in tourism, Egyptian coral reefs are important to its economy: official records show 170 damage incidents.The UK P&I Club has issued the following advisory circular to its members: Vessel groundings are a large threat which coral reefs face…

New Polar-Orbit Satellite Under NOAA Control

Mar 06, 2013

These satellites are critical for advanced warning of severe weather including tornado outbreaks, heavy snowfall, hurricanes, heat waves, floods, & wildfires.Data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite will…

Caterpillar Sponsored Boat Tags Great White Shark

Mar 05, 2013

2,000 lb. Great White Shark Lydia successfully tagged and released off the Coast of Jacksonville, FL by OCEARCH research boat.After enduring ten days of high winds and rough seas off the coast of Jacksonville, FL, the OCEARCH team caught and…

Danish Ocean Research Vessel Keel Laid

Mar 04, 2013

The hull of the new vessel is being built in Szczecin, Poland, for later delivery for completion at Denmark's Hvide Sande Ship & Bådebyggeri yard.The Roman goddess Aurora gives her name to Aarhus University's new research vessel which from the summer of 2014 should be ready to sail…

UK Ocean Technologies Expo Biggest Yet

Mar 03, 2013

Ocean Business 2013 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton will welcome 300+ worldwide companies to its upcomeng show.One of the most exciting elements of the show is that visitors can actually see equipment in action and ‘test-drive’ products before they purchase…

Teledyne Webb's APEX® Deep MakesRecord Dive

Feb 27, 2013

Teledyne Webb Research's Autonomous Profiling Explorer (APEX®) Deep, dives to a record 6,000 meters.The record drive, in the Puerto Rico trench was launched from the R/V Kruger B out of San Juan, starting its dive the afternoon on February 25…

Survey Ship Discovers Red Sea 'Grand Canyon'

Feb 26, 2013

Naval survey ship 'HMS Enterprise' nets stunning images of a Grand Canyon-style ocean floor hidden deep under the Red Sea.Discovering the 250 metre deep canyon after leaving the Egyptian port of Safaga the ship used her sophisticated EM1002 Multibeam echo sounder to create the 3D images…

IMO Begins Updating Ship GHG Information

Feb 25, 2013

International experts are meeting at IMO Headquarters with the aim of providing current & reliable ship Green House Gas emission information.This information would be used by IMO , through its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)…

ABS Hosts Arctic Workshops

Feb 25, 2013

Industry experts share views on key Arctic R&D issues.ABS, a provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, offers a series of Arctic workshops that aim to help define the region’s most pressing research and development (R&D) needs…

Vancouver Shipyards Get Government Contracts

Feb 24, 2013

Progress continues under Canada's National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy  (NSPS) with contracts to Vancouver Shipyards.The Harper Government today announced a series of preliminary contracts valued at a total of $15.7 million for  joint support ships…

Hydroid Hires New Engineers

Feb 22, 2013

Hydroid, Inc. announced the addition of two new faculty. Steve Brodet has joined Hydroid, Inc., a Pocasset-based, manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), as an Applications Engineer. Brodet brings more than eight years’ experience as a Physical Scientist…

New Esri Ocean Industry Manager Takes the Helm

Feb 15, 2013

Drew Stephens Leads GIS for Ocean and Coastal Environments Industry.Esri has hired Drew Stephens to expand the market for GIS within the ocean industry. Esri, the world leader in GIS, has accelerated the development of its ocean technologies via the Esri Ocean GIS Initiative…

Caterpillar Sponsors Ocean Shark Research

Feb 14, 2013

Caterpillar agree multi-year partnership with OCEARCH to help global research on sharks, key members of the ocean's ecological system.'Most people think sharks are invincible,' said OCEARCH founder Chris Fischer . 'But they are in real danger*…

A USV Franchise Grows Strong in Abu Dhabi

Feb 14, 2013

As the evolution and integration of robotics in maritime vehicles continues to reshape missions and capabilities inland, near-shore and at sea, Maritime Reporter & Engineering News last month was on hand in Abu Dhabi for the unveiling of a new Unmanned Surface Vessel family…

Muddy Footprints: Satellite's View of Ship Pollution

Feb 13, 2013

Long tracks of elevated nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels show up along certain shipping routes when viewed from NASA's Aura satellite.For more than a decade, scientists have observed “ship tracks” in natural-color satellite imagery of the ocean…

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