Hahn Appointed VP, Tech Transfer and Strategy at Cellula Robotics

Cellula Robotics has announced the appointment of Colleen Hahn as Vice President, Technology Transfer and Strategy, strengthening the company's senior leadership team as it continues to expand its presence in the United States and advance its global growth strategy.In her new role, Hahn will focus primarily on the United States market while supporting Cellula's wider global strategy through market intelligence…

Blue Institute Reveals New BX6 Blue Excelerator Cohort

The Blue Institute has announced the 12 companies selected for BX6, the sixth cohort of its Blue Excelerator, a no-cost accelerator for ventures focused on ocean health, climate resilience, maritime systems, and water security. The Earth Day announcement coincides with the nonprofit’s 10th anniversary.The new cohort, known as the “Blue Dozen,” includes companies from the United States, Canada, Germany…

U.S. Coast Guard Counters Maritime Threats With New Special Missions Command

The Coast Guard is standing up the Special Missions Command to oversee its deployable specialized forces. The command will enhance the operational effectiveness of the Coast Guard in responding to a wide range of national emergencies and events as the demand for deployable specialized forces capabilities increase. The Coast Guard selected the existing Coast Guard C5I Service Center facility in Kearneysville, West Virginia, as the future site of the Coast Guard’s Special Missions Command (SMC).

Hanwha Ocean and Leidos Partner on Naval Shipbuilding

Hanwha Ocean and Leidos are collaborating to advance next-generation naval ship design, strengthen U.S. shipbuilding capacity, and pursue opportunities across global defense markets.Hanwha Ocean’s shipbuilding, combined with Leidos’ naval design and engineering expertise, is intended to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions aligned with evolving U.S. Navy and allied needs. The companies plan to focus on:• Adapting Hanwha ship designs for full alignment with U.S.

Sonardyne's Fetch Positioning Technology to Support Deepsea Neutrino Detector

A new deep-sea neutrino detector being built to transform our understanding of the universe will use precise positioning from underwater technology company Sonardyne. An array of Sonardyne's Fetch instruments will provide the precise and stable underwater positioning the 3,000 m deep Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) needs to accurately detect and analyze high-energy neutrinos. P-ONE, a multi-national…

Evolving Strategies for Subsea Cable Security

Last week, the British military exposed a covert Russian submarine operation in and around UK waters. The operation was considered part of a Russian bluff while other specialist vessels conducted nefarious activities near critical underwater infrastructure.Incidents like these continue to spark industry comment, and this week Iain Grainger, Chief Executive of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA)…

COAST Announces Four Successful Clean Energy Innovation Challenge Participants

Four British Columbia-based companies are the successful participants of an Innovation Challenge to be delivered through Innovate BC’s Integrated Marketplace and enabled by the BC Marine Energy and Decarbonization Hub, a joint initiative of COAST and the University of Victoria.This Innovation Challenge is designed to help address the Canadian Coast Guard's goal to decarbonize land-based operations in remote coastal areas of British Columbia.

Integrated, Multi-Domain Port Security

An Australian Federal Police commander, noting the billions of drugs intercepted as they entered Australia last year, said: “No matter how creative these criminals attempt to be, our message is clear – we are on to you."It’s a challenge that Lemvos Robotics offers help for. The company’s LM450 multirole USV supports sonar, ROV/AUV launch systems and UAV docking, enabling environmental monitoring, defense/security and seafloor mapping tasks.

Unique Group Announces Multi-Million Dollar Investment to Expand Subsea Mechanical Division

Unique Group, a leader in subsea technologies and engineering, has announced a multi-million-dollar investment to expand its Subsea Mechanical division globally, strengthening its capabilities across subsea decommissioning, installation and construction projects. The expanded mechanical portfolio supports an integrated delivery model combining survey, excavation, buoyancy, cutting, lifting and recovery…

DeepOcean Carries Out First Onshore-Managed Subsea Intervention

DeepOcean has completed its first subsea intervention project with offshore operational leadership managed from shore, carrying out the work for Aker BP at the Idun Nord field in the Norwegian Sea.The operation involved a work-class remotely operated vehicle managed from DeepOcean’s remote operating centre in Haugesund, Norway, while a second ROV was operated from the project vessel offshore.The scope included subsea crane operations and close-proximity vessel positioning…

