During late July, the federal government advanced a new offshore wind project in the Gulf of Mexico, while delaying an auction that was set to occur just one year after the region’s first lease sale in 2023.  The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it was advancing an unsolicited lease request from U.S. renewable energy...Read More

During early July 2024, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released the first edition of API Recommended Practice 75W (API RP 75W), Safety and Environmental Management System for Offshore Wind Operations and Assets.  This landmark standard leverages API’s extensive experience with offshore oil and natural gas development to provide a comprehensive framework for safety and environmental integrity...Read More

Join NOAA for a series of GeoXO events beginning July 29, 2024 HERE. Successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center on June 25, 2024, NASA’s GOES-U is the fourth and final satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R Series, the Western Hemisphere’s most sophisticated weather-observing and environmental-monitoring system. The GOES-R Series provides advanced imagery and atmospheric...Read More

We’ve known for years that the United States is an ocean nation with a growing “Blue Economy,” but did you know there’s now a “New Blue Economy?” Coastal communities in the U.S. are home to over 127 million people, 40% of the population. In 2019, the American Blue Economy grew faster than the nation’s economy...Read More

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), responsible for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and inactivation of ships, submarines, and combat systems for the U.S. Navy, celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 1, 2024. As the largest of the Navy’s six system commands, NAVSEA’s origins date back to 1794, when Commodore John Barry was charged with oversight of...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

Offshore wind could be coming to U.S. territories in both the Pacific and Caribbean areas by 2028.  The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has called for research ideas that would help ensure offshore energy activities in these areas are conducted in an environmentally and socially responsible way. To formally request ideas for baseline environmental...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

To read the famous poem “The Seafarer” by Ezra Pound, click HERE. This year, once again, the annual Day of the Seafarer (DotS) will be celebrated on June 25, the International Maritime Organization reports.  The Day of the Seafarer (25 June) was established in a resolution adopted by the 2010 Diplomatic Conference in Manila to...Read More

NOAA reported on June 6, 2024 that the American marine economy continues to bolster the nation as demonstrated by increased sales and jobs, according to the most recent statistics from the annual Marine Economy Satellite Account (MESA) released by two Department of Commerce agencies — NOAA and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). According to MESA,...Read More