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New Subsea Fiber-optic Cable to Link N. America & UK
TE SubCom has announced the commencement of the new Hibernia Express submarine cable system.
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Ocean Mineral Singapore Set for Seabed Exploration
Ocean Mineral Singapore Pte. Ltd. (OMS) has received approval from the International…
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Satellite Tracks 2,472-mile Green Turtle Ocean Passage
Swansea Universtiy in the UK reports that its researchers, working with colleagues…
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Hydroid Sponsors 2014 AUV Hydrographic Bootcamp
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and a leading manufacturer of autonomous…
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Sunken WW II Ship Oil Leak Plugged
Atlantic Coast Marine Group, Inc. successfully responds to World War II era motor…
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General Dynamics Launches Morgan County NextGen-911
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has implemented a NextGen-911 emergency service…
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FMC Signs Joint Subsea Tech Agreement with Oil Majors
FMC Technologies, Inc. says that it has signed an agreement which establishes a joint industry program that includes Anadarko Petroleum Corporation…
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Giant Vessel to Change Offshore Decommissioning Game: Analyst
The new Allseas vessel, 'Pieter Schelte', is able to replace the previous slower method of removing topsides piece by piece with one lift…
Latest news
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Statoil, Repsol, ExxonMobil Win Colombian Offshore License
Statoil announced today that it has been awarded interest in the COL4 license offshore Colombia in the Caribbean Sea in the…
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AWS Wave Power Generator Deployed
AWS Ocean Energy developing its wave power technology for use in fish farms, harbor breakwaters through to major utility-scale offshore wave farms.
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DNV GL Publishes Regulatory Roadmap for Floaters in the US
DNV GL announced it has mapped out what is necessary to be in compliance with U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) requirements to operate FOIs…
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McDermott Awarded Megalodon Platform Installation
McDermott International, Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries was awarded a contract to provide transportation…
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SeaBotix vLBV in Air-Deployed MCM Exercise
The SeaBotix vLBV300 ROV was recently part of a MCM test exercise put on by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation…
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2H Offshore Joins Deepwater Mining Consortium
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has joined an international European consortium comprising nineteen industry and research…
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BOEM Takes ROD to Geological & Geophysical Survey Activities
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) informs it has issued a 'Record of Decision' (ROD) for environmental review…
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USCG Searching for Missing Diver
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing 59-year-old diver off the coast of Marblehead, Massachusetts. Station Gloucester…
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PMI Industries Promotes Zivich to Manager
PMI Industries, Inc. announced that Phil Zivich has been promoted to Manager, Inside Sales/Customer Service. In his new position…
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TIW Delivers Safety Valves to MWCC
TIW Corporation has announced the completion and delivery of two large diameter Ball Type Safety Valves to Marine Well Containment…
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Gabon Selects 7 Firms for Final Oil Block Talks
Gabon's oil ministry said on Monday it has selected seven firms for a final round of negotiations as part of an offshore…
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JFMS Launches Grimsby Marine Support Base
JFMS, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced the launch of an operational base, in Port of Grimsby East, to support…
Offshore Energy
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US Approves Plan to Open Atlantic to Oil Reserve Surveys
The Obama administration on Friday approved a plan that would allow companies to assess oil resources off the Atlantic Coast…
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Mexico Puts Gulf Deepwater Oil Treaty with US into Effect
Mexico on Friday put into effect an agreement signed in 2012 with the United States to allow companies to exploit deep water…
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Transocean Deepwater Floater Currently Idle
Transocean Ltd. The deepwater floater, M.G. Hulme, Jr., is currently idle. Estimated 2014 planned out-of-service time increased by a net 141 days…
Hydrographic
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Blue Water Energy Invests in Unique Maritime
Unique Maritime Group (UMG), an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, announced an equity investment from Blue Water Energy.
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Coast Survey Improves Access to Wrecks Data
Knowing the locations of shipwrecks and other obstructions has always been important for safe navigation ‒ but mariners are…
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EIVA Adds Reseller in China
China has been the destination of quite a number of orders shipped from Danish EIVA the last couple of years. Due to expectations…
Ocean Observation News
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'Our Oceans Challenge' Deadline Extended
Ocean Innovation Competition Deadline Extended to August 1st. Due to Growing Wave of Proposals, Ocean Sustainability Challenge…
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General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions Tie-up with Microsoft
General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions announced that it has joined the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP).
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Deep Side to Chilean Devil Rays
Thought to dwell mostly near the ocean's surface, Chilean devil rays (Mobula tarapacana) are most often seen gliding through shallow, warm waters.
Subsea Defense
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Warbreck Contracted for Nuclear Submarine Project
Warbreck Engineering and Construction, a wholly owned subsidiary of the HS Ocean Group of Companies, has been awarded a marine…
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SeeByte Launches SeeTrack Military V4 at UDT
SeeByte, a creator smart software for unmanned maritime systems, announced the launch of SeeTrack Military V4 at UDT in Liverpool.
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Leidos Constructing AUV Anti-Submarine Warfare Tracker
National security, health & engineering solutions company, Leidos, says it has under construction an autonomous unmanned…
Vehicle News
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TerraSond Awarded 5-year NOAA Survey Contract
TerraSond has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide hydrographic surveying…
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Another Norwegian Seismic Survey Firm Warns of Profit
Norwegian seismic surveyor Petroleum Geo-Services will report lower-than-expected second quarter results and is cutting its…
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Klein Hires Alvanos as Sonar Sales Engineer
L-3 Klein Associates, Inc. announced the addition of Tyson Alvanos to the Klein marketing and technical sales group. Alvanos…
New Products
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MacArtney Camera Protection for Underwater Welding
In response to sustained demand from the professional diving industry, MacArtney says it has developed an innovative but…
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New Language Options Launched for SonarPro
L-3 Klein Associates, Inc. announces that its Side Scan Sonar data acquisition and display software, SonarPro, is now available in multiple languages.
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Two More PSVs for Vroon
COSCO (Guang Dong) Shipyard Co. Ltd is going to build a further two platform supply vessels of the ULSTEIN PX121 design for Vroon Offshore Services…
