by Mariska Buitendijk | May 12, 2022 | Digitalisation, Emissions, Energy transition, Marine fuels, News, Renewables, Ship propulsion, Shipping
Uncomfortable and discouraging. That is how maritime economist Martin Stopford characterises how maritime businesses must be feeling now that they are facing the energy transition, digitalisation and the current geopolitical situation. His advice in terms of switching...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 28, 2022 | Digitalisation, News, Shipping
Hapag-Lloyd will equip its entire container fleet with real-time tracking devices. After successfully introducing real-time monitoring for its reefer container fleet in 2019 with the IoT product Hapag-Lloyd LIVE, the company will start to install newly developed...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 26, 2022 | Digitalisation, Dredging, Maritime research, News, Offshore, Offshore wind
Jan De Nul Group joins forces with Seiche Ltd to start trials for the development of an automated marine mammal detection system on board of its vessels. To this purpose, Seiche’s visual and thermal cameras have been installed on board the vessel Adhémar de...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 11, 2022 | Autonomous operation, Digitalisation, Heavy lift, Maritime research, News, Offshore
Palfinger has won a ten-year framework agreement to develop and implement remotely operated cranes. In total, the company will supply six electric cranes for four platforms of Aker BP in Norway. Palfinger is to equip Aker BP’s new installations with state-of-the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 1, 2022 | Digitalisation, Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ports
Throughput in the Port of Rotterdam in 2021 matched the pre-pandemic level of 2019. Almost all goods types were up on last year. The increase in total throughput was 7.3 per cent compared to 2020 and a record number of 15.3 million TEU containers were handled, up 6.6...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 25, 2022 | Digitalisation, News, Offshore, Offshore wind
Fugro has signed a four-year agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors for survey and positioning support services on board Heerema’s heavy lift crane vessels. Survey geo-data and positioning support will assist Heerema in identifying seabed structures and debris...
