Our Maritime Business Magazines

Alewijnse Marine Systems will design and install a new electric propulsion drive using a DC bus system – designed in close cooperation with Vacon – for the main electric installation of three Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) to be built at Shipkits B.V. While the design of the drive is highly innovative, the application of...

Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) is pleased to supply Incat Crowther USA, a passenger vessel design company, upgrades to their Autohydro Pro hydrostatics and stability software. Autohydro provides naval architects with many important tools for assessment and approval of passenger vessel designs. Autohydro 6.4 included a major update to handle the SOLAS 2009 probabilistic rules...

27 January 2011 was a milestone in the development of the unique Remora HiLoad DP as it completed its final sea trials before live field implementation. HiLoad is a revolutionary deepwater offshore loading terminal, made possible by innovative vessel design and the use of a cutting-edge Kongsberg Maritime Integrated Automation System (IAS). The DNV...

Kees Muller of leading towage and salvage specialist Multraship, pictured here with his wife Heleen, has received a knighthood from Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in recognition of his contribution over many years to promoting the maritime sector in general – and Multraship and the port of Terneuzen, the Netherlands, in particular – and...

A new contract to supply ships services to one of the world’s largest chemical transportation fleets, Jo Tankers, has strengthened Wilhelmsen Ships Service‘s port coverage for the customer in the USA. Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has been contracted to provide services in the ports of Houston, Freeport and New York by Jo Tankers, which...

Imtech Marine  targets to double its revenue up to EUR 1 billion euro in 2015, by means  of organic growth and acquisitions. Eric van den Adel, managing director Imtech Marine: ‘Imtech provides custom-made state-of-the-art technology solutions in many maritime market segments. Our vision is to be an independent top player in the global maritime market and a true...

Today, having performed the official naming ceremony, the words of Mrs A.M. Van Oord-Groen, wife of Mr Drs J.G. Van Oord, former chairman of the board of directors and former commissioner of Van Oord, guided the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Athena from the slipway of the IHC Merwede yard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. Van Oord’s...

Apart from improving handling and making installation of systems at the shipyard easier Raytheon Anschütz says its new NautoSteer AS new advanced steering control sets highest standards of safety at sea. NautoSteer AS is based on CAN bus technology, whereas all important components such as follow-up amplifiers, autopilots, interface units and alarm monitoring units...

After a three year development and testing period, Dutch maritime IT and electronics supplier NetWave Systems have started the delivery of their MarLiant systems. The fully redundant IT system for the maritime environment is a ‘deployment ready’ thin-client/server solution, which incorporates dedicated service-processors to cover the ‘high availability’ and security issues encountered on ships...

Friday 4 February, Multraship christened its two newest azimuth stern-drive multipurpose tugs in a special ceremony at the Portaal van Vlaanderen in Terneuzen, the Netherlands,. Joan Nuijten-Muller of Multraship performed the christening ceremony on Multratug 18, whereas Eline Muller of Multraship, meanwhile, christened Multratug 3. Both tugs were ‘accompanied’ by Multraship’s upgraded 600t floating sheerlegs...

Effective immediately Stone Marine Services (SMS) will be the official Schottel sales partner for Namibia and South Africa. SMS has been a successful Schottel partner for UK and the Republic of Ireland already. Schottel claims this is a further step towards enhanced commitment to the customer. SMS has an outstanding knowledge of Schottel propulsion...

Wärtsilä‘s Board of Directors has appointed Mr Björn Rosengren M.Sc. (Tech.) as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. He will assume the position on 1 September 2011, succeeding Mr Ole Johansson, who will retire. Currently Mr Rosengren works as Senior Executive Vice President Atlas Copco AB and as Business Area President for...

FLAGSHIP has achieved major advances in accurately measuring on-board power requirements and thereby enabling a reduction in fuel consumption through the FLAGSHIP-EEM (Energy Efficiency Monitoring) project. The developed system allows for the continuous evaluation of power requirements at every stage of a vessel’s voyage, with improved fuel consumption reducing operational costs and the environmental...

Wärtsilä Propulsion Services portfolio contacted International Business Research (IBR) to do research in Mexico. The IBR research project offers unique opportunities for Dutch companies and the aim of this research is to give Wärtsilä Propulsion portfolio insights in the Mexican market. They are interested in local developments and the preferences of potential customers. There...

The Emergency Seal from Cargo Care Solutions is a rubber sealing which can be pressed in the cross joint to give extra security for the weather tightness of hatch covers. The emergency rubber sealing which can be used repeatedly is causing quite a stir at maritime trade shows and proving popular with customers. It’s...

Tourism operator, Mary D Enterprises, has selected Austal to design and construct a 35 metre high speed mono-hull passenger ferry, heralding the second Austal-built vessel for the Noumea-based company. The ferry will carry 138 passengers on two decks and is principally intended for operation between Noumea and Amadee Island, but will also service other...

The UK’s marine industries contribute GBP 3.7 billion to the UK economy each year, according to figures released today by the Marine Industries Leadership Council. Comprising well over 5,000 companies, the marine industries employ around 120,000 people across the UK and have a combined turnover of GBP 10 billion. Case studies demonstrating the breadth...

Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered a CSD500 to Kazachstan from stock. The cutter suction dredger has started on its first job, working on a 14 km long irrigation channel. The channel links an artificial lake to the surrounding farmland. The channel is to be created from scratch; the total job will comprise dredging some...

The Port of Cork Company (PoCC), which operates Ireland’s premier south coast port, has agreed to use Castrol Marine‘s range of environmentally-responsible lubricants, to further reduce its environmental footprint and protect the sensitive waters in which it operates. Castrol Marine’s Bio Range of environmentally-responsible lubricants are designed for use throughout a vessel where leakage...

Rob Chesters (picture) has been appointed as Business Manager for Regulatory Products and Services at Wilhelmsen Ship Service. Chesters will work on the company’s new concept offers in the field of Regulatory Products and Services (rebranded from ‘Safety and Environment’). The service concepts will be built around customer needs and regulation requirements and will be...

Jotun, one of the leading manufacturers of paints, coatings and powder coatings, has acknowledged the steep rise in the cost of raw materials through 2010 used in some of their coatings. This rise in costs has significantly affected all paints and coatings manufacturers worldwide. Consequently, Jotun has been forced to increase prices on some of its...

Dockwise has appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea as the shipbuilding yard for its Type 0 (T-0) super vessel. HHI is scheduled to deliver the vessel during the last quarter of 2012, following sea trials, when it is intended to undertake its initial commercial voyage. With an overall deck size of 275 x 70...

A major refit of crew accommodation on the Thomson Cruises‘ vessel  Island Escape has ensured a bright start to 2011 for Southampton-based marine outfitters Trimline. A team of more than 60 Trimline personnel is carrying out the two-month project, rebuilding 74 crew cabins, in the Lisnave yard in Lisbon and is set to apply the...

On Wednesday, February 2, 2011, Binyah C Kesselly, Commissioner of the Liberia Maritime Authority and new Permanent Representative to IMO for Liberia, presented IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E Mitropoulos with a cheque for the sum of GBP 2,826,000 (USD 4.52m) to cover the 2011 payment. Mr Mitropoulos confirmed that this is the single largest payment...

This week, Jan De Nul Group reached an agreement with Construcciones Navales del Norte in Bilbao, Spain, for the construction of a very large fallpipe and mining vessel, designated build JDN 8626 and a sister vessel of the Simon Stevin (picture). In this way, the group kicks off the investment programme 2010-2013, after the successful...