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BOEM Advances Offshore Minerals Planning Efforts in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands

Nov 10, 2025

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced key developments in its offshore critical minerals planning, with the completion of Area Identification offshore American Samoa and the release of a Request for Information and Interest for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands…

Call for Nominations: Marine Seismic Research Operations Committee

Oct 20, 2025

The UNOLS Marine Seismic Research Operations Committee (MSROC) is an advisory committee established in accordance with Annex IX of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Charter. We are seeking nominations for two committee members…

Propane’s Economic Edge for Ports During Trade Uncertainty

Oct 10, 2025

Click HERE to sign up for the October 16, 2025 webinar Power & Performance at the Port: See How Propane Moves Maritime Operations ForwardTrade has been a rollercoaster recently. Between the unpredictability of tariffs and uncertain economic outlooks…

DEEP Expands U.S. Operations with $100m Investment, Builds Subsea Human Habitat in Florida

Oct 02, 2025

DEEP, an ocean engineering and technology company, announced a major expansion of its operations in the United States, including a $100 million investment in a permanent engineering and development hub in Florida and a manufacturing facility in Houston…

SMD Announces Kenny Liu as New CEO

Aug 18, 2025

Pioneering subsea technology and services company, SMD, has announced the appointment of Kenny Liu as its new chief executive officer.Kenny succeeds Julian Zhu, whose decade in the role saw the company’s profit and turnover increase year on year for the past five years…

Dutch Contractor Completes Malaysia’s Largest 'Rig-to-Reef' Decom Project

Jul 21, 2025

Dutch offshore contractor Marine Masters has completed its offshore scope for the decommissioning of the South Angsi Alpha (SAA) platform, operated by Hibiscus Oil & Gas Malaysia, marking a major milestone in the repurposing of retired offshore infrastructure…

Petrobas Awards Fugro Four Multi-Year Contracts

Jun 27, 2025

Petrobras has announced tender results awarding Fugro four significant multi-year contracts for the inspection and monitoring of critical subsea infrastructure in Brazil. The contracts, once signed, will commence in the fourth quarter of 2025 and span four years with potential one-year extensions…

Seequent Receives Award at Global Offshore Wind 2025, Hosts Upcoming Webinar

Jun 20, 2025

Seequent, a leader in earth-modeling, analysis, data management, and collaboration software, received the Sust2ainable Exhibitor Award from RenewableUK at the Global Offshore Wind 2025 event. At the event, Seequent demonstrated how its 3D ground…

SeaRenergy, Tethys Robotics Partner on Subsea Inspection Services

May 27, 2025

SeaRenergy Offshore Holding GmbH and Tethys Robotics AG will partner to integrate the Tethys ONE system into SeaRenergy's offshore service portfolio, enhancing the efficiency and quality of subsea inspections.The Tethys ONE is an underwater…

Wales Tidal Energy Project Moves Ahead

May 27, 2025

Inyanga Marine Energy Group awarded the fabrication contract to build its HydroWing tidal energy device to Hutchinson Engineering.The 20 MW HydroWing tidal energy array will be deployed at Morlais off Anglesey in Wales, one of the largest consented tidal energy projects in Europe…

Endangered Gulf of Mexico Whale Threatened by Oil and Gas Vessel Strikes

May 21, 2025

The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that vessel strikes related to oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico are likely to jeopardize the existence of the endangered Rice's whale…

BOEM Seeks Public Comment for Eleventh National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program

Apr 29, 2025

On April 18, 2025, the Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would soon initiate the first step in an engagement process to develop the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program)…

Phoenix Welcomes New Project Manager for AUV Division

Apr 29, 2025

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. announced that Scott Hansen has joined the company as Project Manager (PM) for the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Division.Scott brings to Phoenix 20 years of experience in Marine Engineering and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)…

Indian Firms Turn to Dutch Royal IHC for Deep-Sea Minerals Exploration

Mar 20, 2025

Some Indian mining and cement companies have approached Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC for technical assistance as they prepare to bid for deep-sea mineral blocks up for auction, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.In November…

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