Eni, Fincantieri to Advance Underwater Monitoring Technologies
Eni S.p.A and Fincantieri, through its subsidiary IDS – Ingegneria dei Sistemi, a company specialized in the development of unmanned systems for the underwater market and related command-and-control systems and in the industrialization of advanced sensors and radar technologies, announce the signing of a strategic agreement concerning Clean Sea, Eni’s proprietary technology. Clean Sea is the underwater robotic system developed by Eni and designed for monitoring marine ecosystems and subsea infrastructure, including the verification of their in-service integrity.The agreement grants IDS an
Digging Deeper: Challenges and Trends in the Dredging Industry
minimize over-dredging, reduce fuel consumption, and meet strict regulatory requirements, while still maintaining production targets,” added experts from HYPACK. “At the same time, many projects involve complex environments and require integrating data from multiple systems.”Although technologies are available to increase situational awareness while dredging, and to complete work faster and more efficiently—without jeopardizing safety—Nash feels that the industry is still behind. “It is a known fact that the construction industry has historically been a laggard in the
Battery Breakthrough: Mining Batteries, in a Microwave
to refine the process, including improving the ion exchange and studying the economics of the approach. Still, the early results suggest old batteries could become more than waste. With further development, they could become a valuable domestic resource for the next generation of energy storage technologies. The research was funded by Sandia’s LDRD program. The technology development was supported by the Energy I-Corps program.Source: Sandia National Laboratorie
ABS and MOBY Robotics Sign MoU on Subsea Mining Technologies
ABS and MOBY Robotics Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance technologies supporting subsea mining and offshore mineral transport.The MoU establishes a framework for ABS to support MOBY in the development, certification and eventual classification of autonomous robotic systems and other key technologies in accordance with ABS Requirements for Subsea Mining and ABS Offshore Rules. Areas of focus include subsea and surface robotics, vertical lifting systems, ocean surface production, storage and offloading platforms for critical minerals, and surface mineral transport vessels.
World Ocean Assessment Report Highlights Changing Chemistry
, which are now known to affect more than 4,000 marine species.Large gaps persist in ocean knowledge, with only 27.3% of the seafloor mapped as of 2025, leaving deep sea ecosystems, biological processes, and cumulative impacts poorly understood.However, the Assessment notes the rapid development of technologies and methodologies for ocean observation. Together with advances in modelling, they are greatly increasing the scientific understanding of the ocean and the development of management tools.The use and development of automated or semi-automated ocean observation platforms, such as Argo floats (which
Ocean Waves Contribute to the Seasonal Melting of Antarctic Sea Ice
cause further sea-ice loss.“This underlines a need for modelling research, and observations of these previously neglected wave processes and feedbacks, to fully understand and quantify their overall contribution to seasonal sea-ice melting around Antarctica and in the Arctic.“Sophisticated technologies such as autonomous camera systems on icebreakers are crucial to assisting with the new observations.“Ultimately, we should encourage and enable the inclusion of wave-melting processes and feedbacks in next-generation climate and Earth-system models.“This would help improve understanding
O-ring Seal Design, Part 2: Radial Seals for External Pressure
Hannifin Corp., ORD-5700, 50th Anniversary Edition, 2021 https://www.parker.com/content/dam/Parker-com/Literature/O-Ring-Division-Literature/ORD-5700.pdfFlitney, Robert, Seals and Sealing Handbook, Sixth Edition, Elsevier, 2014 “Lander Lab” is a hands-on column of Ocean Lander technologies and strategies, a unique class of unmanned undersea vehicles, and the people who make them. It is meant to serve the global ocean lander community in the manner of Make Magazine and other DIY communities.Comments on this article, or suggestions for other stories of interest are welcome. Ocean
FAU Receives Grant to Transform Underwater Robotic Communication
autonomous underwater vehicles, seabed sensors, and maritime operators share information more quickly, reliably, and securely. The technology addresses one of the greatest challenges facing underwater operations today: maintaining real-time communication in an environment where conventional wireless technologies – such as radio waves and GPS – do not function.“Today’s underwater communication systems typically force operators to choose between range and speed,” said George Sklivanitis, Ph.D., principal investigator, associate director of the CA-AI, the Charles E. Schmidt
EU Funds OceanEye Initiative
Commission has expanded the EU's role in ocean observation by adopting OceanEye.This initiative aims to position the EU as the world's leading provider of ocean intelligence by contributing to 35% of the global ocean observing system by 2035 and securing 35% of the market for ocean observation technologies.The ocean covers 70% of the Earth's surface, yet only 5% has been explored. Ocean observation is critical for ocean protection and restoration, climate forecasting, blue economy activities such as fisheries and aquaculture, offshore energy, and shipping, as well as maritime security and defense
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