St. Lawrence Seaway authority adopt TRANSAS Draft Information System (DIS)The St. Lawrence Seaway is one of the most important transportation links in North America. To maximize the efficient use of the seaway, in 2001, the Seaway authorities…
Applied Weather Technology (AWT), provide a new service for fuel-efficent voyage planning The service give ship operators the data they need to plan the most efficient voyages, manage total voyage costs, both pre-voyage and en-route, and easily report findings to management…
While it seems that half the world is monitoring the oil and gas exploration activities of Royal Dutch Shell (Shell Oil) on the United States outer continental shelf (OCS) in waters of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas off the north coast of Alaska…
Krill Systems, which provides Vessel Fuel Measurement and Monitoring Systems (VFMMS), reports success in the installation and sea trial of Krill VFMMS systems on-board three support vessels operating as part of the Shell Alaska Arctic offshore drilling project…
British survey ship 'HMS Echo' discovers a previously uncharted underwater 'mountain' on the bed of the Red Sea the size of the rock of GibraltarThe hi-tech sonar suites of the Devonport-based survey ship mapped the huge feature for the first time…
PortVision brings advanced marine vessel-tracking capabilities to latest full-featured smartphones PortVision vessel-tracking service, terminal and fleet management dashboards, & other capabilities is now available in platform optimized for iPhone…
Surrey Statellite Technology (SST) announce launch date of exactView-1 Automatic Identification Satellite (AIS)The highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, will be launched by a Soyuz launch…
As shipyards around the world struggle for business, Stena Bulk and Concordia Maritime confirmed an order of up to 10 in-house designed chemical tankers. The ships will be built at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China with deliveries beginning from spring 2014…
Sea Marshals has expanded its UK Operations Centre and introduced the latest tracking technology to protect vessels under its protection. The company has transferred its Operations Centre to larger premises in Cardiff to accommodate its growing team of security consultants…
BAE Systems unveils research on an advanced positioning system using existing transmissions to calculate accurately the user’s locationMilitary platforms commonly use Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to find their position and navigate. GPS…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) announced the completion of the hybrid car carrier Emerald Ace, designed to generate zero emissions while berthed, at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; President: Hideaki Omiya)…
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems today announced that Edward A. Timmes, Jr., has joined the company as vice president of its Intelligence Systems business in its Cyber Systems division. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD)…
The Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has placed an order for a total of 160 separators of the new eagleclass generation with GEA Westfalia Separator Group. They will operate on the twenty unequalled Triple-E container ships of A…
Liquid Robotics, Inc. and Schlumberger announced the creation of Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas, a joint venture to develop services for the oil and gas industry using Wave Gliders, the world’s first wave-powered, autonomous marine vehicles. The…
Statoil and Rosneft today signed agreements on joint bidding for exploration licenses in the Norwegian Barents Sea and on Joint Technical Evaluation covering two Russian onshore assets. This concludes the first implementation agreements envisaged…
