FORAN Implemented for Fishing Vessel Inspections
The SENER (Shanghai) Systems Co. office has signed an agreement with the Register of Fishing Vessels of Hebei Province (RFVHB), in China, to authorize the use of its FORAN system. As a result, the RFVHB will now use FORAN to perform fishing vessel inspections. The RFVHB is a public body belonging to the Register of Fishing Vessels of the People’s Republic of China. The use of FORAN will help the RFVHB to improve the efficiency of vessel inspections, while at the same time encouraging the use of this system for fishing vessel design…
Powering the First Electric Commercial Fishing Boat
Corvus Energy announced a Corvus ESS with a Siemens BlueDrive PlusC marine propulsion system will power the Selfa Elmax 1099 electric fishing boat designed and built by Selfa Arctic AS. The 11 meter electric vessel will have a 195 kWh ESS consisting of 30 Corvus AT6500 lithium polymer battery modules. The fishing boat, designed to operate entirely on Corvus battery power over a planned 10-hour working day, will also have a small 50kW auxiliary generator and can be charged overnight by plugging into the electrical grid.
SNAME Call for Papers
In October 2009, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will hold its Annual Meeting and Expo, attracting participants from all over the world. One of the core elements of every year’s annual meeting is the presentation of the Technology Papers. Papers are selected through a peer review process and presented at the annual meeting. Annual Meeting papers are also published in the annual SNAME Transactions. SNAME encourages the industry to participate in this forum. • Size and speed for vessels: risk and reliability...what are the limitations? • Small passenger vessel design - ferries, dinner cruisers, coastal passenger vessels etc. Extended abstracts due February 27, 2009.
SNAME Call for Papers
In October 2009, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will hold its Annual Meeting and Expo, attracting participants from all over the world. One of the core elements of every year’s annual meeting is the presentation of the Technology Papers. Papers are selected through a peer review process and presented at the annual meeting. Annual Meeting papers are also published in the annual SNAME Transactions. SNAME encourages the industry to participate in this forum. • Size and speed for vessels: risk and reliability...what are the limitations? • Small passenger vessel design - ferries, dinner cruisers, coastal passenger vessels etc. Extended abstracts due February 27, 2009.
SNAME Call for Papers
In October 2009, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will hold its Annual Meeting and Expo, attracting participants from all over the world. One of the core elements of every year’s annual meeting is the presentation of the Technology Papers. Papers are selected through a peer review process and presented at the annual meeting. Annual Meeting papers are also published in the annual SNAME Transactions. SNAME encourages the industry to participate in this forum. • Size and speed for vessels: risk and reliability...what are the limitations? • Small passenger vessel design - ferries, dinner cruisers, coastal passenger vessels etc. Extended abstracts due February 27, 2009.
