To be effective on January 1st, two new companies - completely owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), were announced. Before Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Structure Co., Ltd., takes action in the manufacture of large ships and marine structures, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. will undertake the construction of ships that require intensive outfitting. The construction of [...]
MacGregor has won new davit orders from Astilleros Zamakona shipyard (Spain), destined for Esvagt AS - a service operation vessel (SOV). The orders include one of MacGregor's largest davit systems, which is specially-designed to ensure safe transfers in heavy weather. The MacGregor HMD G150 system designed for daughter craft (included in the orders for Esvagt AS) and [...]
At the end of 2015, the validation project "Sea Traffic Management", aimed to connect the simulators of different European centers of maritime training. The European Union's STM has successfully installed the first bridge systems compatible with maritime traffic management, which connect ships with ground services. The STM project is funded by the European Union and is a continuation of the MONALISA 2.0 project in which a [...]
On June 16, 2017, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided to require shipowners and administrators to incorporate cybersecurity management into the security systems established by the ISM code, which is why the telecommunications organization COMSAT makes its announcement to create a set of cyber security solutions for the maritime industry, this emerges as an imperative [...]
Ballast Water Management - The world leader in testing, inspection and verification services, Bureau Veritas, has launched a new e-commerce solution to help the Shipping Industry with the Ballast Water Management deadline for approved certificates and plans scheduled for last September 8. The solution that Bureau Veritas has found for the shipping industry is through [...]
The European Union has backed a € 11 million project to build ships measuring more than 50 meters in length (including inland vessels) using only composite materials called Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP). The project is named Fibreship and was approved under the European Union Research and Innovation Framework Program HORIZON 2020. It will develop new guidelines for the design and production of FRP vessels, new inspection methods and [...]
LNG - This time the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, the port of Marseille Fos and the port of Vancouver, have joined the port of Singapore and seven other organizations to participate in an international group of LNG bunker concentration. The main objective of this group is to strengthen the network of LNG ports and reinforce the efforts for the use of LNG as marine fuel. Liquefied Natural Gas [...]
The Houston, Texas-based rating company called the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) recently joined the Unmanned Cargo Ship Development Alliance. This group was recently launched in Shanghai, China, who plan to have an unmanned vessel in the water by October 2021. The design of this novel project will integrate features of independent decision making, autonomous navigation, environmental perception and remote control. "In the coming years [...]
Greenhouse - Recent research has shown that it is possible to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) in the shipping industry. They reviewed about 150 academic studies, where they determined that up to 75% of these CO2 emissions could be reduced in a normal scenario by 2050, using just existing technologies. The count of CO2 emissions emitted by maritime [...]
The world's leading provider of compressed air compressor systems for marine use TMC won a contract with German MV WERFTEN to provide full service to two cruise ships being built for Genting Hong Kong. The contract states that TMC will manufacture and deliver 4 x 85 kW marine compressors and 4 RD600 air dryers to each of the cruisers. The equipment will be [...]
