U.S.’s First ‘Underwater Wind Turbine’ Installed in The Mississippi River

December 24th, 2008 by admin in Conservation

The nation’s first commercial hydrokinetic turbine, which harnesses the power from moving water without the construction of a dam, has splashed into the waters of the Mississippi River near Hastings, Minnesota.

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ST Engineering-Contract for Survey Vessel

December 14th, 2008 by admin in Offshore

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced that its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), has secured a S$30m contract to provide detailed design, construction and outfitting of a 228 ft seismic survey vessel for Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited. more…

The spacecraft and the submarine

December 14th, 2008 by admin in Science

Deep sea explorers often compare what they do with space exploration, many times only superficially and rarely favorably to the space explorers, whom they believe get too much money. It is common for books on undersea exploration to include a throwaway comment about how we know far more about the surface of the Moon than the bottom of the ocean, or how more people have been into space, or on the Moon, than have reached the bottom of the sea. more…

Peru wants to know origin of shipwrecked treasure

December 14th, 2008 by admin in Archaeology

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Peru’s government wants to know if 17 tons of silver coins recovered from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean last year were made there, complicating the legal quest to determine who rightfully owns the multimillion-dollar treasure.
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Robot sub discovers secrets of the deep that could predict a natural disaster

December 14th, 2008 by admin in General

One of the world’s deepest-diving robot submarines has returned from its first mission with spectacular images of giant holes on the seabed and evidence of underwater avalanches. more…

2,500-Year-Old Greek Ship Raised off Sicilian Coast

December 14th, 2008 by admin in Archaeology

An ancient Greek ship recently raised off the coast of southern Sicily, Italy, is the biggest and best maintained vessel of its kind ever found, archaeologists say.
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Sub to make deep Caribbean dive

December 14th, 2008 by admin in General

Scientists are set to explore the world’s deepest undersea volcanoes, which lie 6km down in the Caribbean.

Delving into uncharted waters to hunt for volcanic vents will be Autosub6000, Britain’s new autonomously controlled, robot submarine. more…

Peter the Great’s Ship Discovered in Baltic Sea

December 14th, 2008 by admin in Archaeology

Archaeologists have discovered the wreck of a Russian battleship designed by Peter the Great in Amsterdam and which played a key role in a 1719 victory over Sweden in a war on the Baltic Sea.
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Old wreck’s treasures could be lost forever

December 14th, 2008 by admin in Archaeology > Wrecks

An 18th-century shipwreck at Bracklesham Bay may become a lost jewel after English Heritage deemed it to be at high risk of disappearing from the nation because of erosion and natural processes.
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World’s fastest submarine goes under

December 14th, 2008 by admin in Military

The legendary Russian K-222 nuclear submarine – known as Papa in the West – is being scrapped. Dubbed ‘Golden Fish’ by Russian sailors because of the colour of its titanium alloy hull, it has been the world’s fastest underwater vessel for almost 40 years.
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