Maritime product news & launch announcements

Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has secured a significant new commitment to its Fleet Hotspot internet portal service, following an extension of its Fleet Xpress service agreement with leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) transport group Petredec. Fleet Hotspot has been designed by Inmarsat to give crew onboard access to high-speed connectivity with the freedom to use their own devices. As the owner of one of the most modern fleets of specialized...

Babcock the aerospace, defense and security company has launched a dynamic new approach within global shipbuilding that enables international customers to build and support the company’s Arrowhead 140™ frigate (AH140) in-country, delivering a range of potential economic and social benefits to local and national communities. Arrowyard™ developed from Babcock’s rich engineering know-how and shipbuilding experience, brings together a comprehensive range of technology and...

In an industry first, ABS has launched an advanced service using sophisticated modelling and simulation technologies to assess the impact of a wide range of vessel decarbonisation technologies at the design stage as well as simplifying EEXI and CII compliance. The SIM-based Energy Efficiency Evaluation Service will allow both new-build vessels and existing vessels to compare different design and operational options and evaluate the performance impact of adding new technologies. This is just th...

The NAUTIS team at VSTEP is developing a state-of-the-art, user-focused remote simulator. This highly flexible simulator with a single device operation capability will aid in conducting seamless maritime simulation training sessions, accessible from any part of the world. Remote maritime simulation training Remote training is a rapidly emerging trend in the market, and the need for remote solutions has been further heightened with the current global pandemic.  NAUTIS...

In response to the continued strong Transpacific market demand and to further support the challenging service schedules for North America West Coast, MSC is pleased to announce two new weekly shuttles, connecting south and central China with Long Beach. Rotation of services The rotation of MSC’s new Puma service will be as follows, with the first sailing by MSC Bhavya, ETD DaChan Bay on 3 October: DaChan Bay – Shekou – Long Beach – DaChan Bay  The rotatio...

CMA CGM is pleased to announce the launch of the INDAMEX 2, a complementary service to the current INDAMEX, offering optimized connections to/from the INDIAN SUBCONTINENT and the US EAST COAST. With this new loop, CMA CGM strengthens its service offer on the trade, in order to match customers' strong demand. 8 vessels will be deployed (3 of them operated by CMA CGM), providing the only nonstop service between ISC and US EAST COAST in both directions. Service will start at the end of October...

Where winters are harshest, the toughest technology is required for marine operations to continue uninterrupted during the frozen months. For 30 years, Azipod® propulsion has proven to be up to the task, keeping harbours open and moving goods and people through the most challenging sea ice conditions on the planet. A revolution from the start, Azipod® technology has continued to break new ground, or ice, throughout its lifetime. More than 90 ice-going vessels equipped with Azipod® p...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has been granted Approval in Principle (AIP) from the French Classification Society Bureau Veritas (BV) for a cargo tank system to be mounted in a liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier. MHI Group is pursuing a range of strategic measures to strengthen businesses related to the energy transition, and establishing a CO2 ecosystem is a key part of that effort. Further, Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilisation, and Storage...

Shabnum Hanif, Ocean Infinity’s Offshore Business Line Director discusses how Digital Twin technology can enhance offshore Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR). It’s become commonplace to see more and more digital visualisation tools being used in many industries. The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) itself is almost used in the vocabulary, as much as ‘milk and two sugars’. Thinking about all these newly available technologies (from robot dogs to driverless cars), f...

MAN Energy Solutions has announced that its MAN B&W ME-GA engine – the latest addition to its dual-fuel portfolio – has landed 40 orders since its market unveiling in March 2021.   The company attributes the order surge to the market’s demand for the latest generation of Otto-cycle, two-stroke engines and the low levels of methane slip it can unlock. Authority Comments Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President and Head of Two-Stroke Business, MAN Energy Solutions,...

With its dedicated customer portal, AuraNow is the first maritime VSAT solution of its kind, empowering vessel and fleet managers to control their communications on-demand.  Through the easy-to-use portal, customers can monitor their communications and make changes at the touch of a button to support varying data requirements. This one-stop-shop enables direct access to our communications management platform in order to make any required connectivity changes quickly, eliminating lead times...

