Technology

Bavaria Yachts is relying on 100 percent “Made in Giebelstadt”

Pressing the restart button at Bavaria Yachts and activating the demoulding of the first hull in the production line-  l to r: Dr. Tobias Brinkmann, Dr. Ralph Kudla, Kai Brandes, Erik Appel and Christian Hartmann); Photo credit: Bavaria Yachts

Bavaria Yachts is relying on 100 percent “Made in Giebelstadt”

  • Reinforcement of engineering and series production
  • Interdisciplinary teams are being set up in the shipyard
  • Ramp-up of the shipyard from November 2018, short-time work ends
  • Motor yacht R55 will...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/17/bavaria-yachts-is-relying-on-100-percent-made-in-giebelstadt/

Rivertrace to supply Oil Content Monitor for Alfa Laval PureBilge Separator

Rivertrace’s Oil Content Monitors (OCM), Smart Bilge

Producers of water quality monitoring products Rivertrace, have signed an agreement as a preferred supplier of Oil Content Monitors (OCM) for Alfa Laval PureBilge Separator. Alfa Laval’s PureBilge is the market leading centrifugal type oily water separator which has high reputation from the market.

Rivertrace’s Smart Bilge OCM utilises the “Smart Cell” Detector Array Technology, developed by Rivertrace, to analyse all three oil types (HFO,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/16/rivertrace-to-supply-oil-content-monitor-for-alfa-laval-purebilge-separator/

Ship Managers plan to work together to meet Shipping Challenges

InterManager President Björn Jebsen speaking at the InterManager AGM.

Meeting the challenges of tomorrow’s maritime trade is at the forefront of ship managers’ focus as they develop strategies to meet environmental targets and embrace fast-paced technological advances in our industry.

Ship managers gathered in London this week for the Annual General Meeting of their industry trade body – InterManager – where they discussed plans to work together to identify solutions to the challenges facing...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/16/ship-managers-plan-to-work-together-to-meet-shipping-challenges/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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