MEPC 84 Advances Underwater Radiated Noise Advice

Last week at MEPC 84, the Committee approved a technical guidance circular on co-optimizing propulsion equipment for energy efficiency and underwater radiated noise at the design and retrofit stage.The circular seeks to clarify potential trade-offs between noise mitigation and conventional propeller design to promote the co-benefits of quiet ship technologies and energy performance.Case studies presented at an earlier workshop demonstrated that retrofits…

TGS to Advance Offshore Seismic Development In Equatorial Guinea

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has signed a strategic agreement with the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to acquire, process and promote seismic and geophysical data across the country’s offshore basins.The agreement covers the reprocessing of legacy seismic datasets as well as the acquisition of new data, aimed at improving subsurface understanding and supporting exploration activity in the region.Under the deal…

Sierra Leone Grants Offshore Survey Permit to Shell

Sierra Leone has signed an agreement with Shell that allows the oil major to conduct advanced geological and geophysical surveys across multiple offshore blocks, the country's petroleum directorate said on Wednesday.The reconnaissance permit agreement covers an area of approximately 20,600 square kilometres and includes basin modelling and petroleum systems analysis, a statement said.The programme, similar to one signed with Eni ENI.MI last October, is expected to enhance understanding of Sierra

Saronic to Collaborate with Taiwan on ASVs

Saronic Technologies has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to explore collaboration on advancing AI-enabled maritime capabilities, including autonomous surface vessels (ASVs), to help address evolving security challenges in the maritime domain.NCSIST serves as Taiwan’s leading defense research and development institution and plays a central role in strengthening Taiwan’s defense industrial base.

GeoAcoustics Chooses Celestial Tech as Bangladesh Channel Partner

GeoAcoustics Ltd has appointed Celestial Tech as its official Channel Partner in Bangladesh. The agreement will see Celestial Tech represent the full GeoAcoustics product portfolio, including the new GeoMB multibeam echosounder, GeoScan side scan sonar systems, and Genulse sub-bottom profilers.Celestial Tech is a technology provider with focus on delivering advanced engineering and geospatial solutions across Bangladesh's growing marine, inland waterway, and infrastructure sectors.

Satellite-Based Al Approach Measures Ocean Currents in Unprecedented Detail

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience describes an artificial intelligence-powered technique that can measure ocean surface currents over broad areas in greater detail than ever before. Called GOFLOW (Geostationary Ocean Flow), the approach uses Al to analyze thermal images from weather satellites already in orbit. Because it relies on existing satellites, no new hardware is needed…

Research Team Launches Coral Cartography at AAORIA 2026

An international team of scientists is launching Coral Cartography: Mapping Atlantic Cold-Water Corals to support Area Based Management at the 2026 All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA) Forum, a flagship gathering of the Atlantic scientific community.Funded through one of the funding calls of the Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP), a G20 initiative launched in 2020 to fast-track solutions to protect the world’s corals…

Teledyne Participates in 2026 SeaSEC Challenge Weeks: DATA2SEA

Teledyne is participating in the 2026 edition of the SeaSEC Challenge Weeks, “DATA2SEA” (SCWD2S), an advanced maritime security exercise focused on real-time multi-sensor data integration for the protection of critical underwater infrastructure (CUI). In collaboration with the German Navy and hosted by the Rostock Institute for Ocean Technologies, this year’s DATA2SEA program brings together a range…

Ocean Minerals Are Becoming a Real US Opportunity

Momentum around critical minerals in Washington is no longer hypothetical. Policymakers are now focused on practical steps to expand domestic access to the raw materials that underpin national security, advanced manufacturing, and modern energy systems. Ocean minerals are front and center of this conversation and the offshore industry is prepared to play a central role. Congressional attention is growing…

OMS Group Acquires Second Exail DriX O-16 for Subsea Cable Installation

OMS Group and Exail announced the acquisition of a second Exail DriX O-16 Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), accelerating OMS Group’s deployment of autonomous survey capabilities to support the growing demand for subsea cable infrastructure worldwide.The first DriX O-16, purchased last year and to be named USV Elite, is scheduled to be launched in mid-2026. Together, the two vessels will support subsea cable installation campaigns globally…