We can mine the deep sea. Should we?
Deep-sea mining promises a wealth of minerals. The engineering know-how required to bring them to the surface is only a ...
Tag: maritime engineering
Sounding the alarm on ocean noise pollution
Noise pollution is as much a problem underwater as it is on land. In response, new Australian-made technology has been ...
This autonomous drone can roam the seas for months without a crew
Behind the scenes of the Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessel lies an idea that grew from a hobbyist’s experiment to become ...
This engineer voyaged to the deepest point of the ocean – in a sub he helped build
Sub pilot and engineer Tim Macdonald became the deepest-diving Australian last month with a 10,925 m journey to the bottom ...
How salvage engineers helped move the Ever Given
The giant container ship Ever Given was successfully refloated almost a week after it became lodged in Egypt’s Suez Canal ...
Engineers needed to grow Australia’s naval shipbuilding industry
While sectors of the economy such as hospitality and tourism have taken a hit due to the pandemic, Australia’s naval ...
