Above: Aerial view of Government Point, located within Point Conception State Marine Reserve and Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. This marine protected area contains kelp forests, surfgrass beds, and rocky reefs surrounded by sandy seafloor. It also hosts an abundance of diverse fish, invertebrates, birds, and marine mammals. (Image credit: NOAA) The National Oceanic...Read More
Photo: Guice Offshore naval architects Asa Moss (standing) and Rob Allums (seated). Meet Naval Architect Rob Allums, Guice Offshore’s new Director of Technical Services, whose addition strengthens Guice Offshore’s specialty maritime engineering and consulting services across various industries, including aerospace and offshore wind. Now, along with partner Asa Moss, Guice Offshore has TWO naval...Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced August 14, 2024 as the offshore wind lease sale date for the Central Atlantic areas including offshore Delaware. Meanwhile, the Delaware Legislature sent corresponding enabling legislation on Sunday, June 30, 2024 to Delaware Governor John Carney for enactment. Oceantic Network Reports Delaware Energy Solutions Act of...Read More
Guice Offshore is proud to announce another expansion of our fleet with the introduction of Offshore Support Vessel GO Expedition. Like sisters GO Beyond and GO Adventurer, the GO Expedition is a 205 ft. long x 46 ft. wide Offshore Support Vessel with over 5,000 ft. of clear deck space ready to be configured to...Read More
Watch the BOEM Maritime Heritage Video Series HERE. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a series of short videos showcasing 19th century underwater Gulf of Mexico shipwreck sites that have been nominated for placement on the National Register of Historic Places. The videos explore the captivating realm of shipwrecks and archaeology. They...Read More
Study Finds Interregional Offshore Transmission Network Would Support Long-Term Growth of Atlantic Offshore Wind, Action Plan Identifies Immediate Steps and Extended Efforts During late March 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released findings from the Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study, a two-year study evaluating transmission options to support offshore wind energy deployment along the...Read More
America’s offshore wind industry made several significant advances in recent weeks, notably highlighted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issuing two Record of Decisions (RODs) to begin construction: the Eversource and Ørsted Sunrise Wind offshore wind energy project and Avangrid’s New England Wind offshore wind project (formerly Vineyard Wind South). The federal government...Read More
Construction Complete and all 12 Turbines Are Powered Up at the First U.S. Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Ørsted announced the completion of the landmark South Fork Wind project on March 14, 2024. Now, all 12 offshore wind turbines are fully constructed and the wind farm is successfully delivering power to...Read More
The United Nations estimates that the world ocean economy–often referred to as the “blue economy”–is worth $1.5 trillion U.S. dollars annually. It follows then, that a strong, competitive U.S. maritime industry is vital to the national and economic security strategy of the United States. To accomplish that goal, both modernizing and expanding our ports and...Read More
To advance offshore wind development and accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced next steps to bring the opportunity of offshore wind energy to the Gulf of Mexico. In a release issued July 20, 2022, the Department of Interior explained the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management...Read More
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