US unmanned systems specialist saildrone has deployed two of its unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to conduct an ocean mapping mission on the US East Coast. The USVs will return to the area where they spent two months in the summer of 2023 mapping in the north-central Gulf of Maine in support of...
Marine Research and Training
New ocean species discovered during research expedition off Bounty Trough, New Zealand
Scientists on an expedition to the underexplored Bounty Trough off New Zealand have discovered around 100 new and potentially new ocean species, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research of New Zealand (NIWA) recently confirmed. The three-week voyage on NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa was the first flagship Southern Hemisphere expedition for Ocean Census, a […]
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Keel laid for new Indian Navy training vessel
Indian shipbuilder Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has laid the keel of a new training vessel ordered by the Indian Navy. The vessel is the first in a planned class of three. Each will have accommodations for up to 210 cadets plus 170 crewmembers and a secondary humanitarian assistance and disaster relief...
US firm unveils new UUV variant
US defence shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently unveiled a new variant of an existing series of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Each example of the craft will have a compact, two-person-portable design, the ability to easily integrate various payloads, a maximum operating...
Washington boatbuilder unveils new survey launch
Port Angeles, Washington-based boatbuilder Brix Marine has completed construction of the first unit in a new series of marine surveying vessels. The all-aluminium Lugudi Barana measures 30 by 10 feet (9.1 by three metres) and is powered by two 200hp (149kW) outboard engines. The hull skins,...
VESSEL REVIEW | Wim Wolff – Coastal and mudflat research boat designed for Netherlands’ Wadden Sea
The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek; NIOZ) recently welcomed a new coastal research vessel into service. The vessel has been named Wim Wolff after a Dutch ecologist who specialised in mudflat research. Aarnoud van de Burgt, the head of NIOZ’s National Marine Facilities Department, said the vessel is capable of […]
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AWARDS 2023 | Best Small Training Vessel – Master Class – Dongara Marine
Best Small Training Vessel – Master Class – Dongara Marine This was a very interesting project that illustrates the great potential for re-cycling of well designed and built aluminium vessels even when they are twenty or more years old. Given a sound vessel, a refit or rebuild, even as extensive as...
Dutch sea research institute christens new coastal vessel
The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek; NIOZ) formally named a new coastal research vessel in a ceremony on Thursday, February 15. The vessel has been named Wim Wolff after a Dutch ecologist who specialised in mudflat research. Aarnoud van de Burgt,...
VESSEL REVIEW | Sandhayak – First in new hydrographic survey ship class for Indian Navy
Indian state-owned shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) recently handed over the lead ship of a new class of large hydrographic survey vessels ordered from the company by the Indian Navy. INS Sandhayak is the first vessel in the Sandhayak-class, which were designed jointly by...
COLUMN | Canada loses control of its shipbuilding budget: Seaspan, Davie and Irving turn up the heat on Ottawa [Offshore Accounts]
The sentiments of American singer-songwriter Teddy Swims on his single Lose Control seems a most appropriate soundtrack for Canada this week, especially as it comes from his debut album, the wonderfully titled I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1). We have project blow-outs, schedule blow-outs, and some massive delays to report in Canada. Shipbuilding is […]