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The vessel offers an impressive rock-carrying capacity of up to 35,000 tons, enabling efficient execution of large-scale offshore construction projects.
The french hydrographic and oceanographic service (Shom) has selected Exail’s DriX H-9 Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) to further expand its hydrographic and oceanographic capabilities.

Davie awarded first contract for design of icebreaker fleet

Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) has been awarded its first National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) contract by the Government of Canada for the design of the six-ship fleet of Canada’s future Program Icebreakers.

Bureau Veritas and Ponant advance polar safety research

The SAREX took place in September 2023 near Hershel Island, off the coast of Yukon, Canada. BV oversaw proceedings as US and Canadian search and rescue teams conducted the exercise aboard PONANT’s polar exploration cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot.

Canadian Coast Guard completes 2022 Arctic operational season

The Canadian Coast Guard’s Arctic operations will resume in May 2023, however, it maintains a permanent, full-time presence in the Arctic year-round

Arctic carbon conveyor belt discovered

Understanding transport and transformation processes within the carbon cycle is essential to creating global carbon dioxide budgets and therefore also projections for global warming.

Scientists find link between fast-melting Arctic ice and ocean acidification

An international team of researchers have sounded new alarm bells about the changing chemistry of the western region of the Arctic Ocean after discovering acidity levels increasing three to four times faster than ocean waters elsewhere.

Scallop harvesting in Arctic by Tau Tech to be supported by Inmarsat Fleet Xpress

Market-leading maritime connectivity service will provide coverage, reliability to support Tau Tech's pioneering seabed-harvesting methods in remote Barents Sea

Arctic warming four times faster than rest of Earth: study

The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according to research that suggests climate models are underestimating the rate of polar heating.

Researchers explore the impact of sea ice change in Bering Sea

Dual purpose research in predicting sea ice, and the impact of its fluctuations, is critical for navigation and understanding how systems operate.

Polarstern Expedition to the Arctic Ice

Research icebreaker departs for a process study in the marginal ice zone north of Svalbard and glacier research off Greenland

Observing Arctic marine life — from the seabed to space

NTNU researchers from AMOS, the Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems, used small satellites and subsea robots — and everything in between — to study marine life in Svalbard’s Kongsfjorden in a first-ever experiment in May.

Melting Arctic ice could transform international shipping routes, study finds

Russia has used the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for its own economic and geopolitical interests. One Russian law requires all vessels passing through the Northern Sea Route to be piloted by Russians. The heavy regulation is one among many reasons why major shipping companies often use the Suez and Panama canals—longer, but cheaper and easier, trade routes.

Study: Tankers are the worst polluters in the Arctic region

But the giant tankers, which can be 300 meters long or more, account for the largest share of CO2 emissions by far, a new analysis shows.

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