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A new hybrid modular power system, Wärtsilä HY, has been type-approved by Lloyd’s Register at NorShipping. Touted by Wärtsilä director of Marine Engineering Giulio Tirelli as a synergy of “our capability in the power generation field and our strong presence in electrical and…
Revised safety requirements to ensure new-build passenger ships remain afloat after a major incident are among a set of amendments set for adoption by IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which meets from 7-16 June. The revisions to the International Convention…
Written by
Namrata Nadkarni
Wednesday, 07 June 2017
A new Sea Swift platform as well as new subsea production pipelines to the Amal-A platform have been designed, fabricated, and installed in the Amal field in Egypt’s Gulf of Suarez by Aquaterra Energy for PICO Petroleum Integrated Services, signalling…
The global shipping industry is fully committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goal for the protection of the ocean, announced the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) at the United Nations Ocean Conference organised by the UN General Assembly in New…
Danelec Marine, manufacturer of several bridge technologies including VDR and ECDIS, has launched Danelec Connect, a low-footprint condition-based maintenance and reporting system. “The data in the VDR is fairly useless – it’s just sitting there waiting for the accident to…
ECDIS NX software, a new electronic chart display and information system, has been launched by Raytheon Anschütz at Nor-Shipping 2017 in Oslo. Based on the results of Raytheon Anschütz’s gathering of information and feedback from user workshops, the SYNAPSIS ECDIS…
NYK, one of the largest shipping companies, and Dualog, a cutting-edge innovator in maritime IT, have entered a strategic partnership, said representatives at the Nor-Shipping exhibition in Oslo. “This strategic partnership agreement is the result of a long-term effort from…
ExactEarth’s impending real-time AIS (with just a 14.5 second lag) may prove a game changer with regard to vessel tracking, but it opens a can of worms for owners wishing to keep their ship locations secret for commercial reasons. A…
The Fjords has confirmed that is building a sister ship to the diesel-electric plug-in hybrid Vision of the Fjords, launched in 2016. However, unlike its predecessor, the aptly named Future of the Fjords, will be all electric and completely emission…
Written by
Ines Nastali
Thursday, 01 June 2017
Cobham SATCOM has unveiled the SAILOR 4300, a Broadband Core Transceiver (BCX) type terminal and its first Iridium Certus Connected terminal at Nor-Shipping 2017 in Oslo. As per senior vice president of Cobham SATCOM, Casper Jensen, it is an expansion…
Four real-time satellites have just successfully brought into service as part of the launch of its global, persistent real-time Satellite AIS service, exactEarth has announced at the Nor-Shipping exhibition currently taking place in Oslo. Part of the world's first global,…
The world’s first class approved 3D printed propeller, called the WAAMpeller, is to be developed and printed by summer 2017, says the Damen Shipyards Group. Having entered into a cooperative consortium with RAMLAB, Promarin, Autodesk, and Bureau Veritas, the partners…
Veth Propulsion has released a compact version of its L-drive azimuth thruster, with a flattened Permanent Magnet drive unit shearing the unit’s footprint by 60%. The thruster is based on Veth’s ‘L-drive’ principle, which, unlike an Azipod, enables as few electrical components as…
In anticipation of an expanding floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) market, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co (MES) reports that it has received Bureau Veritas approval in principle (AIP) for the noah-FPSO hull and design and construction methods following ABS’…
Ship owners and operators should carefully check the financial, tax, and jurisdictional implications of participating in shipping pool arrangements, says shipping adviser Moore Stephens. While these pools may have clear advantages for some, being an attractive option in difficult markets…
The UK’s maritime dominance is becoming “increasingly precarious” – leaving it dangerously reliant upon the capabilities of other countries in the wake of the general election and Brexit, the maritime trade union Nautilus International has warned. Ahead of the election,…
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has teamed up with other companies in a bid to develop fully remote-controlled vessels in the Baltic Sea within three years and to achieve autonomous commercial maritime traffic by 2025. The partners have joined together in…
There is a need to ensure that policy and investment decisions allow the UK to receive the maximum economic benefit from autonomous vehicles, insists the report titled Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The future? issued by The House of Lords Science…
The US coastwise fleet is unable to support activities in the deepwater market on its own, warns the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) in response to proposed changes to the Jones Act in the US Gulf of Mexico (published by…
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