Key Deals – Page 16
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NewsSimulation centre aids safety and efficiency
A new pioneering maritime simulation centre delivers an immersive environment for crew learning that is boosting operational safety and efficiency.
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NewsDeeper channels at Thyboron
Plans to deepen the approach channel to the Danish port of Thyboron, which have been under discussion for the past 10 years have finally received an environmental permit to proceed.
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NewsNovel fuels: drop-in or not?
In the Commercial Marine Network’s first webinar in a new, free to attend five Webinar series, industry experts have begun the process of steering a course to decarbonising workboat operations.
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Ammonia fuel guidance
US classification society ABS has published guidance on Ammonia as Marine Fuel, evaluating the challenges in design and operation of ammonia-fuelled vessels.
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NewsSeaweed industry worth €9bn to Europe
The economic potential of an expanded seaweed market in Europe could be worth €9 billion in just a decade, according to a new report released by the Seaweed for Europe Coalition.
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NewsGreen hydrogen export from Iceland to Rotterdam
Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to perform a pre-feasibility study of exporting green hydrogen from Iceland to Rotterdam.
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NewsClassic tourist boat electric conversion
Swedish tour operator Eco Sightseeing and electric marine specialists El & Marinteknik have revealed details of the retrofitting of a historic passenger boat with power supplied using Tesla second-life batteries writes Dag Pike.
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NewsDEME launches its first SOV
Belgian dredging and offshore contractor DEME has launched its first wind farm service operations vessel (SOV) based on a SWATH design at the CEMRE shipyard at Yalova in Turkey.
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€10m of economic activity per wind turbine
Wind energy provides 300,000 jobs in Europe and contributes €37bn to EU GDP every year according to WindEurope’s new report: ‘Wind Energy and economic recovery in Europe – How wind energy will put communities at the heart of the European recovery”.
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NewsStandardisation: the only way to make shore power happen
While mostly everyone agrees about the benefits of electric shore power and cold ironing for vessels in port, the race to market of rival systems is hindering its widespread adoption.
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NewsDecarbonising our workboat operations: Where do we even begin?
Maritime Journal has partnered with Seawork and the Workboat Association to deliver the Commercial Marine Network’s new online conference series ‘Get Set for Workboat 2050’.
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NewsIron, yes iron! as a future fuel
A team of Dutch students is working on a project to develop a green energy system that will use iron powder as the basic fuel to generate steam with the aim of creating a propulsion system using recyclable fuels writes Dag Pike.
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NewsOffshore energy storage collaboration begins
An offshore energy storage start-up has established a collaboration agreement with Subsea 7 to develop offshore energy storage solutions.
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Working to reallocate UK ferry sector employees
The UK Ferry sector is being hit hard with coronavirus effect and is facing redundancies on a large scale with two to three year recovery anticipated.
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NewsCommercial traffic disruption as bridge closes 'indefinitely'
The 133-year-old Hammersmith Bridge in west London is considered at risk of ''catastrophic failure'' and has now been closed to river traffic, as well as to pedestrians and road traffic, meaning loss of work for commercial boat operators and limited access to upriver boat yards.
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NewsData collection marks wind farm progress
A jack-up vessel is working close to shore off a Norfolk, UK beach collecting seabed data to shape the design of two major wind farms.
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NewsLarge shock mitigation seats order
It’s a busy time for Seawork exhibitor Sea Sure, with over 200 SHOCK-WBV shock mitigation units currently in build at the company’s Warsash, UK premises.
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NewsWilhelmsen continues expansion into renewables
Norwegian maritime major Wilhelmsen has announced that it will acquire 25% of Østensjø Group’s expanding offshore wind company Edda Wind.
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NewsMacGregor receives orders worth €13m
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured two new orders worth €13m.
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NewsCall for investigations into fatalities
The recent spate of grim casualties cannot simply be written off as bad luck and deserve investigating, said an international centre for advancing the legal protection of seafarers.
