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Kraken Wins International Offshore Wind Energy Competition

Kraken Wins Award for SeaVision® 3D Underwater Laser Imaging System BREMEN, GERMANY--(Marketwired - January 30, 2018) - Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX…

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Mitigating Risks in the Arctic Region

The winter 2018 issue of the Journal of Ocean Technology – with guest editors Professor Aykut I. Ölcer and Associate Professor Dimitrios…

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Memorial University Report – Open Water

Memorial researchers and graduate students are undertaking some of the world’s most ambitious research aimed at unlocking the secrets of the…

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The Turning and Tide Marine Industry – Call for Nominations: 2018 Awards Gala

November 23, 2017

BACKGROUND As a province with over 17,000 km of coastline, our marine environment, and marine industries have sustained us for hundreds of years.  The Turning the Tide …

CEO of the Year

July 13, 2017

When Brian Chafe helped sell PAL Group to a Winnipeg firm, it was so he could create a stronger local company. He includes employees and clients …

Rutter Shortlisted for Safety Product of the Year by Safety at Sea

June 20, 2017

Rutter Inc. is pleased to announce that their signature ice radar system, the sigma S6 Ice Navigator™, has been selected as a shortlist contender for Safety at Sea Magazine’s …

Request for Expression of Interest for Canadian Ocean Technologies Innovation Mission to Brazil – October 23-27, 2017

June 20, 2017

Global Affairs Canada (GAC), through the Consulate General of Canada in Rio de Janeiro and the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) are pleased …

OceansAdvance Newly Elected Officers 2017

March 10, 2017

  The OceansAdvance AGM was held Monday, January 30, 2017 in St. John’s at the National Research Council’s – Oceans, Coastal and River Engineering research facility. …

OceansAdvance Hosts a Speakers Series Event Focused on Canada’s Innovation Report Card

November 29, 2015

Conference Board of Canada Speaker Series OA held a Breakfast Speaker Series on Thursday, November 26 featuring the Conference Board of Canada’s How Canada Performs - …

EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUBLISHES INNOVATION UNION SCOREBOARD 2015

May 11, 2015

Brussels, 07 May 2015 - Improving Europe's capacity to innovate and be globally competitive requires further efforts to encourage disruptive ideas and foster their commercial up-take. These …

GOING TO SEE: NL TRADE MISSION TO IRELAND FOCUSED ON OCEANS

October 22, 2014

Enabled by rapidly evolving technology and innovative approaches in research, business and policy,  the world is moving at a rapid pace to embrace the opportunities in …

NEW OCEAN CLUSTER ESTABLISHED IN MAINE

October 21, 2014

(Portland Maine: October 16, 2014) Maine Governor Paul LePage today announced the successful establishment of the New England Ocean Cluster in Maine. The Iceland Ocean Cluster, …