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OceanTech Program 2021
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OceanTech Program 2021's Media Partner Hydro-International The Top 10 Articles and News Stories for 2020 - part II 5. Developing a New Approach to Marine Surveying Click here 4. German U-boat Surveyed a Century after Wartime Sinking Click here 3. Subsea Autonomy is Moving Beyond Waypoints Click here 2. Bathymetry from UAV Imagery and Machine Learning Click here 1. State of the Art in Multibeam Echosounders Click here |
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OceanTech Program 2021's Media Partner Hydro-International The Top 10 Articles and News Stories for 2020 - part I 10. Automatic Calibration for MBES Offsets Click here 9. How Does Backscatter Help Us Understand the Seafloor? Click here 8. Hydrospatial and the Marine Environment Click here 7.Sentinel-2 Coastal Charting Worldwide Click here 6. Hydrographic Education During a Lockdown Click here |
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UxV/USV//ROV/AUV/Communications Buoy /Autonomy/Subsea Robotics For 2021 and Beyond: "...more sensors, data, and data analytics that will feed subsea robotics, automation, and remote hubs and cyber-physical systems" Click for more |
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Offshore Platforms/Renewable Energy/Offshore Engineering/ Digital Twins/Foundations/Jacket Braces/Structural Failure/Scour/Corrosion
- Few sensors at easily accessed locations
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Renewable Energy/Offshore/Green Hydrogen/Grid
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USV/ Marine Aquatic Research/ Oceanography/ Meteorological Monitoring/ Environmental Monitoring/ Hydrography/ Acoustic Monitoring/ Data Gateway/ Data Harvesting/ Mobile Buoy SeaTrac Systems Launches Open Solar-Powered Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) for Near Shore to Open Ocean Applications - Sensor agnostic
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Sensors/ GNSS/ Data Acquisition/Intervention /Global/Dynamic Positioning/Inertial Navigation Sonardyne's technologies will fill critical "crew" roles in Ocean Infinity's new robotic "Armada" fleet - Underwater platform navigation, tracking, control, communications and uninterrupted surface navigation -Track and control multiple robotics systems simultaneously Click for more |
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Anchoring Systems/Floating Offshore Wind Turbines/Maintenance/Control Systems/Grid Connection. Norway's Equinor and SINTEF agree to collaberate in four key strategic areas:- - Offshore wind - Marine systems - Energy systems - Modeling studies related to these areas Click for more |
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USBL/Positioning/Buoy/GNSS/RTK/NMEA strings/Wi-Fi EvoLogics introduces a new portable USBL buoy
- The buoyant body is constructed of carbon and glass fiber compositeClick for more |
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Ocean Surveying/Remote Operations/Subsea Mapping/Subsea Inspection OceanAlpha L25 marine Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) utilizing a Teledyne RESON T50-P multibeam sounder completes surveys of the undersea tunnel sections of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge - Underwater terrain mapping of 500 meters × 200 meters above the immersed tube tunnel at the Zhuhai end of the bridge - A portion within 100 meters of the West Artificial Island - The L25 USV arrived at the first survey location after 20 kilometers of autonomous navigation Click for more |
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Real-time Remote Monitoring/Renewable Energy/Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence "Submarine High-fidelity Active-monitoring of Renewable energy Cables" (SHARC) project launched by the United Kingdom's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) - Goal is to improve the operational efficiency of offshore renewable energy generation by addressing the failure of submarine cables. |
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International Events Exhibition/Conference -- FREE! Oceanology International will now be virtual
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Ocean Surveying/Data Analytics/Remote Operatios/Ocean Mapping Canada’s Ocean Supercluster awards funding for Teledyne CARIS to develop software for remote operations survey processing with three key deliverables: - Enhance Teledyne CARIS’s existing desk-top product leverage the cloud technology to deliver consistent access for global users in every possible circumstance - Support for remote mapping operations to underpin advancements in ocean robotics - Virtual training through the CARIS Cloud Platform for future ocean mappers |
