Maritime Industry Case Studies

Nava started out as an agriculture company that cleverly combined Italy’s Mediterranean climate, biodiversity and its favourable agronomic conditions, to grow high-quality grapes. In 2001, their passion to share Italy’s premium produce with the world, led them to become the prominent trader that they are today. And why not, as Italy is strategically located with access to major world markets. Nava’s initial years were spent successfully trading their much-loved grapes, with ma...

Modern, sustainable, practical and ready-to-assemble is how one would define the entire catalogue of the Swedish customer – the world’s most extensive furniture manufacturer.   Ever since its founding in the 1940s, the company has been laser-focused on making affordable products for its customers. These values, combined with their DIY designs and environment-friendly policies, make them a household name in over 50 countries. The challenge Moving empty containers back a...

Retail is one of those industries that demand extraordinary logistical agility. To achieve that, it’s essential to make sure that every step of the supply chain is efficient and organised enough to accommodate the ever-changing need for speed.   The customer is one of the top ten retailers in the world with stores across the globe. They have established themselves as a brand that always has the right offer for their customers, and at a consistently competitive price point. The ch...

Kongsberg Maritime is pleased to announce that it will be supplying a portfolio of SIMRAD sonar equipment for a new 75 metres Pelagic trawler, currently in build at Karstensen’s Shipyard in Skagen, Denmark. Commissioned in partnership by Scottish fishing companies - Northbay Fishing Co. Ltd and Wiseman Fishing Co. Ltd, the new vessel – to be called Artemis – will be based in Banff, Scotland. Artemis, Pelagic trawler Pelagic trawlers target fish in the mid- and surface water,...

These quality boilers will be installed in the NB1105 Arctic Freezer Trawler and delivered to the owner PF Havborg from the Faroe Islands in 2022. Steam will be delivered by the MCS Combined Steam Boiler utilising the exhaust heat and is equipped with an MDO atomising burner. PARAT will also deliver an MVH Oil-Fired Smoke Tube Boiler for Hot Water. Equipment delivery The system will be delivered with a Feed water tank, water treatment, heat exchangers, hot water boiler, pumps, and s...

Petredec Holdings (Eastern) PTE Ltd has announced the signing of a contract for the construction of 3+3 × 93,000 cbm LPG carriers at Jiangnan Shipyard in China. Each vessel will be powered by individual MAN B&W 6G60ME-LGIP dual-fuel engines, capable of running on LPG. Environmentally friendly solution Philip Harwood, Petredec Fleet Director, stated “Petredec has always been at the forefront of new technology and this order continues our tradition of investing in the most effi...

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract worth NOK 200 million with Spanish shipbuilder - Navantia to supply propeller systems for five F110 frigates, currently in construction for the Spanish Navy. These next-generation vessels are designed to follow on from Navantia’s F100 frigate. Egil Haugsdal, President of Kongsberg Maritime, says, “We are very pleased to be working with Navantia on this project.”  Supplier of naval propulsion equipment Egil Haugsdal continues...

The PARAT High Voltage Electrode Steam boiler will be installed at their power station in Weisweiler, Germany owned by RWE Power AG. The PARAT IEH Electrode Steam Boiler has a 10kV connection with 23 barg Design Pressure and 220°C Design temperature. There will also be a superheater installed that is lifting the steam temperature. The Auxiliary Steam will be used for starting and shutting down a Power Plant block. The project for this Power to Heat plant will be done in cooperation with Kra...

As the marine industry races to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre is taking a key role. The 2800 sq. m testing space, already equipped for the modern oil and gas fuels, has been readied for testing with biofuels. In the coming years, the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre will accumulate knowledge that is vital to a carbon-free future. Partnership with biofuels in focus Alfa Laval, bio-fuel producer, MASH Energy and ship owner, DFDS have ente...

PARAT IEH 31MW High Voltage Electrode Steam boiler will be installed at their power station in Niederaußem, Germany. This is the second order from RWE Power AG. The PARAT IEH Electrode Steam Boiler has a 10kV connection with 19 barg Design Pressure and 212°C Design temperature. The Auxiliary Steam will be used for starting and shutting down a Power Plant block. The project for this Power to Heat plant will be done in cooperation with Kraftanlagen München. The RWE Power AG P...

