Equipment News
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NewsOfCom opens consultation for clearer signals, safer seas
The UK’s communications regulator has opened a consultation on Maritime Spectrum Licences to align them with international practice and simplify processes, it says.
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NewsCrew crisis at the heart of Seawork discussions
As automation creeps in and skilled seafarers head for shore, the commercial workboat sector faces a crewing crisis that no one seems to have a ready answer for.
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NewsFuture fuels conundrum: crewing, insurance, funding
There’s no confusion about one thing in today’s workboat industry: that there is confusion about what the future for fuels looks like. Finance and crewing elements are equal unknowns, delegates heard at the Get Set for Workboat 2050 conference in Rotterdam last week.
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NewsForging the future: Workboat industry looks ahead
Delegates from across the workboat industry thrashed out issues affecting the sector at Seawork’s Get Set for Workboat session in Rotterdam
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NewsWindcat and Damen launch first European Elevation series CSOV
Windcat Amsterdam has arrived in Europe, the first Elevation-series CSOV in the region and a new type of offshore vessel built for wind farm construction and maintenance.
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NewsINTERVIEW: 28 days at sea – life on and off the bridge
It took a chance meeting in a barber’s shop before it occurred to George Kinnaird, from the landlocked north English town of Huddersfield, that he could have a career at sea. He talks to Maritime Journal about his voyage, and his new-found love for the sea.
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NewsA ground-breaking spin on simulation: BMT opens ‘world-first’ DISC
BMT has officially opened a 360 degree immersive maritime testing hub, with wall-to-wall LED screens that use live AIS feed to depict real-world port scenarios.
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NewsSeawork exhibitors partner up for electric marine safety
Seawork exhibitors Hefring Marine and Ecomar Propulsion have struck a partnership that they say will improve safety and operational efficiency at sea.
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NewsSweden launches three classes of high-speed rescue boats
The Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS) is introducing three new classes of purpose-built rescue vessels designed by Birger Kullmann Design, strengthening its operations along Sweden’s coastline and archipelagos with entirely new technical solutions.
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NewsBMT unveils autonomy training platform at OI
BMT has launched a ROC-Sim platform simulator designed to allow operators and developers to test and train on uncrewed maritime systems without putting vessels or personnel in the water.
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NewsABL secures DNV design approval
ABL has gained DNV approval for its DP2 stern thruster changeover concept which promises to improve reliability and charterer confidence
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NewsSubsea launches galore at Oceanology International
With Oceanology International awash with launches this year, it would be impossible to list all of them. Here is a sample of some of them.
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NewsOPINION: lithium battery-powered devices can cause devastating marine fires
The quiet danger all around us: Mike Schwarz, CEO of the International Institute of Marine Surveying, shares some essential guidance about lithium-ion batteries and what to watch out for on vessels in the wake of the devastating fire at Glasgow Central Station, which is believed to have started in an adjacent vape shop.
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NewsOrca AI launches 360-degree AI field view platform
Orca AI has launched a version of its maritime AI platform built around a 360-degree field of view, giving vessels continuous visual coverage on all sides.
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NewsKongsberg Discovery unveils north-seeking MEMS navigation system
Kongsberg Discovery has developed a north-seeking micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) that it says represents an advance in inertial navigation technology.
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NewsLargest battery system yet for ice-class vessel
AYK Energy will supply a record marine battery system for Germany’s next-generation Polarstern research vessel
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NewsANALYSIS: How simple operations can be fatal
With nine fatal incidents involving conventional tugs since 1998, an Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) safety bulletin on the 2023 Biter loss has put the dangers of tugs girting and capsizing under the spotlight again. Peter Barker analyses what can go terribly wrong on seemingly simple operations.
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NewsFugro CFO to step down
Barbara Geelen is to step down as Fugro CFO, highlighting Cruachan project expertise
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NewsUlstein's jack of all trades reveals growing vessel trend
The design for one new offshore wind installation vessel unveiled by Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein will be welcome in an industry chronically short of such vessels.
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NewsCorvus Energy to power up Washington hybrid newbuilds
Norway-based Corvus Energy will supply batteries for two new ferries in what it says is ‘the largest maritime electrification project in the United States’.
