Det Norske Veritas (DNV) & nine key members of the Australian maritime, port and energy sectors have established the four-month study.The Joint Industry Project (JIP) is to facilitate the adoption of LNG fuelled vessels in Australian waters…
KPI Bridge Oil, a global bunker broker and trader has appointed Mrs. Christel McLoughlin as Director of Risk Management products. Christel will be based at KPI Bridge Oil’s Headquarter in London.Christel McLoughlin who is a French national…
Classification society Bureau Veritas assists Longyuan, China, in 'Jiangsu Longyuan Rudong 150 MW Offshore Wind Farm Pilot Project Phase III.As the only foreign third party inspection company working on this project to have participated in all three phases…
The UK Hydrographic Office, under the Admiralty brand, has extended its global ECDIS training campaign, which offers qualified bridge officers around the world the opportunity to win generic ECDIS training, making a further 100 training places available…
Return to Bremerhaven: The research vessel 'Polarstern' returns with new findings from the Central Arctic during the 2012 ice minimum.After a good two months. 54 scientists and technicians from twelve different countries conducted research…
Technip completes 21 subsea jumper metrology operations using Sonardyne International's Lodestar GyroCompatts & saves 8 days working time.Using the latest Wideband Long BaseLine (LBL) acoustic positioning hardware by optimising its technique…
'Wave & Tidal Energy Analysis to 2030 for US, Canada, the UK, Portugal, Australia and Republic of Korea (South Korea)' report issued.This excerpt from the market report promulgated by ReportsnReports.com focuses on the UK sector:Governments…
NOAA ship 'Thomas Jefferson' mapping Long Island Sound seafloor this summer contributes to a multi-level data gathering collaboration.In addition to updating NOAA’s nautical charts, ongoing collaborations in Long Island Sound will create products that depict physical…
Britannia Royal Naval College's bridge simulator unit features photo-realistic recreations of key harbours for trainees to hone ship piloting skills.'Whereas in the past you'd just see a row of houses, now there are specific buildings,' explains Lieutenant Sam Stephens…
The US Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program is evaluating the second of two industry railgun prototype launchers.The EM Railgun launcher is a long-range naval weapon that fires projectiles using electricity…
Transas Marine has upgraded training complex at the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (Varna, Bulgaria), including full mission bridge simulator upgrade to the latest Transas NTPRO 5000 software and new version of the GMDSS simulator TGS 5000.The…
With over 80 orders for its K-Master aft- and forward-bridge workstation, Kongsberg Maritime introduce specialized training course for offshore operators.The new course is designed to enable offshore support vessel crew to enhance operational…
GTT’s Mark III LNG cargo containment system reduces the boil-off rate from LNG carriers by one third.Mark III is GTT’s well-established containment system. This has now been further developed to reduce the boil-off rate from 0.15% to 0.10% of the cargo volume per day…
Chinese National Ship Recycling Association (CNSA) delegates attend Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) workshop in Hamburg.Participants met for a workshop which focussed on standards, training, and research and development. The CNSA delegation was headed by its president…
The Siemens Energy 6-megawatt installation on trial at Østerild, Denmark, can produce electricity for 6,000 households.Siemens Energy has begun field testing of its new 154 m rotor for the 6-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in Østerild…