Guice Offshore (“GO”) invites you to celebrate today’s 90th Anniversary of National Maritime Day! National Maritime Day is celebrated yearly on May 22. In honor of today’s occasion, U.S. Maritime Administrator Ann C. Phillips led a presentation for the official National Maritime Day Observance, entitled “Mariners Move the Nation: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.” A national panel featuring key...Read More
NOAA, Proteus Ocean Group to explore uses of groundbreaking underwater lab State-of-the-art “underwater habitat” will allow governments, academia and public sector to deepen understanding of the ocean environment The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Proteus Ocean Group announced during early May 2023 that the two organizations have signed a formal agreement to use the “underwater...Read More
Pictured: GO Marine Services recruits Sam Randle and Kevin Birotte (second and third from left, respectively), and (third name) recently learned basic maritime firefighting skills on the first of their five-day STCW training. With good training comes a sense of self-confidence and teamwork that makes a significant difference in achieving success, no matter what...Read More
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members on Monday, April 3, 2023 during an event...Read More
Guice Offshore (GO), widely considered to be the U.S. flag leader in operating dynamically positioned mini supply and medium-sized multi-purpose vessels in the specialty market, has doubled its fleet size and is hiring mariners across the spectrum of duty, from captains to engineers and ordinary seamen, the company announced in March 2023. The Lafayette, Louisiana-based...Read More
During late February 2023, Maine Governor Janet Mills’ Energy Office published the long-awaited Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap, a stakeholder-driven comprehensive plan that offers detailed strategies for Maine to realize economic, energy, and climate benefits from offshore wind in conjunction with the communities, fisheries and wildlife sharing the Gulf of Maine. Executive Summary Full Roadmap Technical...Read More
To increase protection of marine archaeological resources, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing a requirement for oil and gas lessees and operators to submit an archaeological report with all plans for exploration or development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that propose seabed disturbance. Currently, an archaeological report is required only if...Read More
A new report released in Dec. 2022 by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) calculates the contributions of often-overlooked portions of the ocean economy, concluding that regional marine research and education, state expenditures related to the ocean, and coastal electricity production in the mid-Atlantic area support 38,000 jobs and $25.5 billion in annual...Read More
Video Above: The U.S. Department of Energy and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hosted a webinar in Fall 2022 on their ambitious initiatives to position the U.S. to lead the world on floating offshore wind design, development, manufacturing, and deployment. Download the slides from this webinar. (Credit: U.S. Department of Energy) On Feb....Read More
Released Mon., Jan. 23, 2023, the highly anticipated “Supply Chain Road Map for Offshore Wind Energy in the United States” identifies key actions that could help to develop a fully domestic U.S. offshore wind energy supply chain. It also evaluates how the supply chain can evolve to support the national offshore wind target and position...Read More
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