Green Marine
Innovation and Research – Top Priorities for BMT
BMT Group Ltd (BMT), the leading international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced a solid financial performance for the year to 30 September 2013. Although market conditions have been challenging, BMT secured revenues of £163.3m, an increase of 5% year on year, with u
Bureau Veritas Revamps Stowage and Lashing
International classification society Bureau Veritas has launched a voluntary notation for containerships which will allow more flexible container stowage depending on the ship’s loading condition. The notation, LASHING WW, is based on ships being fitted with an approved lashing computer, which will
PPG Unveiling SIGMAGLIDE 1290
A 100% silicone binder fouling release system is set to be launched at Posidonia this week. Through chemical engineering of the 100% pure silicone binder system at a molecular level, PPG has been able to design the optimal configuration for the silicone coating surface. This results in an increased
Globecomm Maritime Launches Nimbus
Specialist communications provider Globecomm Maritime will use the Posidonia 2014 Exhibition to showcase Nimbus, a scalable platform solution for managing and simplifying ship and shore-based communications. Key Nimbus features include acceleration, compression and caching for improved web browsing,
News Simulation Software for ShoreTension Mooring System
Royal HaskoningDHV and ShoreTension Holding BV have developed innovative simulation software to predict the performance of the ShoreTension® dynamic mooring system for future users. ShoreTension® is a flexible stand-alone system that keeps the mooring lines of ships under continuous tension, thus ke
BMT SMART: Charter Party Cuts Administration Down
BMT SMART Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd., has introduced the Charter Party reporting module within its performance monitoring portfolio. The new functionality will allow reports to be compiled at the end of a ship’s voyage, capturing significant details of the journey such as metocean dat
Siport21 Enhances Simulation Center
Siport21 has upgraded and developed maintenance tasks in its Real-Time Ship Simulation Center in order to improve the quality of its facilities and services offered to its clients. This center, which has celebrated its 15 year anniversary, is DNV-GL approved for the execution of port design studies.
eMAR Platform Unveiled
The first official presentation of the eMAR Platform, which is developed under the eMAR Project, took place in Piraeus-Greece, on May 27th, 2014. The eMARITIME systems presented showcased the significant improvement of the maritime and shipping operations through an integrated and innovative maritim
Fjord Line Puts Oslofjord to Work
Fjord Line took delivery of its remodelled and upgraded cruise ferry MS Oslofjord on Friday after it was rebuilt by the STX Rauma shipyard in Finland for service on a new line between Sandefjord, Norway and Strömstad, Sweden. The crew will now hone their routines and fine-tune the ship before Oslofj
OWS Adds Beaver to Fleet
Offshore Wind Services (OWS) has announced the acquisition of the multipurpose/diving support vessel “Offshore Beaver”, formerly known as “Union Beaver”. Before entering the fleet of OWS, “Offshore Beaver” had supported projects in the North Sea for Boskalis. With her 32 pax accommodation capacity,
New Charter Contract for Atlantic Offshore
Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has secured a five year charter, with five one-year options to extend, with Shell UK, to support operations in the Gannet, Annasuria and the Dana Petroleum Triton Asset in the central North Sea. Ocean Osprey, a brand new Class A tanker
Norwegian Gateway Upgrades to NACOS Platinum
L-3 Marine Systems International (L-3 MSI) has supplied its NACOS Platinum series aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s new 324-metre, 145,500-gt cruise liner, Norwegian Getaway. Built by Meyer Werft at its Papenburg shipyard in northern Germany, the vessel entered service in February of this year from its
This Year’s TOC CSC to Focus Big Ships and Alliances
The advent of ultra-large container carriers and mega-alliances among liner shipping companies will be dominant talking points at this year’s TOC CSC Europe conference, taking place 24-26 June at London’s ExCel Centre under the headline theme “Making Sense of Scale”. Two of the senior industry analy
Samskip Announces Organisational Changes
The shipping and multimodal systems of Samskip Hf (North Atlantic business) and Samskip Multimodal will be combined under the single Samskip brand, thus creating an even stronger market position for the business. The main goal of the changes is to simplify and streamline the operations and business