Monitoring, Control & Digitalisation

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Vale has signed a deal with Kongsberg Digital to install its vessel-to-cloud digital solution Vessel Insight on four Valemax vessels.

16th March 2023

Vale to verify emissions efficiencies with digital solution

16th March 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Ridgebury Tankers has validated emissions reductions for its fleet using an AI-enabled tool to accurately measure fuel usage, carbon emissions and return on cleantech investments.

16th March 2023

Ridgebury Tankers Identifies Fleet Emissions Reductions With Digital Tool

16th March 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

An electronic logbook for ships developed by German equipment supplier MARSIG has been awarded Statement of Compliance (SoC) certification by Lloyd’s Register. 

10th March 2023

MARSIG’s new electronic logbook receives LR certification

10th March 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Wärtsilä has rolled out the CII Dashboard within its Fleet Optimisation Solution (FOS) to 530 vessels in Anglo-Eastern’s managed fleet. 

7th March 2023

Anglo-Eastern uses integrated CII tool to enhances fleet performance

7th March 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Alfa Laval’s weather intelligence and operational decision support subsidiary, StormGeo, is extending its weather intelligence solutions to customers across South America.

7th March 2023

StormGeo extends Latin American weather intelligence reach

7th March 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Ship design company C-Job Naval Architects and Dutch software company VIKTOR have created a new software tool to optimise hull design.

2nd March 2023

New hull design tool halves lead time

2nd March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

After prototype testing in January 2023, ABS has issued the world’s first ABS CyberSafety Product Design Assessment (PDA) certification for the main engine and main propulsion remote control systems (M-800 series) from…

2nd March 2023

First Main Engine Control System CyberSecurity Certification

2nd March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä is working with the European Union and other partners to develop a new system that combines flapping bow foils and engine combustion control technology to reduce fuel consumption.

24th February 2023

Flapping foil and combustion control combo steps closer to commercialisation

24th February 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

GTT, the LNG containment specialist, is expanding its strategic focus to include digitalisation solutions as well as hydrogen solutions, Anouar Kiassi, GTT’s vice president of Digital & Information explains to The Motorship…

23rd February 2023

Digitalisation solutions and hydrogen broaden GTT’s focus areas

23rd February 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A drop-in biofuel pilot has successfully completed, helping establish a framework for the use of alternative fuels.

22nd February 2023

Drop-in biofuel trial success

22nd February 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Fugro has received approval from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to operate the first uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with an electrical remotely operated vehicle (eROV) in UK waters.

20th February 2023

UK approval for Fugro’s USV with eROV

20th February 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

VPS, the global marine fuel testing advisory company, has acquired a UK based real-time emissions measurement company, Emsys Maritime. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

17th February 2023

VPS acquires UK emissions testing specialist

17th February 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

A pilot project to trial a new engine diagnostics solution within WinGD’s engine monitoring and remote support platform is being undertaken on a vessel managed by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM). WinGD notes that the solution…

16th February 2023

BSM trials new WinGD predictive maintenance solution on LNGC

16th February 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

A project to develop a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine (ICE) for light utility vehicles (HyMOT) has been awarded funding by France’s ADEME as part of its Future Investments Programme (PIA). The project includes…

15th February 2023

GTT digital subsidiary participating in French H2-fuelled ICE project

15th February 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

A joint study between classification society ClassNK and Marubeni Corporation has identified the fleet-wide fuel efficiencies offered by using NAPA’s voyage optimisation software.

14th February 2023

ClassNK joint study reveals voyage optimisation benefits

14th February 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

A project to install an assymetric wingsail alongside a new onboard carbon capture and storage system on a container vessel powered by synthetic fuel has been awarded funding from a French public investment…

8th February 2023

GTT awarded funding to design on-board CCS system

8th February 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ExxonMobil Marine’s implementation of Palantir Technologies’ Foundry software aims to provide additional operational insight from cylinder condition monitoring data by comparing customer results with similar engines in ExxonMobil’s historic database.

7th February 2023

Big data holds the key to learning more from scrape-down oil analysis

7th February 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The HiNAS 2.0 autonomous navigation system uses augmented reality (AR) to enable a ship to navigate optimal routes at ideal speed, and avoid collisions based on the integrated data by artificial intelligence (AI) collected…

2nd February 2023

KR and LISCR approve HiNAS autonomous navigation technology

2nd February 2023

LNG

LNG

The AiP has validated the use of GTT’s ‘Sloshing Virtual Sensor’ for sloshing activity assessment to optimise the LNG membrane tank maintenance frequency.

31st January 2023

GTT Looks To Extend Digital Twin Model Functionality

31st January 2023

NEWS

NEWS

TechnipFMC has demonstrated the viability of digital technology for remote verification of dynamic positioning systems onboard offshore vessels.

24th January 2023

Digital technology for remote verification of DP systems

24th January 2023

NEWS

NEWS

DNV is advising customers to urgently check the approval status of their EEXI and CCI documentation after new statutory requirements came into force on 1 January 2023.

20th January 2023

New EEXI and CCI regulations

20th January 2023

LNG

LNG

GTT has obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for an innovative digital solution for sloshing activity assessment, which is designed to optimise the maintenance of LNG membrane tanks.

19th January 2023

AiP for LNG membrane tank maintenance optimisation tool

19th January 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Korean Register (KR) is offering maritime cyber security officer e-learning training in conjunction with maritime technology company SIRM Italia. The company is providing training to Oltremare, a services company in Italy’s Assarmatori…

18th January 2023

KR launches cyber security training for European clients

18th January 2023