General News 13-18 – Page 69
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NewsPartnership aims to enable commercial autonomous marine traffic
The Finnish Shipowners’ Association (FSA) has started an intensive cooperation with One Sea Ecosystem to enable commercial autonomous maritime traffic and create more energy-efficient and safer shipping by 2025.
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NewsLaser technology aims to reduce component failure
Wärtsilä has developed a new white metal laser technology that it says can enhance the performance and lifetime of marine products including bearings, thrust pads, and gearboxes.
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NewsCavotec extends electric port reach
Cavotec is continuing to revolutionise the operation of e-vessels by delivering and maintaining its automated, unmanned, mooring system across Norwegian ferry ports.
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NewsEco Marine Power expands Aquarius Eco Ship project
Japan’s Eco Marine Power (EMP) wants to expand its innovative low emission ship design project to open it up to more technologies and companies in future.
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NewsRolls-Royce green ferry autocrossing system deal
Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a deal to supply its innovative autocrossing system to a total of 13 new environmentally friendly ferries for Norwegian company Fjord1.
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NewsThe Switch name change to reflect R&D capabilities
The Yaskawa Corporation is making a multimillion-euro investment to strengthen the R&D capabilities of The Switch to help it to grow its business in the marine, wind and turbo segments.
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NewsLubrication R&D acquisition for Hans Jensen
A leading international supplier of cylinder lubrication systems for two-stroke marine and power plant applications has acquired a majority stake in a lubrication research and development firm.
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NewsNorwegian battery manufacture moves up a gear
Plan B Energy Storage (PBES) and a Norwegian battery manufacturer have entered into a manufacturing agreement for PBES battery systems to maintain quality standards and keep up with demand in the future.
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NewsWoodward buys up fuel injection expertise
Woodward Inc is to acquire fuel injection specialist L’Orange and its related operations located in Germany, the US and China from Rolls-Royce.
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NewsPartnership aims to set up a marine blockchain lab
Two industry partners have come together to set up a marine blockchain lab to explore the technology’s use for the safety of critical infrastructure and drive new business models for the global maritime industry.
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NewsPartnership creates autonomous shipping company
Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg are joining forces to take the next step in autonomous shipping by creating a new company which specialises in bringing the technology to the market.
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NewsExperts Highlight Viable Power and Propulsion Solutions for Next Generation Vessels
Lithium-ion battery expert Dr John Warner is presenting at the NEXT GENERATION Marine Power & Propulsion Conference at the Grand Harbour, Southampton on 18 and 19 April 2018.
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NewsRolls-Royce advances autonomy agenda
A new remote and autonomous operations research hub in Turku reinforces the investments that Rolls-Royce Marine is making in these areas of emerging technology. Gavin Lipsith reports.
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NewsEuropean service operation vessel concept project
A European research project is to tackle the challenges of offshore windfarm O&M through a new service operation vessel (SOV) concept with the aim of making wind energy more cost-effective.
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NewsStena joins smart electric transport initiative
Stena Line has joined a unique industry cooperation for smart electric transport which aims to increase the electrification of shipping.
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NewsOpening up to digital opportunities
WIlhelmsen Group still wants to ‘the everything store for the maritime industry’, chief digital officer Inge André Sandvik tells Stevie Knight, but the way customers are served - and the way companies work together - are about to change.
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NewsAutonomous vessels can meet COLREG rules
A £1.3m MAXCMAS (MAchine eXecutable Collision regulations for Marine Autonomous Systems) project has found that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance (COLREG) rules.
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NewsDigital twin platform development project launched
A project which aims to create an open source platform for the development of ship digital twins has been launched at the Norwegian Maritime Competence Centre in Ålesund.
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NewsSMM 2018 Green Shipping Conference
Stricter environmental regulations on ballast water and sulphur emissions are forcing the shipping industry to take action and this year’s SMM 2018 will showcase future-proof technologies to help operators meet tighter targets.
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NewsStar Bulk in renewable energy installation study
Dry bulk operator Star Bulk is to conduct a two-year study to assess the feasibility of installing solar panel, batteries and other renewable energy technology provided by Eco Marine Power (EMP).
