Science & Technology

The “ocean tribute” Award 2024 call for entries is now open at https://oceantributeaward.boot.de/en/Home. Projects of interest are initiatives that promote the protection of waters and oceans with promising technologies and ideas.

The third expedition of 2023, NA151, sees Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) sailing E/V Nautilus to the Northeast Pacific to partner with Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) in ocean exploration and maintenance of the major cabled observatory, NEPTUNE (North-East Pacific Time-series Underwater Networked Experiments).

A group of world-leading seaweed scientists has warned that global wild seaweed stocks are at risk of disappearing unless urgent international protection measures are implemented.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, together with Giancarlo Pedote, solo ocean sailor and skipper aboard of the Prysmian Group IMOCA, announces the launch of the Sailing4Ocean project, in partnership with the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC) to monitor the state of the oceans' health using the Group’s proprietary PRY-CAM technology.

Ørsted, a world's leading developer of offshore wind farms, has designed and developed the first uncrewed surface vessel (USV) in the industry for offshore met-ocean measurement campaigns. The measurement data will help lower uncertainties in the expected annual energy production for new offshore wind farms.

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has installed a new tide gauge on the remote Ascension Island through the Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science project (CLASS) programme, providing a unique record of sea-level in the remote ocean.

TDI-Brooks International, Inc. recently completed the final report for Contract M17PC00009, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [BOEM]), titled “Deepwater Atlantic Habitats II: Continued Atlantic Research and Exploration in Deepwater Ecosystems with Focus on Coral, Canyon and Seep Communities.”

DNV, a global risk management and quality assurance provider, will fully acquire Helsinki-headquartered cyber security services firm Nixu following a public tender offer which resulted in DNV taking ownership of more than 93% of Nixu’s shares.

Resource managers and policymakers need robust data about marine ecosystems for decision-making and setting sound policies. However, data about marine life can be challenging to collect, integrate, and analyze. Invertebrate animals are a key component of life on the seafloor, but their wide range of body sizes and diversity make it especially difficult to understand their abundance and distribution.

FarSounder, a leading developer of 3D Forward Looking Navigation Sonars, has expanded its IP portfolio with the issuance of its 8th Patent, number 11,609,316.

The Port of Milford Haven, the biggest port in Wales and largest energy port in the UK, plans to move forward with an extensive trialling package of Zelim’s innovative Swift rescue conveyor on its operational pilot vessels.

Teledyne FLIR is predicting an increase in the use of thermal and visual cameras in the maritime sector as the growth of autonomous vessels and leaner crewing gathers pace.