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Farming for the future

Farming for the future

Ship & Boat International eNews: March/April 2022   Aquaculture is a booming business; approximately half of all seafood consumed globally is now farmed offshore, and a swelling world population is sure to push up this volume. One company specialising in this field is US venture capital group Pacific6 Enterprises, which is currently working alongside the Hubbs-SeaWorld […]

Monitoring on the move

Monitoring on the move

Ship & Boat International eNews: December 2021   While seismic streamers remain a proven solution for marine and offshore surveys, they are not the most efficient means of data capture. A seismic ship towing up to 20 streamers can generate significant drag, which takes a toll on overall fuel consumption per survey – hardly ideal for diesel-fuelled vessels […]

Close call

Close call

Ship & Boat International eNews: December 2021   Offshore search and rescue (SAR) services provider Zelim has teamed up with naval architect Chartwell Marine to deliver a remotely operated rescue vessel to provide on-site safety coverage for wind turbine technicians. Survivor 1 – the prototype of the Survivor class – would be fitted inside a launch and recovery […]

BMT outlines Highly Autonomous Warship technology programme

BMT outlines Highly Autonomous Warship technology programme

Warship Technology October 2021

UK naval design and systems engineering group BMT has revealed details of an internal research project intended to scope, map and de-risk the transition to increasingly autonomous and lean-manned warships.

Fleet Solid Support ships competition launched by UK Ministry of Defence

Fleet Solid Support ships competition launched by UK Ministry of Defence

Warship Technology - Jul/Aug 2021

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has launched a competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships to provide support to the Royal Navy, but a Contract Notice reveals that the final ship in the class will not be delivered until 2032, compared to the original timetable of the mid-2020s.