V Group announces leadership changes in Ship Management
Global ship management company V.Group has announced the appointment of Bjoern Sprotte as...
Boluda expands towage operations in Netherlands with Iskes acquisition
Spain-based Boluda Towage have agreed to acquire Iskes Towage & Salvage the Dutch...
Wärtsilä extends and expands maintenance role with Golar Management
Wärtsilä has signed a five year extension to its Optimised Maintenance agreement with...
Thome Group invests in new full mission bridge simulator
Ship operator Thome Group has announced that it has recently invested in the...
Havyard to in plan to develop new emission free hydrogen powered cargo vessel
Norwegian shipbuilder and engineering specialist Havyard has announced that an unnamed European player...
ECSA adds voice to seafarer vaccination calls and urges EU to give priority to shipping
ECSA, the body representing EU member state shipowners has penned an open letter...
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Inmarsat notches up 10,000 Fleet Xpress installations and launches Fleet Data Academy
Inmarsat has completed its 10,000th Fleet Xpress ship installation. Simultaneously the company has launched a new ‘Fleet Data Academy’ with...
Cybersecurity specialist Nettitude sets up shop in Athens
Cybersecurity specialist and LR subsidiary Nettitude has announced a new office is to open in Athens. The company described it...
Total fixes SCF’s fouth Atlanticmax LNG carrier on seven-year charter and has options for more ships
PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) and Total have concluded a time charter agreement for up to seven years for a newbuilding...
INTERCARGO teams with RightShip to launch dry bulk safety standard
RightShip and INTERCARGO have announced the launch of a new quality standard for the dry bulk sector, DryBMS. The standard...
Kongsberg offshore experience pays off for floating wind farm
Kongsberg Maritime has announced that it will be supplying key positioning and monitoring equipment to Equinor’s Hywind Tampen floating wind...
Digitalisation – the Key to Progress
Digitalisation is often confused with digitisation. While they are related, they are very different things. Digitisation is the first step:...
Norsepower install first tiltable rotor sails
Finland-based Norsepower has successfully installed two 35m tall Rotor Sails for SEA-CARGO. This installation heralds the world’s first tiltable Rotor...
Carnival opts for Wärtsilä waste treatment on 32 ships across brands
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a framework agreement with Carnival Corporation, the global cruise ship operator, covering the supply and...
DSME plan to replace diesel genset with fuel cell gets AiP from ABS
US Classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology developed by Daewoo...
Cyprus flag to reward green ships with big tonnage tax cuts
Cyprus is to offer new incentives to ‘green’ ships the Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has announced. From the fiscal...
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Construction under way on Stena JV’s methanol-fuelled tanker
Steel cutting has commenced for the state-of-the-art IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled 49,900dwt vessel Stena Pro Patria, which is...
BAR Technologies joins project to decarbonise shipping
UK-based BAR Technologies, an innovative simulation-driven marine engineering consultancy, has partnered with a consortium of Universities,...
Wärtsilä service agreement chosen by Chinese dredger
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a 5-year long-term service agreement with Nanjing Changjiang Waterway Engineering, a...
Drone specialist offering new inspection service for ships and offshore structures
Netherlands-based Global Drone Inspection (GDI), the new subsidiary company of robotic inspection specialists RIMS BV, has...
ICS calls for vaccines for key workers in shipping
The International Chamber of Shipping is calling for governments to put seafarers and frontline maritime shore...
Corvus announces battery in a box energy storage systems
Canadian-Norwegian battery system specialist Corvus Energy has launched the Corvus BOB, a containerised battery room solution...
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DNV GL gives nod to new version of Maximo planned maintenance platform
The latest version of IBM’s Maximo Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software, an industry tool that helps ship owners maintain their...
Costing the future – some unpleasant surprises in the offing
Two separate and unconnected events last week may have a disconcerting message for ship operators who currently may have far...
BV conducts first remote underwater ship inspection
An in-water survey of a ship located in Marseille has been supervised from Paris using a remotely operated drone. French...
Singapore takes lead in vaccinations for frontline maritime staff
Singapore has become one of the first countries to prioritise COVID-19 vaccinations for frontline maritime personnel. This vaccination exercise is...
SEACOR completes windfarm support service sale to CMB
UK-based SEACOR Marine Holdings, a leading provider of marine and support transportation services to offshore oil and natural gas and...
Chevron helping owners to overcome VLSFO challenges
Chevron Marine Lubricants has helped ship owner customers identify and manage a distinctive engine condition challenge associated with the widespread...
Singapore gives green light and grants for Cloud Fleet Manager platform
Shipping companies in Singapore can receive state funding of up to 80% of total project costs when choosing the cloud-based...
Danes fund project to push SOFC development for maritime
Five leading maritime industry players have joined forces in a Danish project to realise the decarbonisation potential of solid oxide...
Azipod makes breakthrough into bulk carrier sector with Oldendorff delivery
ABB’s Azipod propulsion system has chalked up another new ship type for its growing list of references with the delivery...