Evergreen Line is proud to announce its fifth new, 12,000 TEU class F-type containership, Ever Fortune, was delivered at the Geoje Shipyard of Samsung Heavy Industries on October 30. Upon delivery, the ship was immediately put into service on the Asia-US East Coast (AUE) route, providing urgently needed space for global commerce. This brand-new containership recently completed cargo loading in Ningbo and Xiamen, and berthed at Kaohsiung on November 10. From there, it will proceed to Hong Kong a...

Tokyo – Leading Classification Society, ClassNK has granted its ‘Digital Smart Ship (DSS)’ notation for ‘SAKURA LEADER’, LNG-fuelled PCTC, which was ordered to Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd., by NYK Line. The vessel is marked with the first ‘DSS’ on its notation in ClassNK’s registry. 'Guidelines for Digital Smart Ship' As a part of the society’s new initiative, ‘Innovation Endorsement’, aiming to certify innovations utilising...

MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply complete propulsion packages to two OPV-45 offshore patrol vessels currently under construction at Israel Shipyards in Haifa. The contract covers two identical shipsets, each featuring 2 × MAN 16V175D-MM engines (2,960kW at 1900 rpm) and gearboxes, as well as ALPHA FPP propellers with struts and Alphatronic 3000 propulsion control systems. Features of MAN 175D type The MAN 175D type is ideally suited to demanding naval applications and...

Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has just signed a new contract with the maritime services and solutions provider MacGregor to deliver a Pile Gripper Guidance System (PGGS) for the OHT Alfa Lift. Scheduled for delivery in 2021, Alfa Lift will be the world’s largest custom-built offshore wind foundation installation vessel, equipped with a 3,000t main crane. The ship’s 10,000+ m2 ‘smart’ deck will carry up to 14 XL monopiles per voyage and will also be fully submersible to a dep...

MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, has announced the conclusion of a project involving the retrofitting of an SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system to a fishing trawler operated by the Norwegian shipping company, Ivan Ulsund Rederi. As a result, the ‘Brusøyskjær’ enjoys reduced NOx levels that surpass IMO Tier III standards, while its MAN 6L27/38 main engine enjoys a reduced fuel-oil consumption owing to other work. NOx emissions redu...

MAN Energy Solutions has announced the latest order for its MAN 175D four-stroke engines, in connection with the building of four corvettes for the Finnish Navy. Each of the four corvette ships will be equipped with 4 × MAN 12V175D-MEL GenSets, with a total output of 7,700 kW (4 × 1920 kW) – in total, 16 GenSets. Jyrki Heinimaa, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), said “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the negotiations were challenging and...

Kongsberg Maritime is pleased to announce the sale of four HUGIN AUV systems to the Indian Defence Public Sector shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), located in Kolkata, India. This sale has been conducted in collaboration with Kongsberg Maritime India, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime. HiPAP 502 acoustic positioning and communication systems The purchase, which also includes HiPAP 502 high-accuracy acoustic positioning and communication systems to suppo...

Jan De Nul Group recently announced that its trailing suction hopper dredger, ‘Alexander von Humboldt, had completed 2,000 hours of operation on 100% renewable, second-generation Biofuel Oil (BFO). The vessel is powered by 2 × MAN 12V32/40 and 1 × MAN 7L32/40 main engines. Jan De Nul Group reports that this major milestone represents the longest continuous use of 100% sustainable marine biofuel in the maritime industry and states that the achievement further reinforces the...

Kongsberg Maritime announce that it has been contracted to design and equip a highly innovative vessel for the Norwegian krill processing firm Rimfrost. The ship is to be built by Westcon, who will complete the vessel at their facility in Norway after initial construction at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. It is expected that the 120m ship will be ready to begin operations in 2022. The contract has been awarded in several stages during 2020, with the final stage signed in September 2020. The...

Shell has signed an enterprise agreement with Kongsberg Digital for digital twin software to be deployed across its assets and capital projects. Kognitwin® Energy Software-as-a-Service The Kognitwin® Energy Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) solution will provide integration, visualisation, and analytics capabilities to Shell assets globally. The solution will be supplied through Kongsberg Digital’s cloud-native Kognitwin® Energy dynamic digital twin service plat...

