Energy storage solution company Leclanché SA has launched its new Marine Rack System (MRS), a modular, Lithium-ion battery system – the first of its type approved by international certification body DNV-GL under revised rules issued in October…
Safety and Survival Systems International Ltd (3Si) has announced the appointment of new CEO, Andrew Richards. Richards joins the group, whose companies include Ocean Safety, Typhoon International, International Safety Products, 3Si Offshore and Revere Survival…
Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift announced the integration of business operation with its consolidated subsidiary UniCarriers Corporation through a company split where Mitsubishi Nichiyu succeeds the businesses of UniCarriers except domestic sales…
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and IT Energy have announced the launch of the latest release of their acclaimed ISF Watchkeeper software – ISF Watchkeeper 3.5 – developed for maintaining records of individual seafarers’ work hour records…
Elbit Systems announced that it won a $40 million contract from the Brazilian Marines to supply advanced systems for computerization, electronic warfare, radio, and communications. The contract will be performed over a two-year period. The…
A new entry to the ballast water treatment promises compliance along with savings in both CapEx and OpEx. Who says there’s no ‘silver bullet’ in the BWTS game? In the port of Houston, Texas, three medium-sized tankers are berthed adjacent to one another at this sprawling petrochemical complex…
On April 25 Damen’s IMO certified InvaSave ballast water management system (BWMS) received its world premiere in front of an invited audience courtesy of Groningen Seaports at the harbour of Delfzijl and Eemshaven, The Netherlands. This marks…
African Marine Solutions Group (AMSOL) has been awarded two recent milestone contracts following the acquisition of SMIT Amandla Marine in December 2016 AMSOL has been awarded a five-year contract by the South African Department of Transport…
Harrington Hoists, Inc. introduced its HFPSL, Four Point Sack Lifter Beam designed to lift bulk container sacks. The HFPSL is available in 1 and 2 metric ton capacities with outside spreads of 36 and 48 inches. The HFPSL Four Point Sack…
Thome Ship Management Pte. Ltd., has opened a modern training facility in Makati city in the heart of the Philippines, so that its seafarers and cadets can practise using the latest equipment which will be the same as the machinery they encounter once onboard…
ABS, a provider of classification and technical services to the marine and offshore industries, hosted a Ballast Water Management (BWM) Workshop for ship owners with BWM systems installed onboard their vessels. The full-day session covered a range of issues…
Florida International Terminal (FIT), operated by SAAM in Port Everglades - Fort Lauderdale (Florida, U.S.A.) acquired two new reach stackers Taylor model XRS-9972, a North American firm. The terminal now has 15 container handlers. The arrival…
Liebherr Maritime has further increased the number of cargo handling equipment in the Antwerp region. More than 50 units of Liebherr Reachstacker and mobile harbor cranes were delivered to Antwerp in the past 25 years. More and more terminals reach out for an LHM 600…
Corvus Energy has announced that it will provide Orca Energy lithium-ion energy storage systems (ESS) for four hybrid rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) for CCCC Shanghai Equipment Engineering (CCCCSEE). The RTGs are the first of many cranes…
In March Liebherr-Argentina S.A. opened a new office in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. From the subsidiary Liebherr is expanding activities in Argentina and Uruguay, primarily in the product areas of mining, mobile cranes and port and harbor cranes…