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Monitoring on the move

Monitoring on the move

1st December 2021 | News

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

1st December 2021 | News

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

5th October 2021 | News

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

28th June 2021 | News

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.