The digitalization trend in offshore energy operations is hardly news, but the speed of technology evolution, driven by artificial intelligence with the companion threat of cyber breaches offers as many questions as answers, as many challenges as opportunities. To help put things in perspective Offshore Engineer TV interviewed Matt Tremblay, SVP, Global Offshore Markets, American Bureau of Shipping…
Fuel transition is one of the most daunting technical and business challenges face by maritime, ports and logistics companies today. While it’s widely agreed there is no silver-bullet solution to replace diesel, Jim Bunsey of PERC provides a…
In this segment of Offshore Engineer TV, Paula Lepore, Global Projects Engineering Manager and Anshul Godha, Materials Scientist at Parker Hannifin discuss a new approach to understanding and mitigating stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and hydrogen embrittlement (HE): including what it is…
This episode of Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast, delves into the critical importance of the inland waterways infrastructure in the U.S., focusing on the Chickamauga Lock Project on the Tennessee River. A trio of experts – Tracy Zea…
Propane puts port operators in control of EV charging, to keep terminal tractors moving.Although it may seem a bit of a paradox that, at both seaports and inland ports, propane is crucial to charging electric terminal tractors, the proliferation…
From decarbonization to geopolitical conflicts, German shipowners have a seat front and center to the prevailing trends driving global shipping. For insight and perspective, Martin Kröger, CEO, German Shipowners Association (VDR), joined Maritime…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has unveiled nearly $300 million in grants from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law aimed at transforming and expanding ferry systems across the United States…
As maritime, port and terminal operators embark on the path toward a reduced emission future, the Propane Education & Research Council’s (PERC) Jim Bunsey states the case for adding propane to the mix: American-sources, plentiful and increasingly renewable and ‘green’.
The Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC), under the command of Capt. Michael Chien, has won the Commodore Viggo C. Bertelsen Jr. and Vice Admiral John P. Currier Auxiliary Integration Award in the category of Applied Innovation…
Together with Truckparkings Rotterdam Exploitatie (TRE), the Port of Rotterdam Authority opened the first charging station for electric trucks in the port. As many as eight electric trucks can now charge simultaneously at the Bodaanweg truck park in the Waalhaven…
As the Houthis recklessly launch drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, carriers and shippers will pay as some marine traffic reroutes around South Africa. Peter Sand, Chief Analyst, Xeneta, discusses with Maritime Reporter…
The Port of Virginia is powering all its terminals with electricity from clean resources and accelerating its goal to becoming carbon-neutral by 2040.“Virginia is the first major U.S. East Coast port to power its entire operation using 100% clean electricity…
As vessel owners and port terminal operators search for the tools and the fuels to achieve decarbonization goals, Jim Bunsey, Director of Commercial Business Development, PERC, makes the case for propane premised on its availability, logistics infrastructure and ease of transition with machinery.
With preliminary studies, risk analyses, simulations, environmental permits and other types of preparatory work already completed, the final obstacle has now been overcome to kick-start the Skandia Gateway project. This is via approval from the EU Commission…
