MBARI Names Kaya Johnson Director of Marine Operations
helm of our marine operations. His strong leadership, wealth of knowledge, strategic vision and ability to foster collaborative relationships will be invaluable to MBARI’s work.”MBARI will soon take delivery of its new new oceanographic vessel, David Packard, built at the Freire Shipyard in Spain
Bekaert Joins Tailwind Floating Wind Moorings Innovation Project
increasing affordable wind power in the energy mix.The Tailwind consortium is composed of NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (Norway), Technische Universiteit Delft (Netherlands), Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark), SINTEF Ocean AS (Norway), Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation (Spain), Nautilus Floating Solutions (Spain), Bekaert (Belgium), Subsea 7 Norway AS (Norway), Fondazione ICONS (Italy), Clarke Modet Y Compania S.L. (Spain), NKT Cables Group A/S (Denmark), University of Southampton (UK).Tailwind also targets a significant reduction of the levelized cost of electricity
Gondan Cuts First Steel for New USV for Major Industry Alliance
Spain-based Gondan Shipbuilders has started the construction of an advanced remotely operated unmanned surface vehicle (USV) for a company made up of DeepOcean, Solstad and Østensjø Rederi alliance called USV A/S.The project focuses on improving subsea operations, targeting a reduction of CO2 emissions by more than 90% compared to conventional methods.The new USV will be used for underwater maintenance and inspection missions.Designed by Salt Ship Design, the vessel will feature a hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system, allowing remote operation and autonomy of up to 30 days at sea.
Greensea IQ Signs Contract with BUVI Scandinavia
of these two new additions represents a significant milestone in Greensea IQ’s continuous global expansion efforts and commitment to providing exceptional service and support to clients worldwide. With this expansion, Greensea IQ’s footprint will now encompass Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Spain.The new business relationships will see BUVI and USP represent Greensea IQ and its complete range of Bayonet autonomous underwater ground vehicles (AUGVs).BUVI was established in 2011 and has extensive experience in ROVs, underwater technology and other underwater assignments. BUVI Scandinavia offers
Global Maritime Acquires Iberian Offshore
offshore wind farms to the emerging Spanish market.”José María Gómez Urgoiti, who will head up the new entity as Country Manager, said, “Global Maritime has been setting the pace in a number of disciplines and sectors within the offshore world, for the past 40 years. Spain has a long tradition and knowledge of the maritime sector and is poised to be one of the leading countries in offshore renewables, both in terms of local projects and in worldwide expansion of Spanish developers. Global Maritime Spain is meant to be a facilitator of this development, as well as a
First OSS for 2.6GW US Offshore Wind Project Arrives to Denmark
The first of a total of three offshore substations (OSS) for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project has been delivered to Bladt Industries in Denmark, where it will now undergo further outfitting.The first 880 MW OSS has been shipped from Spain, where it was fabricated by Tecade on behalf of Bladt Industries.A consortium of strategic partners Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime was awarded a turnkey contract for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project by the Dominion Energy Virginia back in November 2021.The contract comprises three 880 MW OSS units that will constitute the backbone of the
Canada and Spain Scientists Establish Antarctic Ocean Observatory
coastal observatories that provide continuous ocean data, available to all, through the Oceans 3.0 data portal on the ONC website,” she says.“ONC’s expertise in designing and successfully operating underwater observatories able to withstand harsh polar conditions will contribute to Spain’s scientific expertise in monitoring Antarctica, a continent that is critical to this planet’s climate system, and is undergoing rapid, consequential changes that we need to understand.” - Kate Moran, ONC president and CEOToday’s announcement from ONC and CSIC follows a recent
SOI Steps Ahead on Ocean Mapping
by five. We have multiple launch and recovery systems, so that allows us to put many different instruments in the water at the same time. It also has incredible dynamic positioning capabilities and great maneuverability [courtesy of its Voith Schneider Propellers].The vessel was refit in a shipyard in Spain for about 17 months, because when we got the vessel there were no science capabilities on board, so we have added eight labs.There's the main lab which is 105 square meters, as well as a wet lab, dirty lab, cold lab, seawater lab, computer and electronics lab, plus a robotics lab. And we added
Mocean Energy to Develop 250kW Wave Machine in Orkney with EU Investment
been awarded funds in Phase 3, each of which has successfully passed through competitive stage gates in Phases 1 and 2 of the programme.The other successful companies are IDOM Consulting and CETO Wave Energy Ireland, who will install their devices at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) in northern Spain.Major milestone“This is a major milestone for Mocean Energy,” states company co-founder and Managing Director Cameron McNatt.“We have already demonstrated our technology successfully at small scale and this programme will allow us to build a significantly larger machine based on
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