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Unmanned Vessels/Marine Robotics/Remote Control Ocean Infinity boosts its Armada unmanned survey fleet with an order for eight new 78 meter multi-platform meter vessels from Vard/Fincantieri: - design and engineering at Vard Design and onboard control systems at Vard Electro, both in Norway. - construction will be at the Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam - Vard Electro’s SeaQ Integrated Automation System and SeaQ Power Management System for remote operations - Remote control, light crewed or uncrewed operations - alternative fuel-capability including green ammonia - The first 78 meter vessel is expected to launch in 2022, joining nine 21 and 31 meter vessels expected to launch in 2021 Click for more |
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International EventsOcean Business postponed until July 2021- The ocean technology exhibition and training forum will now take place from 6-8 July 2021 at the National Oceanography Centre, in Southampton United KingdomClick for more |
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Ocean Technology Events - China
Hosts: - Chinese Society for Optical Engineering (CSOE) - Zhejiang University Opportunities and Challenges in the Application of Satellite Ocean Color Sensors in China Exploring the Deep-sea LIBS Technology on the Move Visible light communication challenges and prospects Space-based Laser Active Detection Technology Intelligent Online Observation Network of Typical Marine Ecosystems High-precision/Hyperspectral/ High-dimensional Marine Ecological Environment Perception and High-speed Underwater Optical Wireless Communication Sub- Forums 01 Study on Optical Properties of Water 02 Underwater Optical Information Detection Technology 02 Underwater Environment Parameters and Target Detection 03 Comprehensive Remote Sensing in the Atmosphere and Ocean 04 Marine Ecology 04 Marine Coral Reef Remote Sensing 05 Aerosol Optical Measurement and Calculation in the Atmosphere and Ocean 06 Underwater Optical Communication Technology 07 Demand for Optical Sensors in Deep-sea Equipment Research and Development 07 New In-situ Ocean Optical Sensor 08 Ocean Color Satellite Development and Data Application 09 High Temporal Resolution Remote Sensing with Geostationary Ocean Color Imager 09 Ocean Laser Remote Sensing 09 Remote Sensing of Solar Flare over Ocean 10 Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean 10 Aerosol and cloud observations, inversion and radiation effects Website (Chinese) Organizers and Co-organizers
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Ocean Observation/Imaging/Sensors/Sampling/ In-situ Analyzing “Essential Ocean Variables” in-situ is the goal for a new European multi-national research and development project. - TechOceanS – Technologies for Ocean Sensing - to develop sensing, imaging and sampling technologies: five new sensors, two imaging systems, a novel sampler and an artificial intelligence-driven image processing methodology - $10.5 million grant from the European Union's Horizon 2020 program - The United Kingdom's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is coordinating TechOceanS with participation by ocean technology experts from Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom Click for more |
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Renewable Energy/Tidal/Green Hydrogen/Battery Storage Continuous Green Hydrogen production project based on combining tidal energy and battery storage for announced by the European Marine Energy Centre for an archipelago north of mainland Scotland - 1.8 megawatt hour Invinity Energy Systems “flow battery” - Tidal energy test site located on the island of Eday, Orkney Click for more |
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Acoustics/Sensors/Navigation/Piezoelectricity Researchers are developing an underwater battery-free pinpointing system that reflects modulated acoustic signals from its environment rather than emitting them "changing a battery is no simple task when it's attached to a migrating whale" - Fadel Adib, who leads the research group and is the Doherty Chair of Ocean Utilization as well as an associate professor in the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Click for more |
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Technology Innovation/Incubator/Accelerator/Investment International tech and innovation investment company teams with China partners to develop new ocean technology innovation center in Sanya on China's southern Hainan Island Arieli Capital, a holdings and investment company with offices in New York, China and Tel Aviv, has signed a cooperation agreement with Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City Administration and with China Merchants Group - China Merchants Group will invest over $500 million toward establishing an international ocean technology ecosystem in Sanya. - The innovation center will be led by Arieli Capital and will incorporate an investment fund, accelerators, and incubators. Click for more |
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Renewable Energy/Wave Energy/Investment/Software Real time wave energy power production verification software developed by Eco Wave Power of Sweden - "With this software, Eco Wave Power will put an end to some of the prevailing problems in the wave energy industry - which significantly affect commercialization efforts - by verifying the production, while predicting the failures...." said Inna Braverman, Founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power Click for more |
