A team of scientists are embarking on an ambitious 30-day scientific expedition on board the UK Antarctic research ship Sir David Attenborough to investigate how carbon dioxide moves and transforms in the Southern Ocean. The ship will head to the Weddell Sea from Punta Arenas in Chile to begin the...
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FEATURE | UK researchers conduct study on impact of biodegradable plastics on marine ecosystems
A new study by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) in the UK investigates what happens when biodegradable plastics enter the ocean, and whether these increasingly popular alternatives to conventional plastics are safer for marine ecosystems, or whether they come with their own risks. When the first full synthetic plastic was invented in 1906, widespread use of […]
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Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for November/December 2023
WORK BOAT WORLD: Sonia Malaluan has been selected to serve as the new administrator of the Philippines’ Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), taking over from Hernani Fabia. Malaluan was previously MARINA’s Deputy Administrator for Planning, serving in the post since November 2022. She has spent...
Underwater mountain range discovered in Southern Ocean
An Australian and international research voyage has mapped a highly energetic “hotspot” in the world’s strongest current simultaneously by ship and satellite, and uncovered an underwater mountain range. Halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica, the block of the Southern Ocean surveyed in high-resolution, three-dimensional detail stretches over an area of 20,000 square kilometres down through layers […]
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VESSEL REVIEW | Island Guardian – Landing craft to support Great Barrier Reef preservation efforts
The Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES), a preservation agency operating in the Australian state of Queensland, recently expanded its fleet of marine protection vessel with the acquisition of an aluminium catamaran landing craft built by compatriot shipbuilder Norman R. Wright and Sons (NRW). Island Guardian will be operated by the Reef Joint Field […]
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VESSEL REVIEW | Kalkgrund & Stollergrund – Survey and weapons test support boats for German Navy
The German Navy recently took delivery of two new survey and weapons test support vessels from German shipyard Fassmer. Named after two shoals off the town of Flensburg and the city of Kiel, Kalkgrund and Stollergrund were designed to perform diverse roles such as coastal survey, marine research,...
VESSEL REVIEW | Chuangzi – Mesoscale test ship for Chinese marine research organisation
The Taihu Laboratory of Deep Sea Technology Science of China recently welcomed a new mesoscale test vessel to its marine research fleet. Chuangzi was designed by China Ship Science Research Centre and built by Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Shipbuilding. Design work was done in compliance to China...
VESSEL REVIEW | Huadong Yuan 308 – Exploration jackup for Chinese offshore wind company
Zhejiang Huadong Construction Engineering has completed construction of a new offshore exploration and testing platform ordered by Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina). Classed by China Classification Society (CCS), Huadong Yuan 308 is a self-elevating platform that will be used mainly for geological survey, exploration drilling, scientific research, and testing. All these activities will be […]
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VESSEL REVIEW | Yakov Lapushkin – Russian Navy small survey boat for offshore and littoral waters
Vympel Shipyard, a division of Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, has handed over a new small hydrographic survey vessel to the Russian Navy. The vessel has been named Yakov Lapushkin in honour of a navy admiral best known for heading the Soviet Navy’s hydrographic arm during the...
Offshore Vessel News Roundup | November 22 – Chinese exploration jackup, FLNG conversion for West African waters and more
Deliveries include a floating LNG liquefaction vessel and an exploration platform that will operate in support of the Chinese offshore wind market. A Chinese yard floats out a new cable-laying vessel with an innovative trenching system. Finally, a Taiwanese wind farm operator will add a second walk-to-work vessel to its fleet. Golar LNG acquires floating […]
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