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ABB will install an Onboard DC Grid for power distribution on a new Louis Dreyfus Armateurs wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) designed by Salt Ship Design and to be built by Cemre Shipyard in Turkey. The hybrid system, called…
Following the signing of a 35-year concession agreement in June 2017 between Abu Dhabi Ports and the Port of Fujairah—which granted Abu Dhabi Ports exclusive rights to develop port infrastructure and undertake operations for containers, general cargo, ro-ro, and cruise…
The first three Emirati women—Sahar Rasti, Fatema Al Khaja, and Mahra Al Shamsi—have received the Certificate of Competency Master of Coastal Waters up to 24 Meters Vessels, graduating from the Maritime Training Centre at Abu Dhabi Ports as masters of…
A study published in Scientific Reports by Professor Stefano Mariani and Dr Ilaria Coscia at the University of Salford notes that the direction of the sex change in the over 400 species of sex-changing fish has implications for population numbers,…
Maersk Oil has been sold to Total for $7.45bn in a combined share and debt transaction, as per an agreement signed between AP Møller - Mærsk (APMM) and Total. Total will take over Maersk Oil’s entire organisation, portfolio, obligations, and…
Tsuneishi Ship Recycling’s (TSRNI) planned construction of a ship recycling facility in Negros Occidental, the Philippines, has obtained certification by classification society ClassNK. This marks the first facility designed to comply with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe…
A Russian federal agency has contracted MAN Diesel & Turbo and AKA to provide a diesel-electric integrated power and propulsion system for a multi-purpose supply vessel by March 2018 in St. Petersburg. The order will cover four MAN 7L21/31 GenSets,…
The first phase of what is a large management transition of LNG carriers between Nakilat and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (Shell) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nakilat Shipping Qatar Limited (NSQL), is complete. The transition of management of these…
The load-out operation, or transportation by barge of the 899 tonnes steel block (Block 10) which forms the stern section of the RRS Sir David Attenborough, has started. The transport of Block 10 from Hebburn-based shipyard A&P Tyne (Newcastle) to…
Doppler measurement technology and real-time data monitoring can help Chile’s aquaculture industry fulfill its potential. Measuring waves and currents with Doppler technology helps with issues such as calculating the most effective location of the cages’ moorings, the shape of those…
WWII ‘bouncing bombs’ are being located and identified in a dive site in Argyll’s Loch Striven by the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC), using scanning equipment and engineering from GSE Rentals, part of Unique System UK. Scuba divers, using sonar equipment…
BP’s response plan for dealing with oil spills near the Amazon Reef appears to be currently unworkable, although the plan is a key component of being allowed to drill for oil in August 2018 near the Amazon Reef in the…
Written by
Samira Nadkarni
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Kongsberg Maritime has been contracted by the Canadian Coast Guard to provide high resolution EM 712 multibeam echo sounders to the Canadian Coast Guard’s medium icebreakers, CCGS Pierre Radisson and the CCGS Des Groseilliers. These systems optimise performance when deployed…
Well-Safe Solutions, a new decommissioning company comprised of oil industry mainstays including Alasdair Locke (non-executive chairman), Mark Patterson, and Paul Warwick, has noted the forecasted increase in expenditure on well abandonment in the UK continental shelf doubling to £1.1billion in…
Written by a mariner with over two decades of varied experience in commercial shipping, the recent release of Golden Stripes: Leadership on the High Seas by Captain VS Parani offers guidance and leadership advice to seafarers at every stage of…
China and Sri Lanka have signed a $1.12 billion debt-equity swap agreement over the Sri Lankan Hambantota port, with the state-run China Merchants Port Holdings receiving a 70% stake in the southern port. Sri Lankan minister of ports and shipping,…
Building on the success of the GloBallast Partnerships project (completed in 2017) – which implemented the IMO’s ballast water management (BWM) convention, and the ongoing GloMEEP project, aimed at supporting the implementation of energy efficiency measures for shipping – the…
In contrast to traditional manual application techniques, Blohm+Voss has launched a new process for the coating of hulls, termed the Hull Treatment Carrier (HTC), developed by Hubert Palfinger Technologies. The HTC performs an automatic surface preparation and coating with removal…
SEA\LNG has urged the marine industry as a whole to comply and enforce the IMO Marpol VI regulations despite the challenging economic environment caused by questions of sustainability and the need for environmental regulations. A 28-strong multi-industry coalition, SEA/LNG urges…
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