Tech
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Ammonia-ready option ups VLCC newbuild price tag by $22m
Additional costs to enables very large crude carrier (VLCC) to run on LNG rather than conventional fuel are about $20m,…
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Shearwater collaborates with Norwegian operators on seismic survey tech
Norwegian offshore seismic vessel player Shearwater GeoServices has joined forces with Equinor, Vår Energi and Lundin Energy Norway to accelerate…
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Japan celebrates landmark unmanned boxship voyage
A containership has completed an unmanned voyage between two ports in Japan as the nation continues to lead world shipping…
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The year in maritime technology
Su Yin Anand and Tabitha Logan, the co-founders of maritime pitch competition The Captain’s Table, identify the likely tech trends…
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Maersk Supply Service launches offshore vessel charging venture
Maersk Supply Service (MSS), part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, is rolling out its offshore vessel charging venture, Stillstrom, to support the…
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Wärtsilä methanol engines to debut on Van Oord’s wind farm installation newbuild
Finnish marine technology group Wärtsilä has received its first order for newbuild methanol-fuelled engines that will power a new offshore…
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Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi: Shipmanagement gets the hologram treatment
Business travel is not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels for many years. One maritime company determined to stay in…
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SDTR Marine joins SDARI and ABS on methanol-fuelled bulker design
An 85,000 dwt methanol-fuelled bulk carrier has been designed in a joint development project between Singapore-based shipowner SDTR Marine, American…
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Michelin to debut inflatable sail this year
French tire manufacturer Michelin is pressing ahead to commercialise its automated, telescopic, inflatable wing sail system for ships, with the…
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Hamburg port leads drone development
Hamburg port is to press ahead with the use of automated drones across many of its operations with a view…
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Maritime tech in 2022
Kicking off our maritime tech forecast Manish Singh, CEO of Ocean Technologies Group, neatly sums up likely developments in 2022.…
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White paper shows dry bulk’s path to zero emissions
Independent nonprofit organisation the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has published a white paper in which it shows how…
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Ørsted takes stake in Swedish e-methanol project
Danish utility Ørsted is expanding its footprint in green fuels with the acquisition of a 45% stake in FlagshipONE e-methanol…
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Windward partners with Maritech on digital shipping platform
London-listed Israeli predictive maritime intelligence firm Windward has partnered with maritime software-as-a-service provider Maritech Services, as part of the Sea/…
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Baltic Exchange and TradeFlow launch escrow transaction for commodity trades
The Baltic Exchange and fintech-enabled fund manager TradeFlow Capital Management have completed a pilot escrow transaction as part of a…
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Hyundai Heavy pitches itself as a tech leader at CES in Las Vegas
With shipping shows cancelling en masse because of Covid-19, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has taken a different marketing…
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Conoship unveils its next series of vessels
Dutch firm Conoship International Projects has revealed a design for six “future proof” ships ordered by an undisclosed client at…
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Navtor makes digital logbooks move with Ingenium Marine buy
Norwegian e-navigation specialist Navtor is to integrate digital logbooks into its product portfolio, having signed a deal to acquire Indian…
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Scrubber carbon capture conversion tests show signs of success
Scrubber manufacturer Langh Tech, which doubles up as a shipowner via sister firm Langh Ship, has started researching the possibility…
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Ammonia-fuelled newcastlemax project makes headway
An innovative ammonia-fuelled newcastlemax bulker design from Anglo-Eastern Technical Services (AETS), a technical consulting arm of Hong Kong-based shipmanagement giant…
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