Aerial drones are used in Vattenfall's offshore activities for the inspection of wind turbine blades and are being tested for spare part delivery, while unmanned vessels are used for seabed surveys and for the inspection of foundations below the water level.
As the debate about carbon capture and storage (CCS) rages on elsewhere, carbon dioxide has been successfully stored deep below the North Sea outside the coast of Norway since 1996, in the world’s first commercial CCS project.
Aker Arctic’s naval architects have explored four alternative energy sources to research what advantages and challenges are involved in the adoption of emerging climate-neutral solutions for icebreaking vessels.
The modernisation of shipping starts with the introduction of digital technologies. This approach will help to avoid environmental challenges in the future and, as a result, save money for shipping companies, insists DeepSea's Commercial Director, Angus Whiston, in an exclusive interview with Seawanderer.
The 25th scientific expedition is currently working at the Ukrainian polar station Akademik Vernadsky, and during all these years women had spent the winter there only a few times. In 1997-1998, four women scientists spent the winter as part of the second Antarctic expedition, but later this right was granted exclusively to men. It took more than 20 years for gender policy to change and the long-standing taboo to be finally broken…
The Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station celebrates an important anniversary - 25 years since the day when the owner country changed. On February 6, 1996, the Union Jack was lowered at this Antarctic station and the Ukrainian flag was raised for the first time.
It has now become apparent that blended learning has significant advantages over conventional learning. This approach is suitable for both seafarers and companies that intend to send their employees for training.
Rock dumping vessels (Fall Pipe Vessel) are a category of watercraft that exist for the purpose of dumping rocks on the seabed. They are able to transport and dump rocks of variable sizes. The vessels range from large bulk-carrier style vessels, able to carry out precision operations using fallpipes, to smaller deck-loading vessels mainly used for erosion remediation.
