Science & Technology

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) BIO-Carbon program has announced new funding for three ambitious projects that will investigate how marine organisms contribute to storing large amounts of carbon dioxide in the ocean.

A.P. Moller—Maersk, the global leader of integrated container logistics, is embarking on a collaboration with Starlink, the pioneering satellite internet constellation developed by SpaceX.

Kongsberg Maritime and BMA Technology have formed a strategic collaborative alliance to support the supply of low voltage electrical products and engineering services to Turkish shipyards.

Vår Energi has contracted technology supplier Vissim to implement upgraded oil spill detection technology at the operator’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf. 

To meet increased demand for ballast water treatment systems from operators of workboats, yachts, research ships, OSVs, and similar-sized vessels, UV-based water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group has introduced what is arguably the smallest UV BWTS in the marketplace.

Maxwell Marine, the anchoring solutions specialist, has been contracted to design and supply a technical anchoring system for the first uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) which will be used for offshore met-ocean measurement campaigns in the wind farm industry.

MacArtney successfully delivered the world's first and largest all-electric Launch and Recovery System (eLARS™), aligning with Jan De Nul's dedication to a sustainable energy transition.

Kongsberg will provide scientific sensors and scientific handling equipment for Germany’s new ocean research vessel, the 135-meter Meteor IV. The new 10,000GT vessel will be able to house 35 scientists plus 36 crew.

Coretrax, a global leader in well integrity and production optimization, has successfully deployed its 1,000th CX-2 bridge plug during a project in the North Sea.

EverClean’s innovative “Always Clean” hull management service delivers maximum hull performance for commercial vessel owners, and Greensea IQ is thrilled to announce another major advancement in maintaining that performance with the launch of EverClean IQ.

The global initiative accelerating efforts to produce a definitive map of the world’s entire ocean, The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, has joined forces with planblue, an innovative marine technology company seeking to transform seafloor monitoring.

The US Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crew and embarked researchers completed the 2023 US National Science Foundation (NSF) mission, servicing the Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System (NABOS).