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Jensen Maritime Sees Explosive Growth

Feb 23, 2012

Company Doubles in Size and Adds Advanced Services and Technology to Position Itself as an Industry Leader in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corp. company, has doubled the size…

Survey Capabilities Enhanced with Kongsberg

Feb 23, 2012

Permanently installed and portable hydrographic instruments ordered. Kongsberg Maritime is supporting the Spanish Hydrographic Institute in expanding its survey capabilities during the first part of 2012 following official equipment acceptance…

MMA Unveils Transas Simulator in ABS Commons

Feb 23, 2012

Massachusetts Maritime Academy unveils new simulation facilities in newly opened American Bureau of Shipping Information Commons Building.Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) recently hosted the grand opening ceremony for the start-of-the-art…

Two Additions to Markey Engineering Team

Feb 23, 2012

Markey Machinery has announced the addition of two members to the Markey engineering team, Srihari Gowri Shankar and Brian Cox. Both have joined Markey as Design Engineers.Srihari recently graduated from UC Davis with a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering…

AVEVA Training Partners with Brazilian Schools

Feb 23, 2012

AVEVA extends training programs to Brazilian universities in Pará and Pernambuco. Degree programs to include software products from the AVEVA Plant and AVEVA Marine portfolios.  AVEVA has announced it will expand its training programs with Brazilian universities…

Imtech Appoints New Regional Director

Feb 23, 2012

New Regional Director Sytze Voulon appointed for Imtech Marine North West Europe.As per February 20, 2012 Imtech Marine has appointed Mr. Sytze Voulon to the position of Regional Director North West Europe (Rotterdam).  Mr. Voulon (47) has…

ROV Training Graduates Secure Employment

Feb 22, 2012

Half of ROV class find employment within a week of completing training. A subsea training centre has reported an increase in employment of their students, with 50% of one class being employed within a week of graduating. The Underwater Center…

Sennebogen Quickens Turnarounds

Feb 21, 2012

Sennebogen accelerates turnaround, reduces costs in Charleston port with supersized electric drive scrap handler.  The port facility receiving scrap metals for the nearby steel mill is now unloading barges and filling haul trucks 25% faster with its SENNEBOGEN 880 R-HD material handler…

New Training Alliance for Chartworld

Feb 20, 2012

MSG MarineServe, Safebridge and ChartWorld ECDIS training alliance.ChartWorld International has selected MSG MarineServe GmbH, its sister company Safebridge GmbH and the ECDIS Training Consortium (ETC) as its official training partner for the new ChartWorld eSeries…

Wesmar Introduces New Catch Sensors

Feb 17, 2012

Wesmar, a U.S. manufacturer of sonar equipment, has introduced its new line of trawl sonar catch sensors. ‘They are the fastest and most powerful on the market,” said Dennis Soderberg, WESMAR’s Vice President of the Electronics Division. The…

Golar LNG Orders Two Ships for $400m

Feb 15, 2012

Golar LNG Limited announced details of an expansion to its fleet, saying that it has entered into two newbuilding contracts for 162,000 cu. m. new buildings with fixed priced options for a further two with the Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co…

CMA CGM, IBM Sign Five Year Agreement

Feb 15, 2012

Partnership links world’s third largest shipping company with world leading technology services company. After five years of working together through a joint subsidiary, CMA CGM Group and IBM today announced a new strategic partnership. Under the terms of the five-year agreement…

AWT Launches GlobalView Fleet Management 2.0

Feb 14, 2012

New Software Offers Port Forecasts, Ice Concentrations and Bunker Pricing Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT), released GlobalView 2.0, a new version of its fleet management system featuring port forecasts, tide data, tools for customization and direct access to bunker pricing…

Jo Tanker Makes the "Diesel Switch"

Feb 14, 2012

Jo Tanker, a Norwegian ship owner, has reached changeover and blend fuel requirements by installing JOWA Technology Diesel Switch DS MKII. The switch is type-approved by Germanisches Lloyd and leads to meeting the sulphur emissions levels in CARB and SECA areas…

Marine Design: Air Supported Vessels Impress

Feb 13, 2012

Effect Ships International AS (ESI) is reporting extraordinary results from tank testing of two Air Supported Vessel (ASV) hull forms, a catamaran- and a mono candidate.  A reduction in hull resistance of up to 50%; or more than 40%  net powering cut…

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