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Incat Crowther Wins Australian Export Award

Nov 28, 2016

Incat Crowther has been chosen as the National Winner for the CPA Australia Business Services Award. The award is given for outstanding international success in Professional Business Services with Incat Crowther demonstrating outstanding success in the export of Engineering Services…

Jotun:ISO 19030 standard can make $30 bln impact on the industry

Nov 26, 2016

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has now published the long-awaited ISO 19030, a new standard conceived to measure changes in ship-specific hull and propeller performance.According to Jotun, which has led the industry in the standard’s development…

FORAN Design Wins Korean Universities' First Prize

Nov 26, 2016

Hae-Jun Ji and his team of other sophomores and juniors at the Naval Architecture and Ocean Systems Engineering department of the Busan-based Korea Maritime and Ocean University (KMOU) won the first prize in the 25th National Ship Design Contest…

AVEVA Announced Academic Initiative in Vietnam

Nov 21, 2016

AVEVA partners with Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Association and The School of Transportation Engineering of Hanoi University of Science and Technology  AVEVA announced the beginning of a partnership with two institutions in Vietnam, the…

Maritime Safety Research Center Opens

Nov 18, 2016

The Maritime Safety Research Center (MSRC) is an industry-university partnership, involving Strathclyde's Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL), and DNV GL. The world’s first center of its kind…

Dalstra Appointed CFO, Royal HaskoningDHV

Nov 17, 2016

The Supervisory Board of Royal HaskoningDHV has appointed Nynke Dalstra as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).Going forwards, the Executive Board consists of CEO Erik Oostwegel and Nynke Dalstra (47) as CFO, a role she has held on an interim…

Five Large Cranes Delivered to Bulgaria and Egypt

Nov 14, 2016

HANSA HEAVY LIFT has transported five Gottwald mobile harbor cranes, weighing a total of 1,400 metric tonnes, loading them in Denmark and Belgium and delivering them to Bulgaria and Egypt. All five cranes were lifted and stowed fully-erected on deck…

3D Printing: A Game Changer for Shipbuilders

Nov 02, 2016

3D printing will cause so much change in the shipbuilding and shipping sector that the industry must completely alter its approach toward designing and building ships.This is the conclusion of NISS (National Institute for Shipping and Shipbuilding)…

Wiernicki Receives Admiral of the Ocean Seas Award

Oct 31, 2016

ABS Chairman, President and CEO, Christopher J. Wiernicki, was honored for his contributions to the maritime industry by the United Seamen’s Service (USS) as a recipient of the Admiral of the Ocean Seas Award on October  28, 2016 in New York…

“Ottantacinque” Wins German Design Award

Oct 27, 2016

“Ottantacinque”, the concept of the latest-generation luxury mega yacht developed in partnership between Fincantieri Yachts and Pininfarina, introduced last year at the Monaco Yacht Show, won the prestigious annual award of the German Design Council in the category “Transportation”…

Maritime Sector Doesn’t Fully Leverage Virtual Reality’s Potential

Oct 27, 2016

A survey conducted by Shipbuilder shows maritime organisations mainly use very standard virtual reality (VR) functionalities. Geert Schouten, director of Shipbuilder: “At the SMM and the Monaco Yacht Show I spoke to a lot of organisations that use VR…

Incat Crowther Designed Ferry for Seychelles

Oct 26, 2016

Incat Crowther has designed a new catamaran ferry for Cat Cocos of the Seychelles.To be built by Richardson Devine Marine, the 292-passenger, 30m vessel will capitalize on the experience of the operation of the Incat Crowther-designed Isle…

Shipbuilder Sustainability Knowledge Base presented to Dutch Govt.

Oct 12, 2016

The Shipbuilder Sustainability Knowledge Base has been presented on sustainability day (10-10) to Salima Belha (member of the Dutch parliament) and Brigit Gijsbers (director of maritime affaires at Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment)…

SENER to Unveil the new FORAN

Oct 06, 2016

The SENER engineering and technology group is pushing FORAN into the future to ensure that it will continue to provide optimal information management. It is also forging ahead with virtual access to the system using smart devices.The company will take part in SORTA…

OSK-ShipTech Appoints New CEO

Oct 04, 2016

Jacob H. Thygesen has been named the new CEO of Danish naval architecture firm OSK-ShipTech A/S, effective November 1, 2016.  Thygesen comes to the role with a background as Sales Director of Wärtsilä Ship Design, and prior to that he was Managing Director of Wärtsilä Denmark…

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