The U.S Trade Representative has proposed Section 301 service fees targeting China’s maritime sector. VesselBot has quantified the potential impact these measures would have on major carriers and U.S. trade flows.
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Norman Barker of TileDB makes a case for bathymetry data to be cloud- and analysis-ready, right from the boat.
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The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has made available its draft environmental review of wind energy areas offshore the U.S. Central Atlantic region. Public comment period runs through February 12.
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In a new peer-reviewed paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science, OCEARCH and its collaborative research team, for the first time, provide a comprehensive analysis of the movements and migrations of white sharks in the western North Atlantic, over multiple years and life stages.
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By Trevor Small Requirements for hydrodynamic efficiency, Energy Efficiency Existing Ship (EEXI) compliance analysis, energy storage, shore charging, fuel cells and alternative fuels suggest something like a perfect storm of demand for ship sustainability experts. Raised social awareness of environmental issues in Canada, in particular, reflects directly in the growing demand for ships designed and built first and foremost for sustainability.
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Scientists have created a set of unique guidelines for image-based species identification to improve biodiversity data collection. Led by Dr. Tammy Horton at the U.K. National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the new guide provides rules for the use of open nomenclature signs in image-based biodiversity studies. The guidelines have been developed as a way of indicating the level of certainty in
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