Many of today’s recruits into the shipping industry have grown up with games and their technologies. They are used to the personalisation and individualization such technology delivers. But can the shipping industry focus the energy and enthusiasm…
The Coast Guard informs it is now testing 25 electronic aids to navigation (eATON) to augment existing physical aids and mark unique and potentially hazardous navigation features in the San Francisco Bay Area. Commonly referred to as “virtual” buoys…
London International Shipping Week (LISW) has appointed a new Chairman of its Steering Group as it looks forward to the 2015 event (September 7-11). Jeremy Penn has been Chief Executive of The Baltic Exchange since 2003 and was a member…
Geomares Publishing has introduced a new training book ECDIS Basics, written by Professor Ralph Becker-Heins, which aims to give practical hands-on knowledge to all those who will be trained in the operational use of Electronic Chart Display and Information systems (ECDIS)…
At an informal Maritime Ministerial Meeting of the EU Member States, which took place on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in Athens, the Athens Declaration has been adopted. The Member States in the presence of Vice President of the European Commission…
Director Brian Salerno spoke to attendees at the 2014 Offshore technology Conference about technology and the role of the regulator: his remarks, as prepared for delivery, are set out below:'So we are here at OTC, surrounded by extraordinary…
BMT JFA Consultants, a subsidiary of international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, BMT Group, says it plans new offices in both Perth, Western Australia and Brisbane, Queensland in order to better support its clients’ requirements and provide space for expansion…
Maritime satellite communications provider Inmarsat says it now connects leisure and fishing vessels with a specially designed broadband service.Accessing weather information and chart updates, keeping in contact with loved ones or simply…
DNV GL inform that they are leading a broad industry collaboration to address structural well integrity.Fatigue loading on subsea wellhead systems from riser and rig motions has been subject to increased attention in recent years. In an…
Diamond Petroleum Ventures LLC (DPV), a thermal unit provider based in Lafayette, Louisiana, has appointed Em Roosevelt as technical sales representative. Roosevelt is responsible for direct sales and account management and will work toward…
Europe’s latest Galileo navigation satellite has arrived at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technical centre in the Netherlands for testing, as the previous two satellites are prepared for shipping to French Guiana for launch this summer.ESA explains…
The Ship Production Symposium (SPS), hosted by the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), and held in conjunction with the 2014 SNAME Maritime Convention (SMC), is an annual…
British oil and gas explorer BP will cut around 30 percent of IT jobs in its international upstream division following a review of its support services, a source familiar with the situation said. BP confirmed its support service review may result in IT job losses…
Major operators and innovators gather in Abu Dhabi for ITF members’ meeting.The CEO of global leading energy services company LR Senergy, James McCallum has issued a stark warning that oil and gas productivity will drop if the drilling sector…
Mikhail Ulyanov, an ice-breaking shuttle tanker (ice class – ARC6) belonging to OAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group), has been the subject of a Greenpeace protest, while at the Port of Rotterdam carrying a cargo of 67,000 tons of crude oil, loaded on the continental shelf of the Pechora Sea…