Aberdeen Harbor Engages in Study into Potential Port Expansion.Aberdeen Harbour Board has commenced a major feasibility study into the potential expansion of facilities at the port. Continued growth in traffic and cargos, as well as an increase in the size of the vessels has prompted the study…
Damen delivers silent in operation Research Vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ to DAB Vloot, the Flemish Government fleet operator.The RV 3609 was jointly designed by Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and VLIZ, the Flemish Institute for the Sea. While hull and…
Kongsberg Maritime’s OE14-502 HD cameras were used by China's manned deep sea submersible 'Jiaolong' in recent W. Pacific Ocean dive.The Jiaolong was equipped with two ultra deep water versions of Kongsberg Maritime OE14-502D High Definition…
National Snow & Ice Data Center reports ice appears to have broken the 2007 record daily extent.With two to three more weeks left in the melt season, sea ice continues to track below 2007 daily extents.Arctic sea ice extent fell to 4…
Scientists aboard Swedish icebreaker 'Oden' prepare Danish claims as they reach the North Pole.Denmark is one of three Arctic nations that are collecting data to prove that the seafloor under the North Pole belongs to them. The two others are Russia and Canada…
Chinese scientific research ship 'Dayang Yihao' starts research mission with Nigerian & Chinese scientists on board.More than 100 Chinese and Nigerian scientists and officials attended a ceremony at Apapa Harbour, Lagos, on the launching of the cooperative mission…
Ballast water treatment system testing facility earns U.S. Coast Guard approval. The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Maritime Environmental Resource Center (MERC) has partnered with NSF International, Great Ships…
OceanWorks International has produced the SIIM-375, a mini-Node variant of the Subsea Instrument Interface Module (SIIM) for the VENUS observatory.VENUS, the coastal network of the Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) Observatory, is a cabled undersea laboratory for ocean researchers and explorers…
Sea ice in the Arctic is disappearing at a far greater rate than previously expected according to latest dedicated satellite data.Preliminary results from the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 probe indicate that 900 cubic kilometres of summer sea…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter 'Healy' begins the first of three Arctic missions scheduled during 2012.Healy departed its homeport of Seattle July 30, for a deployment that will include three missions that support scientific research in the Arctic…
China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. (CSIC) is developing a manned submersible for dives to 4,500 meters (14,764 ft).The move comes as part of a greater plan for the nation to eventually build a deep sea station where submersibles can dock and oceanauts can work…
ASA and NAMEPA announce marine sciences project awards competition for high schools, colleges, and academies. The Education Committees of the American Salvage Association (ASA) together with the North American Marine Environmental Protection…
China’s largest submersible-support vessel delivered to Shanghai Salvage by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry shipyard.China’s largest submersible-support vessel has been delivered and put into service in Qingdao, Shandong province, marking…
Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The Navy has also…
More universities and environmental groups are using underwater video systems to assist in their research and monitoring operations. These cameras can be very useful tools in studying benthic habitats and marine organisms, and to monitor the impact of pollution on the environment…
