Future offshore oil and gas fields are most likely to be “satellite developments” that are less expensive and emit less greenhouse gases than other fields because they do not require new production platforms.
In order to reduce pipeline inspection operational costs, Vallourec, iXblue and FORSSEA decided to develop a solution using visual markers directly integrated on subsea pipelines that enables vessel-free subsea navigation.
NYK Line and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) have agreed to introduce a new shipbuilding contract that guarantees propulsion performance in actual sea conditions.
Inmarsat will extend its ‘three-in-one’ Fleet LTE coverage for offshore service vessels to the Gulf of Mexico, following successful trials with V.Ships Offshore in the North Sea area.
Ocean research non-profit ProMare and IBM have announced the completion and launch of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) – an AI and solar powered marine research vessel which will traverse oceans gathering vital environmental data.
NOAA has announced a new pilot program with Vulcan Inc. to utilize Skylight, a maritime intelligence tool developed to address Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities.
Earlier this summer, marine specialists reeled up a shipping-container-size datacenter coated in algae, barnacles and sea urchins from the seafloor of the European Marine Energy Centre’s Billia Croo test site, located off Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
