Monitoring, Control & Digitalisation

MAN Energy Solutions and technology group, Kongsberg, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the potential for collaboration on a common data infrastructure for the maritime sector.

The first pilot of BunkerTrace, the system that combines synthetic DNA tracers and blockchain to manage risk for marine fuels by creating a transparent chain of custody, has successfully completed.

Per Hansson SVP, Head of Group Digital, Group Strategy and M&A MAN Energy Solutions SE discusses the opportunities offered by digitalisation.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) is partnering with Singapore’s National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) to launch a global competition to find the best design idea for a 3D printed rescue boat hull.

ABS and Topaz Energy and Marine have, together with the State Maritime Agency under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ASMA), announced a pioneering project…

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas for the development of its SVESSEL smartship solution.

ABS, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hyundai Global Service (HGS) have agreed a framework for the exchange of digitalisation and decarbonisation (D&D) concepts to apply to present and future designs.

Improved upgradability, connectivity and cybersecurity define a new generation of control systems expected to drive better efficiency and environmental performance in modern engines.

Damen Shipyards Group has won an award for its Human Machine Interface (HMI) that it has been developing over the past two years for the company’s Next Generation Tug Series.

ABB has secured its first contract for ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT for fleet with Hamburg based ship manager CPO Containerschiffreederei (CCPO).

MAN Energy Solutions and Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the digitization of marine engines. Together the companies want to define a framework for a…

In a world-first for a digital component, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has received type approval from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for the network security digital component of its Integrated Smartship Solution (ISS).

UIPA, the South Korean Information and Communication Technology Promotion Agency, has awarded Kongsberg Digital a contract to supply a bridge simulator for a new autonomous ship research facility in Ulsan in South…

Energy and infrastructure solution provider, Saipem, is implementing DNV GL’s hull planned maintenance system based on 3D digital twins of crane and pipelaying vessels.

Maritime Strategies International has unveiled a new digital platform which enables clients to access the consultancy’s macro and shipping market models and asset valuations data via a single interface.

ABB has won a contract to supply ABB Ability remote diagnostic systems to eleven Sovcomflot vessels operating in the Arctic and Russia’s far east.

Marine diesel power specialist Royston is working with a number of international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Malaysia to equip oilfield supply contract vessels (OSVs) with specialist electronic fuel management systems.

MAN Energy Solutions is to integrate with Swiss-based e-trading platform provider, MESPAS. This will allow ship managers to receive immediate electronic offers from MAN with clear price indications and data that is…

As the days count down to the entry into force of the 2020 0.5% sulphur cap, preparation is key. DNV GL offers a free web-based application of the Ship Implementation Plan (SIP)…

A demonstration test to explore the safety capabilities of auto berthing and un-berthing has been completed using the TUMST training ship ‘Shioji Maru’.

On 11 July MAN Energy Solutions, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and HSD Engine (HSD) signed a strategic agreement to cooperate in the field of marine engine systems digitization. The agreement…

Ulstein and Schottel have joined forces to take the next step in automation and digitalisation within marine operations with the takeover by Schottel of half of former Ulstein subsidiary, Ulstein Blue CTRL.