All News articles – Page 456
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NewsPropulsion experts celebrate
French marine propulsion manufacturer France Helices is celebrating its 40th anniversary in business this year.
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News‘Seaspan Swift’ - a new hybrid LNG fuelled and battery powered ferry
France-headquartered international classification society Bureau Veritas has congratulated owners Seaspan as their new emission reducing ferry enters service between the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island, Canada.
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NewsRoyal IHC sees order surge
In the last two months of 2016, Royal IHC saw a substantial increase in the sale of its vessels, equipment and engineering packages, securing almost half of its total order intake for the year.
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NewsVeja Mate plugged in
Prysmian Group, the Italian energy and telecom cable systems specialist, has announced that the interconnection between the Veja Mate offshore wind farm and the offshore grid connection system BorWin2 in the German North Sea has been successfully connected.
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NewsAn answer to lifeboat drill accidents
There is an answer to the shocking spate of accidents during lifeboat drills: “A full audit, with an experienced auditor from the line who’s familiar with the up-to-date regulations and who understands the specific system on the vessel,” George Devereese of the UK P&I Club told ''MJ'', and added that ...
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New report on potential for wind propulsion
A new study on the potential market for wind propulsion technologies has identified a multitude of barriers that are preventing its development.
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NewsMarielle Gehlert: Ahrenkiel Steamship Company
“Sometimes I miss the physical work of refitting vessels,” Marielle Gehlert of German vessel managers and owners Ahrenkiel Steamship Company told Maritime Journal. "At least that was relatively straightforward.
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NewsAIS whitepaper
For those who are wondering what AIS (Automatic Identification System) is, where it is used, and how the different classes of AIS differ, UK-headquartered vessel tracking provider BigOceanData has put together a useful primer on the subject in the form of a PDF whitepaper.
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NewsChange is in the air... and in the water
The wind installation market is being driven by rising scale, depth and not least, competition. so some operators are responding by making significant changes.
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NewsEU grant for MeyGen tidal array
Shares in Atlantis Resources Ltd (ARL), the tidal power expert, have increased following the news that the firm has been granted a €20.3m Horizon 2020 grant from the European Commission for the MeyGen project.
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NewsOrca ESS sales going strong
Corvus Energy’s next generation battery solution has racked up over nine mega-watt hours (MWh) of orders since its launch six months ago.
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NewsTwo new epoxy primers from Hempel
Denmark-headquartered coatings specialist Hempel is introducing two new coatings; Hempadur Quattro XO 17820 and 17870.
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NewsSanmar pilot boat for Mersin
Although Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar is more usually mentioned in the pages of ‘Maritime Journal’ for its regular construction of excellent tugs, it also has a long experience of pilot boat construction. The most recent example is ‘Pilot Boat 10’ designed and built by Sanmar for the Mersin International Port Authority ...
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NewsDredging appointment
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced the appointment of Mr. Frank Verhoeven as the new President of the IADC Board of Directors.
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NewsCable repair contracts increase Briggs Marine’s turnover
UK-headquartered Briggs Marine & Environmental Services has published its new accounts for the year ending March 2016 at Companies House, which show an annual increase in turnover to £66m.
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Marine exhaust cleaning system
Home Port Marine''s, the marine product consultancy, has acknowledged Centek’s Marine’s genset exhaust solution Gen-Kleen as one of its products of the week.
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Cloud-based charter manager
The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing business solutions to the maritime industry, has announced the launch of MarDocs; a cloud-based collaboration tool aimed at vessel charterers.
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Energy efficiency reporting system meets MRV data collection requirements
Norway-headquartered Verifavia, the world’s leading emissions verification company for the transport sector, has fully certified maritime monitoring specialist, Krohne Marine’s EcoMATE MRV against the European Union’s (EU) Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation requirements.
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NewsFFC15 from Baglietto
The Italian shipyard Baglietto has a long history of building high performance craft to military requirements. Their latest offering in this sector is the FFC15 which is designed primarily as a troop transport but which, the company claims, could have a significant role to play in commercial marine operations.
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Acteon Group acquires Bruce Anchor
Subsea services group Acteon has acquired Bruce Anchor in aim to enhanced its capabilities in the provision of temporary and permanent mooring systems.
