Shearwater GeoServices brings 10th vessel into active operation as marine seismic acquisition market gains traction
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Shearwater is pleased to announce that the company will have a total of 10 vessels in operation for the 2019 northern hemisphere summer season.  This extensive fleet is brought into operation on the back of solid backlog and provides marine seismic acquisition services spanning towed and seabed activities in response to rising demand for geophysical services from E&P- and multiclient companies. High customer activity and successful integration of the marine seismic acquisition assets and operations of Schlumberger over the past six months provides Shearwater a 33-month vessel backlog as ..read more
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Hurtigruten introduces electric explorer catamarans
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Exploring some of the most pristine waters of the planet has never been more eco-friendly – as Hurtigruten introduces silent, electric-powered and emission-free catamarans. The world leader in exploration travel has partnered with the Norwegian startup Brim Explorer, introducing battery powered catamarans custom built for Polar water exploration. Debuting in the spring of 2020, the 24-meter vessel will operate a variety of daily silent and sustainable ocean excursions from her homeport Longyearbyen on the Arctic island of Svalbard – operating under the Hurtigruten Svalbard brand. Brim ..read more
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Open loop scrubber issue “overplayed”
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“The idea that open loop scrubbers will be banned in ports is a fake issue,” claims COO of CR Ocean Engineering The issue of banning open loop scrubbers is being propagated to scare people away from scrubbers, according to Nick Confuorto, president and chief operations officer for CR Ocean Engineering, and a keynote speaker at Maritime Week Americas. “The number of ports likely to forbid open loop scrubbers is just a drop in the ocean but is being overplayed as if it were the majority of ports,” he said as the industry prepares to gather at Maritime Week Americas where Confuorto will be ..read more
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Thordon’s compac seawater-lubricated propeller shaft system wins Seatrade Clean Shipping Award
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Thordon Bearings’ COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing system has won the coveted 2019 Seatrade Award for Clean Shipping, in recognition of the technology’s capacity to completely eradicate operational oil pollution from ships’ stern tubes. The Clean Shipping Award was presented by guest of honour Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director, British Antarctic Survey, during a gala evening this week at London’s historic Guildhall. Dame Francis has witnessed first-hand the effect anthropogenic events can have on the environment. Craig Carter, Thordon Bearings’ Director of Marketing an ..read more
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Nominations open for the annual IADC Safety Award
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Again in 2019, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will present its annual Safety Award and as of 24th April, nominations for this award can be submitted. The IADC Safety Award is intended to encourage the development of safety skills on the job and to reward people and companies demonstrating diligence in safety awareness in the performance of their profession. The Award will recognise the exceptional safety performance of a particular project, product, ship, team or employees. The Award submission is open to all companies active in the dredging and related industries ..read more
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Harvey Gulf selects Wärtsilä solution for first PSV hybrid retrofit in the Americas
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5y ago
A hybrid retrofit installation, featuring an energy storage solution from the technology group Wärtsilä, will significantly enhance the efficiency and environmental performance of the ‘Harvey Energy’, a platform supply vessel (PSV). The vessel, which is owned by Louisiana, USA based Harvey Gulf International Marine, is the first LNG fuelled – and will be the first hybrid retrofitted – PSV in the Americas. The order with Wärtsilä was booked in April 2019. The installation of a Wärtsilä 1450 kW battery hybrid solution will reduce the ship’s exhaust emissions, fuel consumption, and noise level ..read more
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Royal HaskoningDHV’s trade mission to Vietnam
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Royal HaskoningDHV looks back on a very successful Dutch trade mission to Vietnam with specific focus on climate resilience and socio-economic development through improved inland waterway transport and the mainport concept.   During the mission Royal HaskoningDHV signed a multimillion-euro World Bank funded contract to make the Mekong Delta, which is home to millions of people, more resilient to climate change. One of the priorities of the project will be to deliver clean water and sanitation for all, in full support of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 6. Royal HaskoningDH ..read more
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Speakers and sponsors announced for Maritime Week Gibraltar 2019
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Minister for the Port, the Hon. Gilbert Licudi QC MP has announced the programme of speakers for Maritime Week Gibraltar which takes place from 24 – 28 June. He also confirmed the Royal Navy will be sending a ship to the port especially to celebrate the week. Gibraltar is the largest bunkering port in the Mediterranean, with approximately 50,000 vessels transiting the Strait of Gibraltar each year.  Maritime Week Gibraltar will highlight the range of services and facilities available in Gibraltar which complement the Port’s superb bunkering facilities, and showcase the enduring quality and ..read more
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LR announces collaboration to develop industry-first ocean-going autonomous navigation system
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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between ST Engineering Electronics Ltd., Mitsui & Co., Ltd and Lloyd’s Register. Lloyd’s Register (LR) announced today – during Singapore Maritime Week – a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ST Engineering Electronics Ltd. (STEE), a leading Information Communications Technologies (ICT) provider and co-creater of Smart City Solutions, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui), the second largest trading house in Japan. The partners will collaborate on the ‘Development of Ocean-going Autonomous Navigation System on a Marine Asset’, the MoU forms th ..read more
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Joint industry program in Singapore aims to boost the use of additive manufacturing in the maritime industry
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DNV GL has been appointed as the lead researcher of the first phase of a new Singapore-based program to study the feasibility of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, in the maritime industry. In a joint industry program (JIP) initiated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), DNV GL will team up with ten member companies of the Singapore Ship Association (SSA) to examine how spare parts produced by 3D printers can help the capital-intensive industry to cut costs and downtimes. The goal of the JIP is to establish a list of commonly-ordered parts that are highly feasible ..read more
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