by wade on April 19, 2012

NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world’s coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online. Anyone with Internet access can now explore undersea features and obtain detailed depictions of the sea floor and coasts, including deep canyons, ripples, landslides and likely fish habitat.
The new online data viewer compiles sea floor data from the near shore to the deep blue, including the latest high-resolution bathymetric (sea bottom) data collected by NOAA's Office of Coast Survey primarily to support nautical charting. Read more.

by wade on April 16, 2012

ROV Support Vessel Designed for the Brazilian Offshore By Andrew Safer: Because it’s too deep for divers, the 2,000- to 3,000-metre depths in the pre-salt Brazilian offshore require that ROVs perform inspections, maintenance and light construction, says Robert Moulton, a 23-year-old Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering undergraduate at Memorial University. This is what inspired him and three team members to develop a design for an ROV Support Vessel (ROVSV) for their final project before they graduate.   Read more.

by wade on April 12, 2012

By Andrew Safer: Twenty undergraduates in Memorial University’s Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering (ONAE) program presented their five final-project vessel designs to a capacity crowd on Mar. 27, 2012.   Read more.

by wade on February 23, 2012

The new Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan presents a historic opportunity for manufacturing growth and job creation in communities throughout Atlantic Canada according to Jayson Myers, President & CEO of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters.

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by wade on February 16, 2012

This is the fifth and final installment of a series of articles intended to cover eLearning in the maritime industry - what it is, what are its strengths and what are its limitations.  Part 1 of this series introduced eLearning, talking about what it is, and why it is important that anyone involved in maritime training should do their utmost to understand its strengths and limitations. Part 2 of the series discussed what research has shown us about the strengths of eLearning. Read more.

by wade on February 2, 2012

One of the most important things about the offshore oil industry is not the oil and the revenues, even though they made us a have province. But in the long term they are a by-product and the real leave-behind is the smart technology we develop. That technology, and the expertise behind it, can be exported. That premise extends into segments of other industries like offshore safety, navigation, shipping, and even into the fishing industry. It is not technology to harvest; it is smart technology to harvest intelligently.   Read more.

by wade on January 19, 2012

Introduction There is no doubt in my mind that eLearning is an important topic for the maritime industry. All of us involved in maritime education, whatever our views on eLearning, are going to have to come to terms with it. We all have a responsibility to understand it, including its strengths and its weaknesses. Read more.

by wade on December 12, 2011

In technology-driven projects where “immature” technology is selected for integration into larger systems, there is very real risk of project cost overruns and schedule delays. The ability to make good decisions about whether or not to include new technology and concepts in larger systems can be vital to the success of cost- and time-sensitive projects.   Read more.

by wade on December 8, 2011

By Keith Stoodly: For some there is the allure of exporting: something akin to the grass being greener. For others there is the simple reality that the domestic market for specialized goods and services does not exist or is too small to sustain growth. Some argue that such is the case for Newfoundland and Labrador's ocean technology companies. As Canada has the world's largest coastline, it is difficult to imagine an indigenous ocean technology company that cannot find a market domestically. Yet such is often the case. How is this possible?   Read more.

by wade on November 24, 2011

A report by Douglas-Westwood (UK) forecasts strong growth in demand for ROV support of offshore operations between 2011 and 2015, driven by a significant rise in offshore exploration and subsea field development activity. Research indicates that all the market drivers of the work-class ROV business are in a period of growth, and the report forecasts that total annual expenditure on ROV support of underwater operations will grow from USD891 million in 2010 to USD1,692 million in 2015. Read more.