Russia to China bulk cargoes shipped by Nordic Bulk Carriers via theNorthern Sea Route may save them $650,000 on fuel According to Bloomberg, cargoes of dry-bulk commodities hauled through Arctic waters are set to rise to a record this year…
Thomas Gunn Navigation Services (TGNS) has launched Voyager 4, the latest upgrade of its automated chart management systemPacked full of new applications, Voyager 4 offers the mariner an easy to use, cost effective and high quality database…
NOAA commissions high-tech coastal mapping 'Ferdinand R. Hassler' in Norfolk, Va. to support NOAA’s nautical charting missionThe new ship’s primary mission will be to detect and monitor changes to the sea floor. Data collected by the ship will be used to update nautical charts…
Russia's largest icebreaker will take tourists to the North Pole five times this summerThe world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker “50 years of Victory” will take tourists to the top of the world five times this summer, starting from June 26…
Navy Researchers Seek to Improve Weather Prediction for Global Operations.With the Atlantic hurricane season officially beginning this month, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is pursuing a number of projects to help Navy forecasters and meteorologists around the world predict storms better…
Affiliates of Drew Marine (“Drew Marine”) have reached a definitive agreement with Chemring Group PLC (“Chemring”) to acquire Chemring’s maritime interests (“Chemring Marine” or the “Company”) for a cash consideration of £32 million, subject to standard closing adjustments…
MMT (Sweden) has been awarded parts of two separate hydrographic survey contracts for the EU financed project 'MONALISA' for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA).MONALISA is a Motorways of the Sea…
FURUNO type specific ECDIS training now available in Mumbai, India and in Manila, the Philippines. FURUNO has established training facilities in India and the Philippines through close cooperation with the newly established Moloobhoy Training…
Kotzebue Sound (off the coast of Alaska) chart replaces measurements last taken in 19th century offers safer passage on a route seeing more vessel trafficNOAA formally presented today to Alaska officials a new nautical chart for Kotzebue Sound in the Alaskan Arctic…
Videotel Launches New Dynamic Positioning Course. Dynamic positioning (DP) is essential to an ever increasing number of maritime sectors. Today there are over 1,000 DP-capable vessels, and whilst the majority of them are operationally related…
UK based ECDIS training & consultancy company, ECDIS Ltd, celebrate two years of awarding a HDMM sponsored monthly prize to studentsUK based ECDIS training and consultancy company ECDIS Ltd are celebrating over two years award of the Honourable…
China will launch three more satellites for its Beidou GPS system The Third China Satellite Navigation Conference in progress in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province, with satellite experts, government officials and business executives from China…
A new satellite will be used by Weathernews to provide navigational information, ice monitoring, for commercial vessels in the Arctic OceanThe 10-kg cube-shaped satellite, jointly developed by Tokyo-based AXELSPACE Corp.and Weathernews, is…
ChartWorld International launches 'ECDIS as a Service(TM)' micro-siteGermany based ChartWorld International has launched a new micro-site (http://www.ecdis-as-a-service.com) to mark the introduction of its unique 'ECDIS as a Service™' concept…
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office has agreed a deal to supply Warsash Maritime Academy, one of the UK’s leading maritime training colleges and pioneer of the use of bridge simulators for higher level training, with training licences for its full portfolio of Admiralty Digital Publications…