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05 Apr 2022

SAFEMATE Autonomous Vesel Project Launched

The SAFEMATE project will pilot an automated navigation decision support system on the Bastø VI ferry. (Photo: Torghatten AS)

A newly launched autonomous vessel project aims to improve and assess the safety and efficiency of autonomous navigation systems and deploy a pilot on an operational ferry.Partners DNV, Kongsberg Maritime, Kongsberg Seatex, Bastø Fosen and NTNU announced the launch of the new SAFE Maritime Autonomous Technology (SAFEMATE) project, at the Nor-Shipping trade fair on Tuesday.The promise of automating more functions in shipping shows great potential, and interest continues to grow throughout the industry as more projects are developed.

30 Aug 2017

IoT & Changing Connectivity at Sea

(Image: iStock as supplied by Speedcast)

Whether it’s autonomous cars or connected houses, it seems like everywhere you look these days, internet of things (IoT) technology is a focus. Even in the conservative maritime world, IoT is currently a hot topic. Shifting supply chain solutions and business models are fundamentally changing the way that commercial shipping and the wider transport sector operates. IoT enables an organization to capture value from information, regardless of sector, and in essence forms a loop that creates a larger process. Deloitte conceptualized this process and named it the Information Value Loop in 2015.

30 Aug 2013

MacGregor Provides Flexible Cement Handling

A new self-loading/unloading cement carrier for Japanese Taiheiyo Engineering Co will feature MacGregor cement handling systems designed to carry three grades of cement at a rated capacity of 1,000t/h. MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a new order for autonomous loading and unloading systems for an 8,700 dwt cement carrier to be built for Japanese shipowner Taiheiyo Kisen Kaisha Ltd. "The totally enclosed cement handling arrangements will ensure flexible, efficient and clean cargo operations," said Anders Berencsy, Sales Manager, Selfunloaders at MacGregor. The 109m vessel will have four cargo holds, each divided into two compartments. The cement handling system is designed to carry up to three grades of cement in each shipment.

05 May 2011

New ABS Notation Offers Operators Increased Confidence In Software

(Houston, TX---)   Class society ABS announces the development of the Guide for Integrated Software Quality Management (ISQM) and an associated optional notation. As the offshore industry has increased reliance on computer controlled systems, validating software programs including their integration, has become vital to safe and efficient operations. ISQM is a risk-based software development and maintenance process built on internationally recognized standards. The ISQM process…

04 Feb 2009

MAN Diesel’s 32/44CR Type Approval

MAN Diesel’s 32/44CR common rail engine has now achieved Type Approval from the American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas, Det Norske Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, China Classification Society and Registro Italiano Navale.

At the MAN Diesel works in Augsburg, Germany, the first production version of the 32/44CR recently completed its Type Approval program in the presence of representatives from the shipyard, the ship owner and the Classification Societies American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas, Det Norske Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, China Classification Society and Registro Italiano Navale. As a result of the approval, the engine is now certified for use as both a propulsion engine and to drive shipboard generator sets.

03 Feb 2004

SAM Gets South Korean Navy Contract

SAM Electronics of Hamburg has been awarded a major contract for supply and installation of advanced degaussing systems aboard five of the South Korean Navy’s new KDX-II frigates being built at the Daewoo and Hyundai yards. An option for equipping two further vessels is pending. Featuring either manual or automatic control in master/slave modes, the computer-controlled systems basically comprise a degaussing control unit (DCU), a power supply assembly and a magnetic probe facility for acquisition of magnetic earth fields relative to ship’s coordinates. Each is additionally characterised by a reduced number of coil cables, so allowing for significant reductions in weight and costs of cabling. Other main advantages include an enhanced capability for magnetic calibration during ranging.

28 Jun 2004

MAN B&W Debuts New Engine

Common rail diesel technology is reliable, clean, economic, durable – and in the MAN Group it is now available for the engine of a small truck up to a large marine diesel. For service on the high seas the electronic injection system has again been improved. “Now this technology is where we wanted to have it,“ says Fritz Pape, Member of the Executive Board of MAN B&W. This in-house development combines conventional components of existing MAN injection systems with up-to-date hydraulic and electronic elements that have been developed further.

07 Jul 2004

Propulsion: MAN B&W Debuts 32/40CR Engine in Austria

Late last month the MAN Group publicly announced the availability of a new engine which fully embodies the advantages of common rail diesel technology, meaning that it is designed to be particularly reliable, clean, economic and durable. "Now this technology is where we wanted to have it," says Fritz Pape, Member of the Executive Board of MAN B&W. This in-house development combines conventional components of existing MAN injection systems with up-to-date hydraulic and electronic elements that have been developed further. "It was a strategic decision to develop common rail for our engines ourselves in order to do better than what would have been possible with existing, external systems," said Pape. The result is the new engine type 32/40CR.

10 Jan 2005

W&O: An Engineered Ascension

W&O Supply is a maverick. What’s so exciting about pipes and valves, you ask? How about growing from $22 million in revenue per year to $75 million in the last 13 years. In today’s rapid-paced industrial environment, companies that stand still will more than likely get trampled. David Turner, W&O’s president and CEO, realized this many years ago, and the company known for providing pipes and valves for the commercial and naval shipbuilding markets embarked on the path to provide engineered solutions. W&O Supply was founded in 1975 and by its own estimation is the largest marine piping supplier in the U.S. It boasts a wide customer base representing all aspects of the maritime industry, including the U.S.

16 Oct 2006

MPRI Sells Liquid Cargo Handling Simulators

MPRI, a leader in maritime simulator products, services and turnkey training facilities, sold its SAfeCargo Liquid Cargo Handling Simulators (LCHS) in some of the world's top maritime academies, including its first three in the United States. Within the last two months SAfeCargo simulators have been adopted by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, the State University of New York Maritime Academy in the Bronx and Belgium-based Antwerp Maritime Academy. In November the RTM STAR Center in Dania Beach, Fla., will also install the system. "We purchased the SAfeCargo Liquid Cargo Handling Simulators from MPRI primarily for their ease of use by both the students and the instructors," said Craig Dalton, Captain, Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

25 Aug 2005

Wärtsilä's Engines Tested

The first two of the latest Sulzer RT-flex50 common-rail marine engine type developed by Wärtsilä Corporation, have successfully completed official shop tests and class type approval tests at Wärtsilä's licensee Diesel United Ltd in Japan. With five to eight cylinders, the Sulzer RT-flex50 low-speed marine diesel engine covers a power range of 5800 to 13,280 kW at 99 to 124 rpm. It is thus ideally suited to the propulsion of bulk carriers in the Handymax to Panamax size range, product tankers and feeder container vessels. The Sulzer RT-flex50 is based on the Sulzer RTA50 engine jointly developed by Wärtsilä and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd in Japan.

29 Aug 2005

Sulzer RT-flex50 Successfully Tested

Pictured is the first 6-cylinder Sulzer RT-flex50 marine diesel engine: It has a contracted maximum continuous power of 9720 kW at 124 rpm, and measures about 9.4 m in overall height, and 7.1 m in overall length. The first two of the latest Sulzer RT-flex50 common-rail marine engine type developed by Wärtsilä Corporation, have successfully completed official shop tests and class type approval tests at Wärtsilä's licensee Diesel United Ltd in Japan. With five to eight cylinders, the Sulzer RT-flex50 low-speed marine diesel engine covers a power range of 5800 to 13,280 kW at 99 to 124 rpm. It is thus ideally suited to the propulsion of bulk carriers in the Handymax to Panamax size range, product tankers and feeder container vessels.