Marine
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Havfram awarded Senegalese Mooring Pre-Lay Contract by MODEC
Havfram announced today that MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd. (MODEC) has awarded Havfram a contract for the pre-installation of the subsea mooring system for a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) in 2022. MODEC’s parent company, MODEC, Inc., will supply this facility to Woodside, for deployment in Senegal…
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Inmarsat Launches Fleet Xpress for Shipyards offering high-speed communications from vessel launch
Market-leading maritime broadband service Fleet Xpress is now available to shipyards, offering reliable, high-speed communications from vessel launch Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has made its market-leading maritime broadband service, Fleet Xpress, available to shipyards. Installed during new building, Fleet Xpress for Shipyards eliminates time-consuming and…
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Vestdavit wins contract with Thoma-Sea for davit systems on pair of NOAA ocean research newbuilds
Vestdavit is maintaining its role as a trusted supplier of advanced boat-handling technology to support ocean research with the delivery of davit systems for a pair of newbuild scientific vessels being built for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The company has now secured a contract with US…
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Alfa Laval expands its offering for tankers by acquiring tank cleaning leader Scanjet PDF
Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire Scanjet, a leading supplier of marine tank cleaning equipment. The deal adds Scanjet’s intelligent tank management solutions to Alfa Laval’s already broad tanker offering, creating a complete portfolio for cargo tank needs. A half-century of tank cleaning expertise Scanjet is today’s leader…
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Advances in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in merchant shipping
In 2020, the Korean Government launched a MASS development project with a budget of 160 billion Won (approx. 132 million USD). Autonomous technologies have already been implemented successfully in several contexts such as container terminal operations, manufacturing systems, warehouse operations, transportation, etc. In the transportation industry, Tesla pioneered self-driving cars…
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Cooperation of Wärtsilä and Aalto University expanding – aiming for sustainable future solutions
Wärtsilä and Aalto University have signed a new three-year partnership contract. The agreement covers three themes: research and insight, business development, and talent, recruitment, and educational collaboration. The long-term research cooperation in fossil-free fuels and their combustion phenomena continues, but the aim is to expand cooperation also to other fields…
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Chartwell Launches New Offshore Support Vessel Range
Chartwell Marine (Chartwell), a pioneer of sustainable next-generation naval architecture, is introducing its expanded range of offshore energy support vessel (OESV) designs ahead of Seawork 2022 this month. The new design range, spanning classes A to D, applies Chartwell’s proven formula of performance and excellence in OESV design to accommodate…
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Port of Rotterdam : OCI expands import terminal for (green) ammonia
OCI N.V. (Euronext: OCI) announced that it has made a final investment decision (FID) for the first phase of its ammonia import terminal expansion project in the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The terminal is strategically located to facilitate emerging ammonia demand for bunkering to ocean-going vessels and to…
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ABS Sets the Industry Course to Low Carbon Shipping
Setting the Course to Low Carbon Shipping: Zero Carbon Outlook, the fourth in the ABS Setting the Course to Low Carbon Shipping Series, provides the latest analysis of the industry’s progress to low- and zero-carbon operations. Developed by the ABS Global Sustainability Centers of Excellence, this year’s Outlook focuses on…
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Optiwise HORIZON Project launches with the aim to holistically improve design control of commercial ships
MARIN, joined by the consortium outlined below, has successfully initiated the project Optiwise, an EU-funded research and innovation project aiming to improve and demonstrate energy savings using wind propulsion and hydrodynamic improvements in propulsion. Objectives The EU call requested solutions for energy savings of at least 10% for single measures…
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