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Robotics/Subsea Navigation/Subsea Control Ocean robotics manufacturer focuses on developing core competencies by opting for marine industry universal open software architecture - Greensea, creator of OPENSEA®, chosen by Houston Mechatronics Inc "to quickly integrate an executive control and mission planning solution onto Aquanaut, our transforming AUV/ROV." Click for more |
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Port & Harbour Management/Marine Pilots/ Machine Learning |
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Renewable Energy/Offshore Wind Turbines/Floating Foundations Floating offshore wind energy generation - what sinks down and what floats up? A guide to four current technologies for floating wind turbine foundations and some of their strengths and weaknesses for different offshore environments: - Spar buoy design - Semi-submersible platform design - Barge with a damping pool - Tension-leg platform with a taut mooring system Click for more |
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Ocean Technology Events - China
October exhibitions on the OceanTech Asia Pacific agenda: - 2020 China Marine Economy Expo |
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Subsea Technology/ROV/USV/AUV/Robotics/Machine Learning The Quest for Offshore and Subsea Robotic Residency - Eliminating fully crewed vessels - increase ROV availability - Reduce cost and carbon emissions Click for more |
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International Events Ocean Business - April 13 to 15 at the National Oceanography Centre - Southampton, United Kingdom - Exhibition | Training & Demonstrations | Ocean Careers | Conference | Co-hosted Meetings | Social Events Click for more |
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Offshore Installation/Vessels/Renewable Energy/Offshore Wind Turbines A different motion principle and structural load transfer underpin a next generation offshore turbine crane from Tetrahedron - Future proof for turbines rated up to to 20 MW - Designed for both existing and new jack-up vessels - DNV GL verified - Planned delivery before 2022 in Rotterdam Click for more |
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Deep Sea Mining Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) teams with TIOS and Island Offshore for a five-week seabed mineral research expedition on the Mohn Ridge in the northwestern Norwegian Sea - Objectives: - Investigate under the seabed by drilling shallow boreholes in the mineral fields - Test the drilling technology in these ocean depths - Operator TIOS drilled in 3000 metres of water to secure samples of mineral deposits Click for more |
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Education/Training/Simulation/Research The Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. opens $ 440,000 Underwater Exploration Laboratory. GRI Simulations' Virtual Remotely Operated Vehicle (VROV) will be utilized by students and faculty for: - Learning to pilot ROVs and hone skills with the industry technology in a safe environment - Researchers for visualizing data in high-fidelity - Mapping, including the 4D OCEANS Laboratory team focused on mapping the spatial complexity of the ocean from the seafloor to surface Click for more |
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Biomimicry/Sensors/Robotics/Machine Learning/Biomechanics/Sampling Human hands and skin inspire biomimetic sensor development - “We can also use these sensors on soft robotics to manipulate delicate objects, like catching a fish, or even in a disaster when they may need to crawl into irregular spaces and move debris.” - Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Early Career Professor at The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics - International scientific team from Zhejiang University of Technology in China and The Pennsylvania State University in the United States - Partial funding provided by The National Science Foundation of China, the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang, the 111 Project and the Zhejiang Lab’s International Talent Fund for Young Professionals |
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Coastal Engineering/Typhoons/Beach Erosion/Tourism Bubbling up to break down coastal waves - Wave Killer System "creates immensely thick walls of air bubbles - 10, 20, even 50 feet wide that can span for miles on end - changes the medium of the water from liquid to air" Click for more |
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Mapping/Data Analytics/Unmanned Vehicles/ Start-up Terradepth seeks to "Leap Frog" the scale and productivity of Ocean Mapping - New generation of AUV - AUVs and hybrid AUVs as task multipliers - Current costs must be reduced - No reliance on dedicated surface vessels - AI and machine learning on sonar data - Goal: Multi-dimensional, globally accessible data sets |
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Renewable Energy/Offshore Wind Power/Investment
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Robotics/USV/ROV/UAV/Machine Learning/Multi-agent control
