Swiss marine power company WinGD has launched a pilot project for a new engine diagnostics solution that is claimed to greatly simplify engine maintenance for crew and fleet managers. The enhancement to WinGD’s engine monitoring and remote support platform, WinGD integrated Digital Expert (WiDE) is being trialed on a vessel managed by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement […]
With over six decades of experience under its belt, Scamp is utilising advanced technology to meet customer demand for quick, effective and environmentally sound underwater cleaning and maintenance solutions. Gibraltar-based Scamp operates one of the biggest underwater repair and maintenance networks covering some 280 locations worldwide. This global operation is coordinated from the company’s headquarters […]
Italian classification society RINA believes that remote survey systems and technology are becoming an established and accepted part of the inspection and survey regimes adopted in the shipping industry The classification society RINA believes that remote survey systems and technology are becoming an established and accepted part of the inspection and survey regimes adopted in […]
Amogy, the US-headquartered ammonia power solutions company, has opened operations in Singapore in a move to expand to its maritime and power generation business in Asia. “With our sights set on reducing overall global carbon emissions, we’re thrilled to expand our presence in Asia,” says Seonghoon Woo, CEO and co-founder of Amogy. “Singapore is a […]
BAR Technologies (BARTech) has been awarded a full Type Approval Design Certificate (TADC) for its wind propulsion technology – BAR Technologies WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies (WindWings) – from classification society DNV. Since being awarded an approval in principle (AiP) for WindWings in 2021, inventor and designer BARTech and industrialisation partner Yara Marine Technologies (YMT) […]
Alfa Laval has expanded its portfolio of alternative fuel solutions with the introduction of methanol-fired Aalborg boiler systems, which can use a wide range of fuel types including methanol. According to the company, the new solutions are specifically designed with decarbonisation and fuel transition in mind. Besides operating on today’s fuels, including low-sulphur fuels, biofuels […]
By Gianluca Marucci, technical services director, Castrol Global Marine and Energy. While alternative fuels may be shipping’s current area of focus, it must not be forgotten that fuels and lubricants are intrinsically linked. Any change to either – be it in terms of supply, specification or type – could have a knock-on effect on the […]
AI: transforming the fleet of today and tomorrow Angus Whiston, communications director, DeepSea Technologies Traditional weather routing has been used for years in shipping, to “optimise voyages” by analysing weather forecasts – to plot the safest way of getting from point A to B. Now, landmark developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are rendering old weather […]
Zero-emission tug helps the Big Apple get greener Late 2023 will see a 66-year-old New York vessel enjoy a second lease of life as a carbon emission-free tugboat, thanks to an ammonia-to-power system developed by Amogy New York-based start-up Amogy has announced its plans to unveil a zero-emission tugboat later this year, utilising ammonia as […]
A contract has been awarded for ongoing support of the NATO Submarine Rescue System as other countries also invest in submarine rescue capability In December 2022, UK-based JFD was awarded a further contract in support of the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The NSRS ‘Third In-Service Support’ (3ISS) contract is a five-year contract that is […]
Inmarsat Maritime has introduced its new Fleet Reach coastal LTE service for maritime connectivity that will enable “uninterrupted access to high-speed connections, even when docked in ports”. The new service, which is optimised by Fleet Xpress, forms part of Inmarsat ORCHESTRA, the satellite company’s ‘network of networks’ which uses multiple technologies in multiple orbits to […]
Big Data and artificial intelligence are often said to be reshaping the future of the maritime industry, although sceptics sometimes resist the attractions of the algorithm because they suspect a disconnect between the basis of analytics and the business of shipping. Now, METIS Cybertechnology and Andriaki Shipping have applied the power of analytics to uncover […]