Semtech, Wilhelmsen And TTI Transform Maritimes With Lora-Based Connectivity

Semtech, Wilhelmsen And TTI Transform Maritimes With Lora-Based Connectivity

Semtech Corporation, Wilhelmsen and The Things Industries (TTI) have entered into a partnership to leverage devices that help in providing cost effective, robust and proven IoT solutions to the maritime sector to Semtech’s LoRa®. Wilhelmsen that was founded in 1861, is a global maritime industry group. It has partnered with TTI and Semtech’s LoRa devices…

Bunker Fuel Tracking Startup Celebrates Prestigious Maritime Award For Supply Chain Innovation

Bunker Fuel Tracking Startup Celebrates Prestigious Maritime Award For Supply Chain Innovation

The Excellence in Supply Chain Management and Innovation award was won by Blockchain and BunkerTrace which is a DNA-based fuels tracking system at the Lloyd’s List Europe Awards on Tuesday night. This award recognizes the company that uses its technology for providing the best services to its customers both in the land and sea supply…

ABS Releases Fuel Cell Guidance To Support Industry Decarbonization Objectives

ABS Releases Fuel Cell Guidance To Support Industry Decarbonization Objectives

A Guide for Fuel Cell Power Systems for Marine and Offshore Applications has been published by ABS. It will help in the design, evaluation, and construction of fuel cell systems on vessels and offshore assets. “As technology evolves and regulators challenge shipping to decarbonize, fuel cells are increasingly seen as having an important role to…

UN Climate Conference – ICS Embraces ‘4th Propulsion Revolution’

UN Climate Conference – ICS Embraces ‘4th Propulsion Revolution’

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) which was held at Madrid, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) represented the association of national shipowners of the world and more than 80 percent of the world merchant fleet. “ICS is acutely aware of the urgent need for all economic activities, including international shipping, to…

SAL Heavy Lift Becomes World’s First With New Emissions Reduction Technology

SAL Heavy Lift Becomes World’s First With New Emissions Reduction Technology

SAL Heavy Lift has become the world’s first shipping company that has taken up a new hydrogen/methanol technology to its fleet. FUELSAVE GmbH developed injection technology, not only reduces the emission of CO2, SOx, NOx and other particles but also makes way for more eco-friendly and energy efficient shipping. The new and advanced FS MARINE+…

MOL Orders 2 Next-generation ‘EeneX’ Coal Carriers

MOL Orders 2 Next-generation ‘EeneX’ Coal Carriers

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that two ‘EeneX’ next-generation coal carriers have been ordered from Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The EeneX series was created as a proper coal carrier for electric power companies in Japan. These two vessels that have been ordered by MOL will operate under contracts with Electric Power Development Co., Ltd….

Corvus Energy Receives Up To $6 Million For Battery Development From Canadian Govt.

Corvus Energy Receives Up To $6 Million For Battery Development From Canadian Govt.

Corvus Energy announced that it will get a fund of about $6 million from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) that supports a research and development project for the creation of technology for energy storage and digitalization for marine containers. This multi-year R&D project will be done in the…

Synergy Wins Lloyd’s List Excellence In Ship Management Award

Synergy Wins Lloyd’s List Excellence In Ship Management Award

The Synergy Group was awarded with the prestigious 2019 Lloyd’s List Excellence in Maritime Services & Ship Management Award to recognize the commitment shown by the company in the sphere of ship management. The 2019 Lloyd’s List Europe Awards was held at the Hilton Park Lane hotel in London last night. “Our panel felt that…

Ulstein’s First X-BOW Polar Vessel ‘National Geographic Endurance’ Launched

Ulstein’s First X-BOW Polar Vessel ‘National Geographic Endurance’ Launched

On the 7th of December, 2019, the first X-BOW® polar vessel was launched for Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., into her right element. Using the Polar Class 5 (PC5) the ships will be able to reach the far polar areas. The X-BOW® can offer a comfortable journey to 126 passengers across harsh stretches of sea. The…

Kongsberg And Norwegian Society For Sea Rescue Join Forces To Develop New SAR Solutions

Kongsberg And Norwegian Society For Sea Rescue Join Forces To Develop New SAR Solutions

Kongsberg Maritime and the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue have joined hands by signing an agreement for the development of a new and unique maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) technologies. Five concept development areas for SAR will be covered by this partnership. They are: maritime operations, rescue operations, search on the surface of the sea,…