HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Ocean Cleanup System Faces First Open-Water Test
The scalable array of floating barriers moves plastics toward the center of the structure, enabling a central platform to extract and store the debris until it is transported to land for recycling.
Jakarta Plans Wall to Hold Back the Sea
A 32-km-long dike will incorporate a harbor, highway, residential and industrial areas, water reservoir, waste treatment facilities, an airport, port facilities and green areas.
LNG-Powered Containerships Set Sail
The ships are part of a fleet of vessels whose owners are opting against heavy fuel oil ahead of new emission regulations that come into effect in 2020.
Navy Funds Development of Air-and-Water Drone
By summer 2016 researchers plan to demonstrate a vehicle that can swim in a seawater environment and do complex maneuvers.
HV Cable to Supply Power to Offshore Oil Platform
Electrification via the shore-linked cable will enable Eni Norge to use renewable hydropower and cut the platform’s carbon-dioxide emissions by up to 50%.
Super-Absorbent Material Developed to Clean Oil Spills
Boron nitride nanosheet can absorb 33 times its weight in oils and organic solvents.
LNG Carrier to Use Wärtsilä Cargo Handling, Propulsion Systems
Saga's 45,000 m3 LNG carrier will be built at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s Haimen-based shipyard.
Sticky Hydrogel May Have Health, Marine Applications
Researchers applied a square of hydrogel between two plates of glass, from which they suspended a 55-lb. weight.
Technology Could Make Aircraft and Ships Stealthier
Conventional radar absorbers are usually too thick or have too narrow an absorption bandwidth to cloak objects in the ultra-high-frequency regime.
Drone Inspection of Oil Tank Cargo Hold
Inspection of the tank’s critical components was completed within a day.
Researchers Study “Rogue Waves” Thought to Have Sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald
On the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers are learning more about the type of waves suspected in the Great Lakes freighter's foundering.
Virtual Reality Tool Is Immersed in Royal Navy Projects
Multiple aspects of the construction and operation of ships ranging from an anti-sub vessel to an aircraft carrier will be tested in a virtual, digital world.
NTSB Says El Faro Wreckage Has Been Found
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says the vessel was located at a depth of about 15,000 feet in the vicinity of the last known position.
Transatlantic Telegraph Cable: Engineering Innovations Still Used Today
Reports that governments may be conjuring up ways to cut Internet cables in future conflicts calls to mind the engineering effort behind laying the first undersea telegraph cable.
NTSB Offers Details on Final Hours of El Faro Ship, Lost at Sea
Captain reported a hull breach, that a scuttle had blown open and that there was water in hold number 3.
Cold Ironing: The Drive to Make Commercial Shipping Cleaner
Electric power from shore will help cut harmful emissions from docked ships.
India and U.S. Open Talks on Next-Generation Aircraft Carrier
India is expected to make an acquisition decision in 2016.
LNG Ships on Order to Transport Shale Gas
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries books orders for next-gen LNG carriers.
Focus on Speed, Safety Drove Multiple Innovations at Sea
William Gibbs, a self-taught naval architect, designed a classic ocean liner and pioneered multiple innovations.
Keel Laid for Second Ford-Class Carrier
Weighing nearly 100,000 tons, the carrier John F. Kennedy will be capable of reaching speeds in excess of 35 knots.