Technology

Bloc wins MIT solve competition for coastal communities with Blockchain Shipping Emissions MV Solution

Deanna MacDonald CEO of BLOC presenting at the MIT’s Solve’s Coastal Communities Challenge, for its work in developing shipping Emissions Monitoring Reporting (MRV) solutions.

Recognition for project focused on custody chain and traceability for marine fuels as part of instigating blockchain technology in maritime risk and safety

NEW YORK, 04 October 2018: Blockchain technology and governance specialist, Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration (BLOC), has won Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/04/bloc-wins-mit-solve-competition-for-coastal-communities-with-blockchain-shipping-emissions-mv-solution/

Saab Seaeye – Smart torque tool takes off

The new small self-calibrating class 1-4 torque tool is bringing considerable savings to torque tool tasks.

Considerable savings in major torque intervention projects are reported by five subsea operators who were early to adopt the new smart electric torque tool from TMT and Saab Seaeye and is now available as a rental option.

Offshore operator, McDermott, found they could get a rapid configuration change to their electric tool with accurate torque operations and speeds up to 30 rpm, operating...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/04/saab-seaeye-smart-torque-tool-takes-off/

Lloyd’s Register Safety Accelerator Announces Four New Innovation Challenges and Industry Pilots for Safetytech Startups

Prof Richard Clegg

The latest round of innovation challenges from the Lloyd’s Register Safety Accelerator, ‘Innovation in Detecting Safety Risks in Critical Infrastructure Industries’, offers startups trial funding and partnerships with leading commercial partners: Scorpio, Pacific International Lines, Infratek and Odfjell Drilling.

  • The Round 2 Innovation Challenges seek digital entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to improve the detection of complex safety hazards and risks in marine,...

    • http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/04/lloyds-register-safety-accelerator-announces-four-new-innovation-challenges-and-industry-pilots-for-safetytech-startups/

    Wärtsilä and Royal Caribbean extend their partnership to 2028

    Allure of the Seas

    Wärtsilä Corporation,  4 October 2018 at 11.30 am EEST – The marine and cruise industry is moving more and more toward long-term partnerships. Wärtsilä and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. are leading the way by strengthening their long-term cooperation and extending their service agreement to the year 2028. The original agreement, signed in 2013, spanned 10 years. Under the agreement, Wärtsilä is optimising maintenance efficiency through improved Turbocharger maintenance,...

    http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/04/wartsila-and-royal-caribbean-extend-their-partnership-to-2028/

    Fully Autonomous Cargo Ships Face Enormous Challenges

    A consortium of Norwegian firms, including Yara International, Vard, and Kongsberg, announced on September 2017, that they’d start testing the hull design of the YARA Birkenland at a test-tank facility in Trondheim.

    When it’s completely built, it would be the small ship with 3,200 Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT), and the first to operate fully autonomous to enter commercial service.

    Hull under test

    Later this year, according to the timeline set by the developers and the regulators (led by the Norwegian...

    http://mfame.guru/fully-autonomous-cargo-ships-face-enormous-challenges/

    New Break Bulk Optimiser Solution

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has introduced a new Breakbulk cargo stowage solution, the Breakbulk Optimiser, that enables operators to rapidly and optimally plan the stowage of many different cargoes, increasing vessel utilisation rates significantly and therefore improving business performance.

    First cloud-based automated app

    “The MacGregor Breakbulk Optimiser is the first automated, cloud-based application for the optimised stowage of breakbulk and general cargoes,” says Magnus Sjöberg, Senior...

    http://mfame.guru/new-break-bulk-optimiser-solution/

    Newport Shipping Group Purchases 100 Scrubbers

    Newport Shipping’s COO Roy Yap (seated left) and Puyier General Manager Ryan Gao sign a partnership agreement for the supply Puyier’s marine exhaust cleaning systems

    Newport Shipping Group has purchased 100 scrubbers with options for an additional 100 units from Chinese scrubber manufacturer Weihai Puyi Marine Environmental Technology Co (Puyier).

    The bulk purchase of scrubbers, which aims to safeguard shipowners against any price hikes or production bottlenecks as demand increases, coincides...

    http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/03/newport-shipping-group-purchases-100-scrubbers/

    NYK Introduces Next-generation Ship’s Bridge

    NYK has completed the developed a ship bridge based on its new concept and it is ready to be deployed on a large container ship.

    Key aspects

    The model is capable of being integrated with information and bridge system that has been optimally and ergonomically arranged and designed to take advantage of the Internet of Things aspects of instruments and to improve the safety and efficiency of vessel operation.

    Human error main cause of accidents

    According to NYK, half of the marine accidents are caused...

    http://mfame.guru/nyk-introduces-next-generation-ships-bridge/

    Autonomous Ship Challenges – MOL Conducts Onboard Test

    On September 26, the MOL announced to conduct a demonstration test on a ferry equipped with the Intelligence Awareness System (IAS) along with the U.K.-based Rolls-Royce Marine.

    Autonomous ships

    The ferry is operated by MOL Group company Ferry Sunflower Co., Ltd., and services Japan’s Seto Inland Sea route.

    The company is constantly striving to develop safer and efficient vessel operation while taking a proactive stance on research and development of autonomous ships. Autonomous sailing requires...

    http://mfame.guru/autonomous-ship-challenges-mol-conducts-onboard-test/

    Blockchain set back, as cryptocurrency failures deter confused freight industry

    Fear of cryptocurrencies and confusion over what blockchain really is are two key reasons holding the freight industry back from embracing the technology.
    Blockchain infrastructure can make transactions more secure, faster and simpler. But its link to cryptocurrencies, which is what it was originally developed for, has been a setback, as businesses confuse the recent failures of cryptocurrencies with blockchain.
    “People still don’t know the difference between blockchain and cryptocurrency,”...

    https://theloadstar.co.uk/blockchain-set-back-cryptocurrency-failures-deter-confused-freight-industry/

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