GROUNDBREAKING AI MAN OVERBOARD DETECTION AND ALERT SYSTEM DEPLOYED
Zelim’s intelligent detection and tracking solution, ZOE, has been deployed for the first time in the oil and gas sector. The ZOE system is being used onboard the jack-up rig VALARIS Stavanger to provide automated person overboard detection and alerts. Zelim has...
SUCCESSFUL PROPULSION AND MANOEUVRABILITY TRIALS BY FORTESCUE’S DUAL-FUELLED AMMONIA-POWERED VESSEL IN THE PORT OF SINGAPORE
Fortescue, with support from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), government agencies, research institutes, and industry partners, has successfully completed propulsion and manoeuvrability trials of its Singapore-registered Fortescue Green Pioneer in...
ECHANDIA WINS ORDER TO SUPPLY ÖRESUNDSLINJEN WITH MARITIME BATTERY SYSTEM
Echandia, the leading Swedish maritime battery system supplier, has received an order from Öresundslinjen for the conversion of M/S Hamlet from fossil fuel dependency to full electrical operation. The battery system is scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2025....
WinGD EXPANDS X-DF-A SEGMENT REACH WITH AET’s FIRST AMMONIA AFRAMAX ORDER
Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured yet another order for its X‑DF‑A ammonia-fuelled engines in what will be the world’s first ammonia dual-fuel Aframax tankers. Two vessels ordered by Singapore based ship owner and operator AET, will be built at Dalian...
JAMES BEAN TO LEAVE NORTHSTANDARD AND JOIN LONDON P&I CLUB AS CEO
NorthStandard announces the departure of James Bean, a senior executive team member, following his decision to accept a role as Chief Executive Officer of The London P&I Club. NorthStandard will not be replacing him as one of two chiefs of geographical sectors....
MILLIONS IN COSTS DUE TO DISCHARGE OF SCRUBBER WATER INTO THE BALTIC SEA
Discharge from ships with so-called scrubbers cause great damage to the Baltic Sea. A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that these emissions caused pollution corresponding to socio-economic costs of more than EUR 680 million between 2014...
INTERNATIONAL WINDSHIP ASSOCIATION INVITES MARITIME STAKEHOLDERS TO PARTICIPATE SMALL VESSEL WIND PROPULSION SURVEY
With the small wind propulsion vessel sector growing at a rate of knots, the International Windship Association is surveying relevant stakeholders to gain a deeper understanding into the drivers and barriers to upscaling the use of wind energy on smaller vessel types....
MPA LEADS SCOTLAND’S PORT SECTOR TOWARDS EMISSIONS REDUCTION WITH SHORE POWER FACILITY LAUNCH
Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has become the first port in Scotland to provide a groundbreaking shore power service for offshore energy supply vessels which will greatly reduce harmful emissions, noise pollution and fuel consumption. The innovation takes MPA closer to...