Surf’s Up! for robots to team-up and clear coastal seafloor plastic waste in two Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services CML pilot projects |
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Asset Management/Digital Twins/Offshore Energy/Offshore Platforms
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`Offshore Engineering/Platforms/Offshore Energy |
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Robotics/Platforms/Offshore Engineering |
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Ocean Research/Oceanographic Training/Ocean Research Vessels |
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Renewable Energy/Offshore Wind |
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Robotics/AUV/ROV |
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Future Tech /Data Acquisition/Data/Analytics |
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Unmanned Vehicles/LARS - Launch and Recovery Systems |
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Renewable Energy/Green Hydrogen |
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Renewable Energy/Offshore Wind/Foundations |
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Ocean Technology Events - Reed Exhibitions Oceanology International 2020 at ExCel London is rescheduled for December 1 to December 3 2020 Click for more |
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Ocean Technology Events - IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society / Marine Technology Society Oceans 2020 Singapore at Marina Bay Sands Convention Center is rescheduled for August 11 to August 14 2020 Click for more |
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Ocean Technology Events - SAUVCSingapore AUV Challenge - SAUVC 2020 - Singapore, August 14 to August 17
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Wave Energy "...a genuine opportunity to showcase the potential for renewable energy to power a subsea application.” Being launched by North Sea developer Chrysaor , the pilot project's partners include Mocean Energy (Blue Star wave energy converter), EC-OG (HALO system for powering subsea tiebacks and offshore AUVs), Modus (AUV operator) and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (Scotland). Click for more |
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"...challenges to actuation, control, and power requirements in soft robotics." Bionic jellyfish may soon be swiming in a sea near you "...this biohybrid robot uses 10 to 1000 times less external power per mass than other aquatic robots reported..." Click for more |
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Ocean Engineering Southeast Asia and Australia - Offshore Platforms "...decommissioning, followed by renewable energy and then conventional oil and gas, are the top three opportunities" "...a million tonnes of steel to be removed and thousands of wells to be sealed" Click for more |
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Marine Acoustic Pollution Norway based global marine accredited registrar and classifical society, DNV GL, addresses growing levels of noise from human operations at sea Ocean University of China's scientific research vessel 'DONG FANG HONG 3' awarded 'SILENT-R', achieving the strictest levels |
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Sustainable Fishery and Fishery Management"the use of the ocean data drone significantly reduces the financial and environmental costs of searching for krill. All the data collection carried out by the drone has a carbon footprint of zero."Click for more |
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Technology & Sustainability A new "armada" of technologically advanced Unmanned Surface Vehicles by Ocean Infinity will take to the seas this year. Each USV will be capable of launching and recovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and be fully equipped for offshore data acquisition and intervention down to a depth of 6,000 meters. Click for more |
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Edge Computing Hydroid adds an in-mission processor on a REMUS 600 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Post mission data downloading time significantly reduced Click for more |
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Blue energy Unlocking the energy potential of estatuaries Utilizing chemical differences between fresh- and saltwater to generate electricity Click for more |
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Navigation Five papers on Maritime Issues presented at the Institute of Navigation’s (ION) annual ION GNSS+ conference September 16–20 2019 Summaries and link from GPS World Click for more |
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 Traditional drifters and small SPOT Trace buoys - photo credit: E. Zettler NIOZ / ON&T |
Space Tracking Seaweed and Satellites NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Utrecht University reseachers are using Globalstar Satellite Trackers to untangle the Sargassum mystery Click for more |
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SD 1020 on its voyage aro und Antartica
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