Global survival technology provider - Survitec has re-launched its lifeboat inspection solution, underpinned by the company’s novel ‘Hub and Spoke’ network model. Lifeboat Inspection 402, devised in line with regulations mandated in 2020 under SOLAS Chapter III & IMO MSC.402 (96), has been enhanced to deliver greater flexibility and convenience to vessel operators. Lifeboat Inspection 402 solution Metkel Yohannes, Survitec’s Lifeboat Product Category Manager, said:...

Tokyo-based renowned maritime services and classification society, ClassNK has announced the release of their ‘ClassNK Technical Journal’. ‘ClassNK Technical Journal’ The purpose of the publication, ‘ClassNK Technical Journal’, is contributing to the development of the maritime industry, by publishing the outcome of R&D (Research & Development) and technical activities. The latest issue ‘Class NK Technical Journal No.3 2021 (I)’ focuses...

Satcom Global is breaking new ground with the launch of AuraNow, a maritime VSAT solution offering unprecedented flexibility, enabling simultaneous access to high-performance bandwidth along with significant cost savings. For the very first time, vessel managers and owners will be empowered to make unlimited changes to their onboard connectivity. They will have the ability to upgrade, downgrade and even suspend their service on-demand via a dedicated and secure customer portal. Unlike existin...

Inmarsat Maritime Ventures, a subsidiary of Inmarsat, mobile satellite communications, has signed an agreement with SRH Connect (SRH) for SRH to acquire Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband customer base in Greece and Cyprus.  The SRH acquisition involves customer contracts purchased by Inmarsat Maritime Ventures from Speedcast at the beginning of this year. SRH already provides customer support for Inmarsat’s Fleet Network Manager portfolio after signing a customer support agreement in M...

With the International Maritime Organization (IMO) targeting a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is becoming a natural choice for ship owners in the transition to carbon-neutral fuels. Methane slip regulations are a possibility on the horizon, but Alfa Laval and global Swiss engine developer - Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) have already cooperated on a solution. Alfa Laval PureCool system The Alfa Laval PureCool system is the main compon...

The Schurmann Family is the first Brazilian family to circumnavigate the world on a sailboat named Kat and they have done this a few times already. Based on their expertise from over 36 years of sea expeditions, the Shurmann Family has given their contributions to the nations and people to raise awareness about marine pollution.   As their most recent initiative, the Schurmann family has been leading a worldwide campaign to raise awareness to minimize pollution in the oceans called V...

Sustainable use of the ocean and marine resources is a key part of Aker BioMarine’s strategy. To achieve this, the company has invested heavily in technology that contributes to more sustainable fishery and fishery management. In order to collect detailed data on the krill biomass, Aker BioMarine launched an unmanned solar-powered ocean data drone (Sailbuoy) early in 2020. Now the company has made another important investment, buying a specially designed USV from Kongsberg Maritime. Unm...

  In May 2021, Maastricht Maersk arrived at APM Terminals Maasvlakte II in Rotterdam, carrying on board two iconic Maersk containers, painted skillfully with a rainbow to celebrate diversity and inclusion. The Rainbow containers were displayed at APM Terminals Maasvlakte II until 16 May, giving the employees of the terminal and of other A.P. Moller - Maersk brands a chance to sign the inside of the boxes, as a symbol of their own personal commitment to diversity and inclusion.   One...

Co-developed by HHI Group and the state-run Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), HiNAS automatically recognises surrounding vessels through camera analysis via artificial intelligence (AI) to determine and alert the risk of collision based on augmented reality (AR). Particularly noteworthy about this advanced navigation support system is that even when visibility is limited at night or by sea fog, it can analyse and provide comprehensive information, such as the locatio...

