Vizinex RFID Introduces Sentry AST™ long range durable asset tags for outdoor and industrial monitoring(Radio-frequency identification (RFID) refers to the use of a wireless non-contact system that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag attached to an object…
US Office of Naval Research modify existing technologies to make a new-generation tracking system of the AIS 'silent'The Navy will soon get a leg by using 'Rough Rhino', an electronic system for locating illegal fisherman, drug smugglers, pirates…
Esri joins the World Ocean Council (WOC) to support ocean sustainable development & conservationEsri's chief scientist Dawn Wright will share her geospatial expertise with WOC's Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP) and Ocean Science working groups…
A software update now makes the Admiralty Information overlay available on all current JRC ECDIS models.The Admiralty Information Overlay, a free service to Admiralty Vector Chart Service customers, is a simple way to view the most comprehensive…
ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants completed the first bulk delivery of Mobilgard 570 cylinder oil in the Port of Shanghai in May. The bulk delivery of Mobilgard 570 was made by Hai Gong You 30, the first double-hulled marine lubricants-delivery barge to operate in Shanghai…
The Secretary of the Navy & Chief of Naval Operations visit USS Nimitz for RIMPAC bio-fuel demonstration The Secretary of the Navy, the honorable Ray Mabus, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, visited the aircraft carrier…
IFS North America said that Seaspan has selected IFS Applications as its Shipbuilding materials requirements planning (MRP) solution. IFS Applications was chosen because it provides a powerful project-based solution (PBS) with the ability to control cost and schedule in real-time…
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) said that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has received a $43.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy for purchase of materials for the construction of the aircraft carrier John F…
GAC Shipping UK has completed the successful installation of the Conwy platform 40 miles off the port of Liverpool, only two months after a tug carrying the rig's jacket and topside – each weighing in at over 700 MT – set off from Rotterdam…
OceanSaver’s ballast water treatment (BWT) system has been chosen for two 162,000cbm LNG carriers being built by BW Gas.OceanSaver was selected due to its competitive pricing, low operating costs, and compatible technical system.BW Gas is…
Raytheon Company completes prelimary design of the Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) for US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Through the TEMP program, Raytheon is creating an innovative system of modular technologies – including air and sea cargo transport…
Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The Navy has also…
What do we think of when we hear “Survival at Sea”? It usually brings up visions of a ship in a perilous situation confronting some extraordinary circumstances that might be life or death. We are now faced with an even more harrowing scenario…
Russia has offered India joint participation in development of its GLONASS satellite navigation system on an equal basisThe Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), which was officially launched in 1993, is a Russian counterpart to the U…
AtoBviaC offers navigators online calculation of SECA (Sulphur Emission Control Area) & North America ECA (Emission Control Area) distancesThe imminent tightening of fuel control areas around the US is providing ship operators with a new…
