Technology

Poseidon Navigation Services enters chart supply agreement with Hapag-Lloyd

Thomas Gunn
Managing Director of Poseidon Navigation Services

Leading global containership carrier Hapag-Lloyd has appointed Poseidon Navigation Services Ltd as the supplier of all Chart Management Services for the fleet managed by Hapag-Lloyd Hamburg. 

The appointment, announced after an in-depth evaluation process, starts immediately and will include Poseidon Navigation Services’ ‘Challenger’ software platform which will provide weekly updates for all Admiralty products, both paper and digital.

We...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/15/poseidon-navigation-services-enters-chart-supply-agreement-with-hapag-lloyd/

SMS completes major fast ferry refit in Cherbourg

The Normandie Express

Southampton-headquartered ship repairer and marine engineering services provider SMS has completed its second major high speed craft refit in France. 

SMS has undocked Brittany Ferries’ Normandie Express in Cherbourg on the Ports of Normandy Authority’s (PNA) ship lift.

Over a three-week period, SMS undertook the docking on the Rolls-Royce syncrolift in the Port of Cherbourg.

The lift is 90m x 32m and offers a 3000T lift capacity.

Located just 75 miles from the Solent, it’s...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/15/sms-completes-major-fast-ferry-refit-in-cherbourg/

ChartCo and MeteoGroup announce long-term partnership agreement

OneOcean weather and route optimisation

ChartCo selects MeteoGroup to integrate leading weather services into its OneOcean platform

Enfield/London – 15 October 2018 – ChartCo, the leading global supplier of maritime digital data and compliance services, has selected MeteoGroup to deliver its weather routing technology services (SPOS) through its OneOcean platform.

OneOcean is ChartCo’s software platform for e-navigation, route and passage planning, environmental compliance, data management and a...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/15/chartco-and-meteogroup-announce-long-term-partnership-agreement/

Chelsea Technologies announces “significant” wash water monitor order from Fuji Electric

Chelsea Technologies’ Wash Water Monitor

Order from Japanese scrubber manufacturer reflects moves by Asian shipowners to align with an industry-wide uptake of scrubber technology 

15 OCTOBER 2018 – Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG), a world leader in the design and manufacture of sensors for the maritime sector, has today announced an order from Fuji Electric Company Limited for its Sea Sentry wash water monitoring system for ship exhaust gas cleaning systems. The order, for 26 units to be...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/15/chelsea-technologies-announces-significant-wash-water-monitor-order-from-fuji-electric/

MarineTraffic appoints COO, sets bold path for future

Nikos Psaltopoulos (left), COO, MarineTraffic and Demitris Memos, CEO, MarineTraffic

Athens, 12 October 2018 – Global ship tracking and intelligence company MarineTraffic has appointed Nikos Psaltopoulos as its first ever Chief Operating Officer (COO) to bolster the firm’s ambitious 2020 vision. The Athens headquartered company has grown significantly and is working to make MarineTraffic a more vital tool than ever before for maritime professionals through more data and partnerships.

Nikos...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/12/marinetraffic-appoints-coo-sets-bold-path-for-future/

Thales UK Opens New Maritime Autonomous Systems Trial Centre

Thales UK has opened its new Maritime Autonomous Systems Trials and Evaluation Centre at Turnchapel Wharf in Plymouth.

Exploration of technologies

The centre will be used to build on Thales’ existing autonomous systems work as it aims to strengthen its position in the UK market.

Thales is hoping the centre can help the company change the way autonomous capability is developed over the next decade by enabling rapid exploration of emergent and disruptive technologies.

Investments generated new jobs

The...

http://mfame.guru/thales-uk-opens-new-maritime-autonomous-systems-trial-centre/

Properly preparing boats for winter

Liqui Moly’s Marine Antifreeze

LIQUI MOLY presents biodegradable frost protection Marine Antifreeze

October 2018 – Boats are mostly stored in the dry over winter. For skippers this means either going to a lot of effort to empty all the water pipes or using a frost protection agent. LIQUI MOLY is introducing Marine Antifreeze to the market.“It offers outstanding protection against corrosion and oxidation and is biodegradable,” says David Kaiser, Head of Research and Development at the specialist...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/11/properly-preparing-boats-for-winter/

KR upgrades container securing strength assessment software – SeaTrust-LS

Korean Register (KR) – an IACS member classification society – has released the latest version of SeaTrust-LS, its container securing strength assessment software. SeaTrust-LS has been significantly enhanced by incorporating KR’s new 2018 guidance for container securing assessment and reflects practical insights and feedback from world-class lashing makers, SEC Bremen and German Lashing Robert Böck GmbH.

Achieving optimum container stowage and arrangement is crucial to the safe operation of a...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/11/kr-upgrades-container-securing-strength-assessment-software-seatrust-ls/

Turnchapel Wharf: changing the way maritime autonomy is developed over the next decade

The shape of things to come – This shows Halcyon (grey roof) and Zero One (black roof) coming into Plymouth for the first time with a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship in the background. Picture copyright of Shaun Roster Photography

Plymouth, UK – Thursday 11th October, 2018 – Digital transformation is one of the most important challenges facing maritime forces today, and only through experimentation with new and disruptive technologies will the UK military be able to stay ahead and maintain...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/11/turnchapel-wharf-changing-the-way-maritime-autonomy-is-developed-over-the-next-decade/

‘NACC Alicudi’ the first cement carrier with IMO Tier III compliance

The ‘NACC Alicudi’ became the first with cement carrier with IMO Tier III compliance. The ship was converted in 2017 and became a 120m self-discharging cement carrier.

The ship’s cement handling system is based on compressors and vacuum pumps, driven by Tier III engines.

Directly after being converted, the ‘NACC Alicudi’ entered the trade for a three year contract on the east coast of the US and Canada. This area has been declared a NOx Emission Control Area (ECA) for new builts and converted...

https://safety4sea.com/nacc-alicudi-the-first-cement-carrier-with-imo-tier-iii-compliance/

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