Batteries at Sea: Not All-Electric, Not Everywhere but Increasingly Essential
as one of the most useful tools now available for decarbonizing the parts of shipping that can act first.Sources1.COSCO Shipping Holdings2.EUR-Lex | European Union official website3.Ship & Bunker4.Maritime Reporter & Engineering News5.Riviera Maritime Media6.DNV (Det Norske Veritas)7.Marine Technology Society Dynamic Positioning Committee8.MAN Energy Solutions9.Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping10.Corvus Energy11.Offshore-Energy.biz12.Yara International13.Electrive14.Bibby Marine15.International Maritime Organizatio
URI Hosts Global Ocean Technology Conference
The University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Sea Grant recently hosted the Marine Technology Society’s annual TechSurge conference. The three-day event convened approximately 120 attendees from around the world at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography on the Narragansett Bay Campus.The conference, which focused on fisheries and benthic monitoring for offshore development, featured lectures, workshops, networking events, and a “Tech Cafe” for fostering industry and student connections. Tours of the Narragansett Bay Campus and highlighted ocean technology laboratories and
Teledyne Marine to Host Slocum Glider User’s Conference
and WHOI leadership, state officials, and academic researchersThe Sentinel Mission, a collaboration between Teledyne Webb Research and Rutgers University to complete the first-ever global circumnavigation with an autonomous underwater vehicle, is supported by NOAA, the UN Ocean Decade, and the Marine Technology Society. The mission will launch from Woods Hole on October 10, 2025, with the deployment of REDWING, a specially outfitted Slocum Sentinel Glider.The mission aims to:Demonstrate cutting-edge oceanographic technologyPromote STEM education and student-led researchSupport global ocean monitoring
MTS Member Webinar: Expanding Spotter’s Subsurface Sensing Suite with a Hydrophone and Dissolved Oxygen Sensor
Join the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and MTS member - Sofar Ocean - on November 7th at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST for a webinar moderated by Sofar Ocean Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Evan Shapiro. Sofar Ocean will introduce two new subsurface integrations for their Spotter platform: a hydrophone and a dissolved oxygen sensor.Evan will be joined by Chris Verlinden of Applied Ocean Sciences (AOS) and Austin Vincent of Precision Measurement Engineering (PME), who will detail how they used the Bristlemouth connectivity standard and its open source protocol to efficiently integrate the new sensors with
MTS, SUT to Honor Marty Klein with Capt. Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration
The Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) announced Martin “Marty” Klein as the distinguished recipient of the 2024 Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration. This prestigious award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding, sustained, and international contributions to the development, application, or propagation of marine and underwater technology toward the advancement of ocean exploration. Martin Klein, a name synonymous with ocean exploration, is a true pioneer in the field of underwater technology. Known as the “father
Inspiring Future Ocean Explorers with Landers
, pile perch, and other near shore fish.A variation of Conor’s idea is tying a known length of the lowering line to a surface float. The surface float will suspend the camera at that specified depth in the water column, perhaps to observe fish gathering beneath a kelp paddy.The Marine Technology Society-San Diego Section is helping spread the word about the STEM Lander as a tool of education and research. MTS-SD member Beto Campos is taking his son, Gabriel and his STEM Lander out to a local fresh water lake to learn about limnology. They strapped a small underwater flashlight
Mills Joins Cellula Robotics as CCO
industry with International Submarine Engineering (ISE) Ltd. in Vancouver, Canada, then spent a decade leading Kongsberg Marine Robotics' sales team.Mills has been an active member of the Society of Underwater Technology's Panel on Underwater Robotics and a life member of the Marine Technology Society. He has volunteered as a technical reviewer for the IEEE OES Oceans conference for over a decade and served as a board member for Eelume AS."I am excited to be joining Cellula at such a pivotal time in the AUV industry," said Richard Mills. "The adoption of long-range systems
In Memoriam: Captain Don Walsh
;s degree and a PhD in physical oceanography from Texas A&M University.He enlisted in the US Navy in 1948 and later became the commanding officer of the submarine USS Bashaw (SSKS-241) before becoming the Navy’s first deep submersible pilot.The Society for Underwater Technology and Marine Technology Society will continue to honor Walsh through the annual Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration. Dr Peter Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and Adjunct Oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was announced the winner of the 2023
Marine Technology Society Awarded $3.9 Million for Ocean Enterprise Engagement
The Department of Commerce and NOAA on Monday announced $3.9 million to the Marine Technology Society (MTS) to establish a multi-year framework to engage the Ocean Enterprise as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The Ocean Enterprise includes public, private, non-profit, tribal and academic entities that provide ocean observation, measurement and forecasting data or deliver operational ocean information products and services.“Ocean data and information powers America’s robust marine economy," said U.S Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. "As part of
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