Bureau Veritas Grants AiP for Innovative Ocean Clean-up Vessel
Bureau Veritas has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to the MANTA, a vessel offering solutions for collecting and repurposing floating plastic waste in areas of high marine litter concentration, in the coastal waters of most affected countries, and near the estuaries of major rivers.The unique vessel, due to set sail at the end of 2025, was developed by MANTA INNOVATION, the integrated engineering design office of the NGO The SeaCleaners, with the support of naval architects at SHIP-ST and LMG MARIN.Waste-to-energy Conversion UnitA 56m long…
Factory Ship to Produce Sanitizer to Fight Coronavirus
Owners of a factory ship moored off southern France which normally turns seawater into bottled mineral water have converted it to make sanitizing solution in the fight against the coronavirus.At the start of the year, the 179-meter long Odeep One began making bottled water pumped from the depths of the Mediterranean but since April 1 the plastic bottles which roll off its production line have contained alcohol solution instead.The French owners of the Panama-flagged ship currently produce just over 43,000 of the 600 milliliter bottles a day but they soon hope to more than double capacity to over 750,000 bottles a week, according to technical director of the parent company OFW Ships, Charles Denise."Sailors are used to helping with rescue operations, it's in their DNA.
Oliver Design Fits Out North Sea Salmon Factory Vessel
Spanish naval design and architecture firm, Oliver Design, has just completed interior design of the salmon factory vessel Norwegian Gannet. The ship is currently under construction at the Balenciaga yards near San Sebastian, Spain. Oliver Design will shortly begin the work of interior outfitting on the ship, which is due to be launched in April and handed over to the owner in August. Although the shipyard was founded in 1921 and the naval design firm in 1990, this is the first time the two leading Basque firms have worked together.
Interview: Germán Carlos Suárez Calvo, CEO of Astican & Astander Shipyards
How did you find a career in the maritime industry? As a consequence of my father´s dedication to the industry, as founder of a shipping agency in the early eighties as well as partner in a large shipping company and shipyard´s ownership, I grew up in this atmosphere and orientated my academic training towards being able to continuing what he and his business partners created and developed. Although I did start my professional career dealing with other type of businesses within my family, the core root of our family wealth has always been in the maritime industry.
ITIC Warns Agents to Beware Crew Smugglers
immigrants by pretending they are joining crew. insurer of transportation professionals. of the leading shipping companies in Bangladesh". Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. of their choice. joining crew from the Indian subcontinent. smugglers $1,000. into thinking they were getting a well-paid job on a foreign-flag ship. local ship agents $50,000 in repatriation expenses. vigilance. massive waste of time and effort. latter is not.
