Ocean Sciences

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Just weeks after outlining plans for a permanent human habitat beneath the waves, subsea technology company DEEP has deployed its Vanguard module on the seabed.

9th July 2026

Going DEEP: ‘Vanguard’ takes the plunge

9th July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME has used specialist marine construction vessels and installation techniques to install one of Europe’s largest oyster reef restoration projects.

29th June 2026

Marine contractors hired to engineer oyster habitats

29th June 2026

OCEAN SCIENCES

OCEAN SCIENCES

Ecocoast has launched a new eco-engineered mooring block designed to combine conventional anchoring functions with marine habitat creation.

8th June 2026

Ecocoast launches mooring block to support marine habitats

8th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Fincantieri subsidiary Vard has won its largest single-vessel order in the company’s history in a contract worth nearly €700 million, and says it’s also the largest ever awarded to a Norwegian shipbuilder.

5th June 2026

Vard wins record-breaking vessel order

5th June 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maritime artificial intelligence specialist SEA.AI will supply seven of its monitoring systems to a Spanish government department specifically to monitor marine animals such as whales.

28th May 2026

VIDEO: Spain taps AI to reduce whale strikes at sea

28th May 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

UK ocean engineering company DEEP is on the verge of deploying the first subsea human habitat for 40 years.

22nd May 2026

Subsea human habitat on cusp of deployment

22nd May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Chinese unmanned vessel builder OceanAlpha has launched a 24-metre unmanned surface vessel paired with a two-tonne work-class ROV that can plunge depths to 3,000 metres.

12th March 2026

OceanAlpha launches 3,000m USV/ROV system

12th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

AYK Energy is to supply a record marine battery system for Germany’s next-generation Polarstern research vessel, further advancing vessel electrification in polar operations.

3rd March 2026

Largest battery system yet for ice-class vessel

3rd March 2026

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

It seems the sky is no longer the limit for Kongsberg Discovery, which is moving into outer space in a giant leap into the future.

23rd February 2026

PODCAST: From ocean to orbit – KD takes Giant Leap

23rd February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

One of the complaints about the burgeoning offshore wind sector is the dangers it poses to marine life: but using robotics and other modern methods, environmental scientists say they can reduce the…

13th January 2026

Exclusive: Scientists reduce offshore wind risks to marine life

13th January 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Raymarine has joined forces with the Seabed 2030 project to advance seabed mapping and support safer vessel navigation across global subsea operations.

13th November 2025

Raymarine backs global seabed mapping drive

13th November 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Subsea Micropiles has acquired the intellectual property portfolio of Acoustic Zoom, a Canadian geophysics specialist known for high-resolution seismic imaging. 

10th November 2025

Subsea Micropiles drills into deeper data foundations with purchase

10th November 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new multi-million-pound Technology Development Centre (TDC) has opened in Blyth, driving the next wave of renewable energy and offshore renewables innovation in the UK.

3rd November 2025

New technology hub will power marine innovation

3rd November 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The UK’s University of Portsmouth will spearhead a major project to design a cutting-edge surveillance system to reduce damage and disruption to undersea infrastructure, thanks to a grant of £772,372 from the…

24th October 2025

Portsmouth leads subsea protection

24th October 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A new study has revealed a method for predicting volcanic eruptions beneath the ocean floor using heat data from hydrothermal vents as an early warning signal of tectonic unrest.

23rd October 2025

Deep-sea submersible in new study to predict volcanic activity

23rd October 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A groundbreaking research vessel looks set to transform ocean sciences using advanced vessel propulsion and sustainable vessel build technologies.

24th September 2025

A next-gen research vessel for ocean sciences

24th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Marine contractor Van Oord is to breathe life into thousands of oysters to mitigate the damage caused to the North Sea bed by the growing scale of wind farms, cables and other…

27th August 2025

Van Oord lays foundations for North Sea oyster revival

27th August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Dutch engineering project is to be expanded following ‘an explosion of marine life’ that has been recorded in the four years since it started.

26th August 2025

Dutch combine flood defence with marine life

26th August 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Robosys Automation is spearheading Project ORACLES, a new initiative to overhaul the environmental consenting process for offshore wind farms (OWF) using advanced marine robotics and autonomous systems.

15th August 2025

Autonomous USVs revolutionise offshore wind

15th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has enlisted the talents of Samuel L. Jackson to promote seaweed farming amidst the turbines of two of its offshore wind farms.

12th August 2025

Vattenfall introduces seaweed farms at wind farms

12th August 2025