Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract for the sale of six sets of controllable pitch propellers to Hyundai Heavy Industries. The propellers will be installed on six new 94-metre offshore patrol vessels for the Philippine Navy. Each propulsion set will consist of twin Kongsberg Kamewa controllable pitch propeller 86 A/5 D-B systems, as well as […]
Here’s a sobering statistic, courtesy of German environmental non-profit One Earth-One Ocean (OEOO): by 2025, the total amount of plastic in the ocean – currently estimated to be 5.25 trillion pieces – will outnumber fish. In other words, we’re going to need a lot of waste-collection vessels to clean up this mess. In […]
(Image: Roberta Weisbrod, WFSA) Since 2016, the Philippines has managed an impressive turnaround in reducing its tally of ferry-related accidents and casualties (see Ship & Boat International May/June 2019, pages 38-40, and November/December 2019, pages 22-24, for more background). Now, IMO’s Technical Cooperation Division has teamed up with the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) of the Philippines […]