HHI-EMD (Hyundai Heavy Industries' Engine Machinery Division) has placed a world-first order for the low-speed ME-GA engine, the latest edition to MAN Energy Solutions’ dual-fuel portfolio.   HHI-EMD has ordered 2 x 5G70ME-GA10.5 engines for each of 6 x 174,000-m3 LNG carriers for shipowners KLC (2 vessels), PANOcean (2), Knutsen (1), and JP Morgan (1). Hyundai’s Shipbuilding Division (HHI-SBD) will construct the vessels in Korea, which will be chartered by Shell Tankers (Sing...

"The deliveries will last way into the 2030s and is an important and strategic milestone that strengthens our foothold in Europe with Germany as an important and near partner." "Our cooperation with Germany for submarine technology extends over several decades. With this new and expanded industrial cooperation the partnership is taken to a new level that will have great importance for Norwegian technology development and value creation,” says Geir Håøy, CEO of KONGSBERG....

SDIS 33 (Fire & Rescue Service 33 in Bordeaux, France) has recently signed a contract with VSTEP Simulation for the delivery of two Response Simulator stations and two extension set-ups together with its vast maritime, aviation, and industrial content packages.   With the RS solution, the firefighters in Bordeaux can train for various crisis situations and ultimately, enhance the safety of the area. About SDIS 33 SDIS 33 is an autonomous public department that operates i...

The twin solution from Kongsberg Digital will reimagine the ways of working at Shell and unlock new value in the subsea and subsurface arena. By focusing efforts on digital solutions that scale across assets and installations it is easy to expand and integrate Ormen Lange into the existing onshore dynamic digital twin developed at Nyhamna gas processing facility, resulting in the first-ever fully integrated reservoir to the market digital twin. Partnership development Nyhamna Dynamic Digi...

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has ordered 6 x MAN B&W 11G95ME-GI Mk10.5 main engines in connection with the building of 6 x ultra-large, 23,500+-TEU container vessels for Hapag-Lloyd, one of the world’s foremost liner shipping companies.   The new order stems from an option associated with an identical order for six such vessels originally announced in December 2020, where Hapag-Lloyd also chose the environmentally-friendly ME-GI engine. Production and del...

Kognitwin Energy is Kongsberg Digital’s digital twin Software-as-a-Service platform that enables operators to integrate and contextualise data from their IT and OT systems and enable advanced process and flow simulation to drive higher degrees of asset performance and collaboration. Open ecosystem Kognitwin Energy enables an open ecosystem of applications through an API-driven integration approach Operators apply Kognitwin Energy to drive a strategic transformation agenda that allows t...

In a steel-cut ceremony at BAE Systems shipyard in Glasgow, His Royal Highness, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, set the plasma cutting machine to work on the first plate of steel for the third Type 26 frigate, HMS BELFAST.   Minister of State for Defense Baroness Goldie, together with employees and representatives from the Scottish Government, Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defense, joined the celebrations.  Delivering anti-submarine warfare capability The event marks an i...

Hapag-Lloyd has commissioned the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to build six ships, each with a capacity of over 23,500 TEU. The container liner shipping company had already placed an order for six ships of the same size at the end of 2020. Thus, the fleet will be expanded by a dozen 23,500+ TEU ships in total. The large container ships will be outfitted with a state-of-the-art high-pressure dual-fuel engine that will be extremely fuel-efficient. Their engine...

Iridium Communications Inc. announced that the Iridium Certus® 200 service is commercially available for maritime, land mobile, and government markets. The new service class offers the best performance-to-value in the industry for maritime and land-mobile applications, with aviation solutions targeting late 2021. Unlike competing L-band broadband services that require a large antenna dome, Iridium Certus 200 offers uncompressed transmission speeds up to 176 Kbps and up to three high-quality...

Iridium Communications Inc., announces that the Iridium Certus® 200 service is commercially available for maritime, land mobile, and government markets. The new service class offers the best performance-to-value in the industry for maritime and land-mobile applications, with aviation solutions targeting late 2021. Unlike competing L-band broadband services that require a large antenna dome, Iridium Certus 200 offers uncompressed transmission speeds up to 176 Kbps and up to three high-qual...