Home 
- You are here:
-
Home
- The Marine Professional
The Marine Professional is the IMarEST’s membership magazine and is available in print and online.
With a strong news analysis focus, each issue looks at the trends emerging within the marine sector and aims to enhance understanding of the complex technical intersections between the maritime, offshore and science agendas.
Eniram, the Wärtsilä-owned software engineering firm, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Athens-based Arista Shipping to participate in its Project Forward initiative. The project has developed a dry bulk carrier that features high levels of energy efficiency and LNG-fuelled…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 18 May 2018
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the United Arab Emirates’ Federal Transport Authority (FTA) have signed an agreement to work together to preserve the rights of seafarers operating in the UAE. The UAE has been criticized for the increasing…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 18 May 2018
IMO’s 2020 fuel sulphur cap could push the price of crude oil above $90 a barrel as the shipping industry comes to rely on middle distillates, according to a newly issued Morgan Stanley research note. When the emissions standard comes…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Advanced biofuels represent the most economically feasible zero-emissions solution for the shipping industry, according to a new report produced by Lloyd’s Register and University Maritime Advisory Services on behalf of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI). The advantage of advanced biofuels…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Construction has started on a new facility in the Port of Amsterdam that will convert non-recyclable plastics into fuel for the transport sector. The €28m plant will be operated by startup Bin2Barrel — a Dutch company focused on the development…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 11 May 2018
Hurricane Harvey, the catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused $125bn in damage in South Texas last August, was powered by record-high ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new research. Analysis by the US National Center for Atmospheric Research…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 11 May 2018
Additive manufacturing firm 3D Systems has partnered with Newport News Shipbuilding — the sole designer and builder of US Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of US Navy submarines — to utilize metal 3D printing technologies in the…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 11 May 2018
The Port of Antwerp and Belgian gas infrastructure operator Fluxys have joined forces to assess the feasibility of carbon capture, storage and reuse by industry. The partnership comes as Belgium strives to lower its carbon emissions by 35 per cent…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 11 May 2018
The Royal Navy has taken delivery of an autonomous minesweeping system that can safely clear sea lanes of modern digital mines. Designed and manufactured by the UK subsidiary of German company Atlas Elektronik, the new system features a “sense and…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, 10 May 2018
The Norwegian Parliament has ruled that all cruise ships and ferries operating in the country's world heritage fjords must be emission free as soon as possible, and no later than 2026. The decision has effectively created the world’s first zero…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 04 May 2018
Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, has launched a vessel it claims is the world’s only floating nuclear power unit. The Akademik Lomonosov is now being towed out of St. Petersburg — where it was constructed over the past…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 04 May 2018
Aberdeen-based energy consultancy Xodus Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Atlantis Resources to pursue the development of a tidal energy plant in Japan. Atlantis is the developer behind the MeyGen scheme, which is located in the Pentland Firth…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, 03 May 2018
More than 100 polar scientists from research institutions in the US and UK will be dispatched to Antarctica over the next five years to investigate whether the Thwaites Glacier could collapse. The glacier, which is double the size of the…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Wednesday, 02 May 2018
Almost half of senior professionals in the oil and gas industry believe that there has been underinvestment in inspection and maintenance in recent years, according to a new report by DNV GL. In a survey of 813 decision makers and…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Wednesday, 02 May 2018
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk has partnered with autonomous technology start-up Sea Machines Robotics to trial its AI-powered perception and situational awareness technology on board an ice-class container ship. Sea Machines’ solution uses advanced sensors to collect a continuous stream of data…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 27 April 2018
Wärtsilä has carried out tests of its autodocking technology using the Folgefonn, an 83-metre long ferry owned by Norwegian operator Norled. Trials commenced in January of this year and concluded successfully in April, with their completion marking the first-ever installation…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 27 April 2018
Scientists have discovered that Arctic sea ice now contains record quantities of microplastic particles, many of which travel to the region from the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ice samples from five different locations across the Arctic contained up to…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Friday, 27 April 2018
New research has revealed that sunlight transforms oil spills on the ocean surface much faster than previously believed, and thereby limits the effectiveness of chemical dispersant solutions. Dispersants contain detergents known as surfactants, which can break oil into small droplets…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), the tech giant’s fundamental and applied research arm in the Asia-Pacific region, has partnered with Hong Kong container shipping firm Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) to put artificial intelligence (AI) to use in the shipping…
Written by
Jennifer Johnson
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Sign up to our free weekly newsletter to receive a selection of breaking news. From the marine industry straight to your inbox!
Read the latest guest blog posts!