Kongsberg Maritime is celebrating the signing of a contract with Vard to deliver its sonars to the Norwegian Coastguard. The sonars will be used onboard three new craft planned for launch between 2022 and 2024, replacing the existing Nordkapp-class vessels. Active hull-mounted sonar KONGSBERG will equip the new 136-meter, ice-strengthened vessels with its SS1221 sonars, which boast acoustic properties which make them ideally suited for multiple operations safeguarding Norwegian territorial wat...

Kongsberg Maritime announce that it has been contracted by Island Offshore, a Norwegian provider of high-quality solutions for the offshore oil industry, to supply turnkey hybrid battery solutions for three of the firm’s UT 776 CD-design Platform Supply Vessels. Hybrid craft with increased efficiency  Two of the ships, Island Crusader and Island Contender, previously operated with a combination of Bergen LNG engines and Bergen Diesel engines, while the Island Commander deploys four...

A Greek ferry operator made the decision to replace the 30-year old engines onboard one of its vessels, with two new MaK 8M32C diesel main propulsion engines. The welding preparations and rigging were handled by the shipyard personnel, but the owner sought Goltens’ expertise for proper installation of the engines on the foundations. This included precision alignment of the engines to the gear boxes and chocking of the engines in place. MaK 8M32C diesel main propulsion engines Goltens pr...

Ocean Infinity, the marine robotics company has completed its recent project for ExxonMobil, within the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. sustainable service The project involved acquiring high-resolution geophysical and geotechnical data through the simultaneous deployment of multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), in water depths of between 70m and 2150m over an area of approximately 3,100 square km. The project demonstrated the Company’s commitment to the safest and most sus...

  The customer is one of the top fast fashion companies globally. Initially founded as a textile manufacturer, they are now a global brand with over 1000 stores around the world. Challenge The customer was battling with high intangible logistics costs along with concerns over 77% of cargo arriving at destination 10 days earlier than required. This was leading to overflow and capacity issues, as well as increased detention & demurrage – and the costs that come with it. They wa...

Kongsberg Maritime (KM) is pleased to announce a milestone order which will see the company making its first delivery of large-size waterjets to Incat, Tasmania-based designers and builders of high-speed, environmentally-efficient wave-piercing catamaran ferries. The scope of supply for the Incat newbuild currently designated ‘Hull 097’ exemplifies KM’s attention to detail while also demonstrating the company’s willingness to carry out bespoke modifications to suit cli...

PARAT Halvorsen AS will replace a 30-year-old PARAT vertical combined Oil-fired/Exhaust Gas Steam Boiler, Coned Type, with a brand new PARAT boiler with exactly the same outer dimensions, modified hatches, and a new modern oil-fired burner. DNV-GL Class. It has also upgraded the control panel and installed a touch screen for easy boiler control. San Enterprise is a stern type deep-sea trawler and has the ability to produce fillets (block and shatter-pack), H&G, squid tubes, and fishmeal. Th...

Kongsberg Maritime has signed its first contract for a state-of-the-art ROV launch & recovery system (LARS), specifically designed to handle remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from unmanned vessels. The contract has been signed with Ocean Infinity, which will install the system on their Armada fleet of cutting-edge robotic ships. Electric drive system LARS uses a purely electric drive system, making it more environmentally sustainable, reducing maintenance KONGSBERG’s LARS is an...

  Early businesses operated on the simplistic theory of demand and supply. High demand meant increased production and low demand meant reduced production. As trade grew complex, businesses started focusing on other crucial details like storage costs and proximity to markets. These helped them in devising advanced inventory solutions and efficient supply chain planning methodologies. Maersk's customer, a polymer producer, and distributor (based out of the Middle East), was struggling wit...

A top tier General Merchandise importer into North America selected Maersk Customs Services to optimise vessel level clearance. The importer was paying a high amount of Merchandise Processing Fees (MPF) on an annual basis. Administration costs and reconciliation were increasing as the company grew its imports year-on-year. A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) took on the challenge and provided an efficient solution. The challenge The importer was paying a high amount of Merchandise Processin...