Jan de Nul recently completed a study on the proposed NATO-L transatlantic power cable, which would be laid by a vessel like Fleeming Jenkin, above (Jan de Nul file image)

Canada Considers a Subsea Power Cable to Europe

Published Oct 25, 2026 9:36 PM by Harry Valentine

Posted in: Offshore

Canada’s prime minister has expressed interest in exporting Canadian energy such as LNG to Europe, along with renewable energy. Ot...

A sea cucumber, dubbed the “gummy squirrel” (Psychropotes longicauda), encountered at a depth of 5,100 meters (about 16,700 feet) on abyssal sediments in the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Image courtesy of NOAA/DeepCCZ expedition.

US Deep-Sea Mining Claim Areas Rival ISA Licenses in Size

Published Oct 25, 2026 8:22 PM by Mongabay

Posted in: Government

[By Elizabeth Claire Alberts and Andrés Alegría] U.S. ambitions to mine the deep sea are rapidly expanding across the ocean, not o...

Drill pipe

Op-Ed: Jackdaw Gas Project Passed UK's Legal Test - Rosebank Will Be Harder

Published Oct 25, 2026 7:41 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Offshore

[By Robert Hargreaves] For the first time, UK ministers have had to weigh the emissions from burning gas extracted from a North Se...

The naval battle of the harbor of Syracuse, 1890 (artist unknown / public domain)

Closing the Sea: Lessons from Ancient Mediterranean Blockades

Published Oct 25, 2026 3:18 PM by CIMSEC

Posted in: Government

[By Dr. Stephen DeCasien] Nearly a century ago, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, U.S.N., wrote in the foreword to Arthur M. Shepar...

Covert vessel traffic heading to and from the Strait of Hormuz (Copernicus / Sentinel-2)

Kpler and Airbus Link Up with New Ship Surveillance System

Published Oct 25, 2026 12:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Business

For many months now the industry has been aware of how merchant vessels are transiting the Strait of Hormuz ‘dark’, usually but no...

Locals clean Agua Dulce beach in the municipality of Lerdo de Tejada, Veracruz state, Mexico. The state oil company Pemex reported 798 pipeline spills and leaks to its financial regulators during 2014-2025 (Image: Rodrigo Soberanes)

A Year of Offshore Oil Spills Prompts Growing Concern in Mexico

Published Oct 22, 2026 11:17 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Offshore

[By Rodrigo Soberanes] In early March, Andrés Palma was watching his children build a sandcastle on the beach in El Bosque, south-...

Taiwan

Unexplained Ship Clusters Anchoring off Taiwan

Published Oct 22, 2026 3:27 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

TaiwanPlus TV’s investigative journalist Cadence Quantara has filed a report on an unexplained cluster of shipping which is linger...

Marcura

Maritime Procurement: Where the Cost is Really Set

Published Oct 22, 2026 1:45 PM by Dragos Ionescu

Posted in: Shipping

When a vessel needs a spare part, someone ashore owns the problem. They have to find a supplier, compare quotes, check lead time,...

Map showing exploratory oil field (Sea Lion) in North Falklands Basin and exploratory oil wells in East Falklands Basin. Pensoft/Researchgate, CC BY-ND

Argentina Seeks UNCLOS Ruling on UK-Backed Oil Project off the Falklands

Published Oct 22, 2026 12:13 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Offshore

[By Vicky Kapogianni] Argentina is trying to stop a planned oil project near the Falkland Islands. On October 13, the government a...