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Currently in construction off the Suffolk coast, the 336MW Galloper Wind Farm has signed a three-year contract to charter Seacat Services’ Seacat Ranger, a highly versatile catamaran, to be deployed at the offshore wind farm from August 2017 onwards. The…
Shell’s large 488m Prelude FLNG facility was towed from the shipyard in South Korea where it was constructed to its final destination at a gas field in East Browse Basin, 475 kilometres off the coast of Western Australia, on 25…
The new 75-metre LNG-fuelled research vessel, Atair, being built at the Fassmer shipyard for the Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of the German government) will be the first German research vessel to operate on…
The upcoming Iridium NEXT launch is scheduled for 30 September 2017 at 6:30 am PDT from the rocket and Vandenberg Air Force Base range availability, announced Iridium Communications. This will add another 10 satellites to orbit on SpaceX’s Falcon 9…
Wärtsilä will supply the exhaust gas cleaning systems for NYK bulk and project carrier’s two new 56,000 DWT Handymax bulk carriers to make them compliant with the IMO’s SOx regulations (in force by 2020). Wärtsilä will also provide project management…
85% of the maritime industry and 73% shipping operators, suppliers, and stakeholders see digital initiatives as vital to the industry, but only 11% of them invest more than $1 million per annum in it, says the Waypoint Digital 2017 survey,…
Researchers at Washington State University have developed a faster technique to efficiently grow algae for biofuels, as per a report in the journal Algal Research. Graduate student Sandra Rincon, with her advisor Haluk Beyenal, have developed a method to grow…
The recently announced management blueprint revealed by the Australian government will curtail conservation efforts and is deeply flawed, say scientists and marine ecologists. National parks director Sally Barnes stated that the plans were in response to a desire to protect…
In an effort to fill gaps in sea surface temperature (SST) data, Dr Bob Brewin and his colleagues in Devon, UK, are augmenting information gathered by satellite observation with information on coastal temperatures gathered while surfing. While in the open…
A new topography map of the Indian Ocean, published in a paper titled “Seafloor in the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Search Area” by Walter H F Smith and Karen M Marks from the technical sub-committee on ocean mapping of the…
Reygar has launched a new fleet monitoring system known as BareFLEET in order to maximise the operational effectiveness of fleets by assessing fleet performance and health. The system gathers information such as engine, navigational, motion and health data, including fuel…
Written by
Samira Nadkarni
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Schubert & Salzer Control Systems has opened a training centre in Ingolstadt, Germany, to assist new and existing customers with their products. Equipped with a fully functional valve test bench and with valve technology experts on hand, the individualised courses…
Tough market conditions and increasing economic concerns are raising the risk of crew negligence, inadequate vessel maintenance, and underperforming cyber safeguards in the maritime industry, warns insurer Allianz (AGCS). More than a quarter of shipping losses in 2016 (23)…
A new drone delivery system for vaccines to Vanuatu will be put in place by Martek Marine, with a self-funded trial taking place on Efate Island from 21-25 August 2017. The UNICEF and Vanuatu government-approved programme is intended to tackle…
The IMO’s 71st session for the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 71) held 3-7 July, 2017 clarified the ballast water management (BWM) schedule, progressed GHG and air pollution issues, adopted new NOx emission control areas, designated a further particularly sensitive…
Written by
Samira Nadkarni
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Any increase in biofuels must only be made if a risk-based approach is taken to ensure the use of biofuels cuts greenhouse gas emissions, as per a study from the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. Commissioned by the UK department…
The crew of a Panama-registered vessel, Seccadi, detained at the start of the summer by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) at a layby berth at Manisty, Ellesmere Port, have finally been repatriated to their homes. However, the lengthy prevarication…
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Nuremberg-based Weatherdock AG are working on means to create a reliable automatic identification system (AIS) position reporting of vessels in high traffic areas and/or bad transmitting conditions. AIS is mandatory on commercial vessels…
Ineffective data sharing and poor cross-industry collaboration is resulting in costly inefficiencies for the maritime industry, revealed a report and industry survey by the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network, alongside maritime technology partners Navis and XVELA. Titled ‘Competitive Gain in…
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