Science & Technology

Baltic Workboats AS signed a contract for the design and construction of a new multipurpose vessel with the Estonian State Fleet.

Kongsberg Digital, a leading industrial software company, has secured a significant contract with Norwegian energy company Equinor. The agreement entails rebuilding the Sleipner Life Cycle Simulators using Kongsberg Digital’s K-Spice and LedaFlow simulation technologies.

BAR Technologies (BAR), a Wind Propulsion leader and an innovative simulation-driven marine engineering consultancy, has entered into a partnership agreement with CM Energy Tech, a giant and pioneer in China’s national industry and commerce, to wholly manage and oversee the production of BAR Technologies’ WindWings^® in China.

OceanICT, the only UK event focused on marine information and communication technology, returns for a higher-profile third edition this year, as demand rises for new data and connectivity solutions to facilitate a smarter, more sustainable ocean.

Force Technology, a Denmark headquartered ship’s bridge simulator specialist has been selected to deliver its innovative SimFlex4 AR solution as part of an extensive upgrade for the Queensland-based maritime simulation and training facility, Smartship Australia.

Captura announced it expanded its Series A funding round to raise an additional US$21.5 million to commercialize its Direct Ocean Capture (DOC) technology that harnesses the power of the ocean to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

Greensea IQ, a pioneer in ocean robotics renowned for its innovative technology and expertise, is entering a new phase of expansion due to growing demand for its integrated systems and services. Greensea IQ has announced it is seeking a dynamic individual for the newly established position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to support the leadership team’s capabilities in this next phase of expansion.

Satlink, a global leader in proprietary technology solutions for the maritime sector, has acquired Xeos Technologies (“Xeos”), a Canadian company with 20 years of experience in providing specialized asset-tracking solutions and communication services for high-value devices operating under harsh maritime environments and the oceanographic field. Based in Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada), Xeos serves hundreds of public and private customers.

The Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $9.6 million in funding is available through four established Regional Ocean Partnerships and five Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Regional Associations. The funding supports cross-jurisdictional priorities and data sharing that address the most pressing ocean and coastal management issues within each region.

Five innovative projects have launched that will harness the potential of digital twinning technology to transform environmental science.

Most visitors to Bigelow Laboratory have seen the bright yellow contraptions that could be confused for drones or torpedoes. But Henry and Grampus, as they’re affectionately known, are autonomous underwater gliders — named for the oceanographer and institute namesake Henry Bigelow and his first research schooner.

Covering 6.4 million acres, an area larger than Vermont, an underwater seascape of cold-water coral mounds off the shore of the southeast United States coast has been deemed the largest deep-sea coral reef habitat discovered to date, according to a paper recently published in the scientific journal Geomatics.