Technology
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Digital marine matchmaking platform for offshore market unveiled
Rhode Island-headquartered digital marine services AI startup company Attender is ramping up operations, following its latest successful round of investor funding. Attender CEO David Dolan, a former ship manager, has spent the last two years presenting the Attender AI vision to VCs and private equity firms with major breakthroughs coming in the…
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LEDs could be key to next big antifouling breakthrough
A pioneering biocide-free antifouling integrates UV-C light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in a coating scheme that emits just enough light to provide total prevention of bio-fouling accumulation on the protected area. The solution has been under development by Philips and AkzoNobel and now Damen Shipyards has joined the initiative, Although successful small-scale trials have…
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ABB picked to power two new Finnish Border Guard patrol vessels
Two newbuild Finnish Border Guard patrol vessels under construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard will feature an ABB integrated power and propulsion package including dual Azipod propulsors and the Onboard DC Grid power system. The Azipod propulsion system ensures high maneuverability and ice-breaking capabilities to support demanding operations, while Onboard DC Grid…
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New FMD high-speed engine to be tested for Navy’s LUSV platform
Within months of its introduction, Fairbanks Morse Defense’s new high speed engine, the nForcer, is to be tested for the Navy’s large unmanned surface vessel (LUSV) platform. FMD has been contracted to provide and test one nForcer engine to qualify for LUSV platform. To qualify, the new FMD high-speed engine must…
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Rolls-Royce working on methanol-fueled high speed marine engine
Could a methanol-fueled MTU marine engine be not too far away? Following up on ambitions announced at last year’s SMM event, Rolls-Royce Power Systems and two partner companies have been working since the beginning of the year on a project that will see it develop an engine concept based on…
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Japan’s largest WTIV features first-of-its kind telescoping crane
Recently delivered by the Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard to Shimizu Corp., the GustoMSC designed and equipped offshore wind turbine installation vessel Blue Wind is Japan’s largest WTIV to date, and will enable Shimizu Corp. to efficiently install foundations and wind turbines, helped by an innovative telescoping crane. Shimizu Corp.…
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Alfa Laval offers new hull air lubrication solution
Hull air lubrication has been around for quite some time. Now Alfa Laval thinks it has found a better way of easing a hull more smoothly through the water on a carpet of bubbles. It has completed its acquisition of Marine Performance Systems B.V., a Rotterdam-based maritime technology company that has developed…
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CII voyage optimization made simple?
Can attaining the desired CII value for a voyage be as simple as setting it on a control panel slider? Swedish marine green tech company Qtagg says “yes.” With shipowners getting increasingly concerned with complying with IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulations, Qtagg has released a CII mode update to…
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Samskip orders two hydrogen fuel cell powered containerships
Rotterdam-headquartered Samskip Group has placed an order at India’s Cochin Shipyard (CSL) for two hydrogen fuel cell powered short sea containerships for operation on west European routes. As we reported at the time, back in June last year the Samskip-led SeaShuttle project secured NOK150 million (just over $15 million) in funding from Norwegian…
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Wärtsilä 31 engine gets a power boost
Wärtsilä’s highly efficient Wärtsilä 31 four-stroke diesel engine is being upgraded to deliver a higher power output within the same physical footprint. The upgrade will result in the current output range of 4.9 to 9.8 MW, being increased to a range of 5.2 to 10.4 MW. The power increase gives customers the…
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