Equipment

The world’s information is doubling every two years, and oceanographic data is no exception. New weather routing and voyage optimisation technologies are emerging founded on this growing mass of information.

“The drive itself is simple by design” says Geir Larsen, InPower’s MD - although getting it to market has been anything but that.

Elcome International, a marine solutions provider and system integrator based in Dubai, has recently introduced its new Elsys family of marine electrical switchboard and power management systems.

German marine electronic equipment manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz says that it has now sold more than 100 integrated bridge systems.

Rigs are increasingly sensitive to fuel quality these days, and PSV operators simply can no longer rely on their supply – no matter how established – to make sure the fuel it…

Support vessels bring unique challenges to fire safety: flammable cargos and a deck space which is often taken up by heavy machinery.

Debate over discharge standards and type approval testing continue to create uncertainty for shipowners despite the reassurances of the equipment manufacturers, according to Wendy Laursen.

Some operators are deliberately flouting bilge water discharge rules, writes Wendy Laursen.

Bill Davidson, chief engineer of California Maritime Academy’s research and training vessel Golden Bear, has now had hands-on experience with three different ballast water treatment systems, writes Wendy Laursen.

Current scrubber systems focus on the removal of SOx and NOx from ship engines rather than polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and particulate matter (PM) that end up in the scrubber effluent, writes…

Sven Jadzinski, senior product manager marine, at GEA Westfalia Separator Group looks at GEA’s approach to efficient and compliant ballast water treatment.

In its drive to be a complete systems supplier to the maritime industry, Wärtsilä is looking far beyond its core propulsion-related product portfolio.

Of the latest build to come out of Ulstein’s yard, Haavard Stave says: “Although is called ‘Seven Viking’, should really have ‘Victorinox’ stamped onto it like a Swiss Army knife, it has…

Challenges, Kleven MD Ståle Rasmussen tells MS, tend to arise in combination with each other when building LNG vessels.

Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Umoe Schat-Harding says the prolonged worldwide industry and economic downturn has led some owners to look for cheaper alternatives when it comes to sourcing safety equipment and expertise.

Jon Tipton, president of Triskelion Alliance, warns ship operators that focusing on the newest, latest anti-piracy technology can be a trap, as he explains to Wendy Laursen.

Earlier this year, Norwegian company Sperre, best known for its compressors, set up a new subsidiary, Sperre Coolers, to deal with its newly-developed plate coolers and box coolers.

Alfa Laval’s ‘pure thinking’ concept includes, alongside exhaust gas cleaning systems, crankcase gas cleaning and waste fuel recovery, systems for ballast and bilge water treatment.