Stillstrom Picks Semco for Offshore Charging Equipment
into manufacturing following completion of its design phase.Semco Maritime will manufacture the local equipment room, or local equipment room (LER), which controls power, communications and safety functions across Stillstrom's offshore charging infrastructure.The containerized unit houses the transformer and medium-voltage switchgear used to transfer offshore-generated electricity from a wind farm to a vessel, alongside communications equipment, ventilation and fire safety systems. It is designed to be installed on a monopile or hang-off structure at each charging location.Manufacturing is planned
Walter Dinicola Named WEDA President
Anchor QEA Principal Walter Dinicola, PE, F.ASCE, was named president of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) at the organization’s 2026 Dredging Summit & Expo in Montreal.Anchor QEA’s national leader for Ports and Waterfront, Dinicola brings more than three decades of experience in dredging, ports and harbors, waterfront infrastructure, dredged material management and beneficial use to the role. He has been on WEDA’s executive board for 10 years and was most recently the organization’s vice president.“I am honored to serve as president of the Western Dredging
SUBCO Announces Three New Subsea Cables
SUBCO announced three new hypercables; APX North, APX East-2 and APX West, cementing demand for new subsea capacity to support AI-driven growth in the region. APX North, a 9,500 km, 24 fiber pair system, will connect Sydney to Japan via Guam. This will be the first hypercable from Australia directly to the interconnection hub of Guam, and the first system to offer direct connectivity between Japan and Australia. Like SMAP, APX North will include switched branching units that allow selected fibre pairs to bypass landing in Guam and operate direct between Australia and Japan.APX East-2 is a 10
Saudi Defense Fund Steps Up Maritime Investment After Houthi Advance
or investors, citing regulations."This is a bet on Saudi sovereignty, and we want Saudis who believe in the sector sharing in the wins," he said.The firm is speeding up collaboration with so-called Prime Original Equipment Manufacturers and startup unicorns "whose connected, autonomous platforms were designed for exactly what is happening in the Gulf and the Red Sea," Zeigler said.He declined to name the companies, citing non-disclosure agreements. The Prime manufacturers term refers to major defence firms such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing.'Maritime is a Priority'MASNA'
Njord Survey Gets Multi-Year RWE’s Offshore Wind Services Deal
;s leading renewable energy companies.“Over the past years our teams have surveyed more than 23 full offshore wind farm areas on behalf of the wider industry, and we believe this latest framework agreement is a clear recognition of that experience. It confirms our position as a trusted partner for the offshore wind industry and lets us keep delivering high-resolution data with precision, safety, and low-emission vessel operations,” said Philip Ljungström, Project Director at Njord Survey.Njord Survey operates a fleet of survey vessels and provides offshore survey services across
Antarctic Krill Discovered Living in Deepsea Hydrothermal Vents
A new paper published in Communications Biology reveals that Antarctic krill, a crucial species that underpins the Southern Ocean food web, use deep-sea hydrothermal vents as a habitat, challenging long-held assumptions about where they live and thrive.For the first time in scientific history, researchers have observed Antarctic krill — all reproductive females — gathering near and feeding at hydrothermal vents, which act as hot springs on the ocean floor, more than 3,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. These findings have significant implications for Southern Ocean marine policy.
NATO Allies Disrupt Russian Subsea Cable Sabotage Exercise
Russian operation in Arctic waters. But the discovery of the new weapon, the location of the operation and the U.S. involvement have not been reported.The deep-sea face-off comes at a time when some Western intelligence officials fear the Kremlin is ramping up sabotage operations in Europe and preparing for a conflict with NATO.Some U.S. intelligence analysts are increasingly concerned Russia may test NATO's mutual defence pact, known as Article 5, three U.S. officials said. If it does, destroying subsea cables could be a critical part of that effort, the Western officials said.Cables no thicker
Teledyne Webb Research to Provide APEX Profiling Floats for US Navy
Teledyne Webb Research has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy's Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) for the production and delivery of APEX profiling floats. The contract has a total potential value of up to $51.1 million over a three-year ordering period.The contract provides for the manufacture and delivery of APEX profiling floats in accordance with contract requirements established by NAVOCEANO.APEX profiling floats provide unattended measurements of temperature, salinity and pressure throughout the water column, operating to depths of 2,000 meters. Designed for both air and surface
Eco Wave Power to Advance Digital Twin Platform
Eco Wave Power U.S. Inc., has entered into an agreement with Germany-based AI engineering GmbH to develop a physics- and data-driven digital twin platform for Eco Wave Power’s proprietary wave energy technology.The collaboration advances Eco Wave Power’s strategy to integrate artificial intelligence, physics-based simulation, machine learning and digital twin technology into the design, monitoring and optimization of its wave energy systems.The companies have commenced Phase 1 of the project which will focus on digitally modeling how ocean waves interact with Eco Wave Power’s proprieta
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