Japanese firm collaborates with technology leaders to enhance FPSO and FSO offerings Modec, working together with Toray Industries, has developed a carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) patch technique for repairs to floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) and floating storage and offloading (FSO) systems. FPSO and FSO repair services provided by Modec will utilise this CFRP […]
If all goes to plan, the new year will see Stockholm welcome the first Candela P-12 foiling passenger shuttle – a city transport solution that promises zero emissions and extremely favourable efficiency gains compared to conventional diesel inland ferries. For example, Candela claims, the 11.99m x 4.5m, 30-pax vessel will only require 44kW of engine […]
Whether or not methanol should prove to be the winner (or one of them) in the great rush towards cleaner fuels is one of many questions unlikely to become apparent for a number of years yet. What is clear is that many shipowners are already prepared to hedge their bets. Over the summer Maersk, whose […]
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ExoTechnologies, the maritime green technologies start-up, has delivered a fully recyclable, high-performance workboat to pioneering tidal turbine developers Orbital Marine Power to support its offshore operation. The vessel, built from ExoTechnologies’ DANUTM composite material technology, will be used to transport engineers to Orbital Marine Power’s O2, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine off Orkney. The […]