DNK launches anti-jamming programme for vessels
Den Norske Krigsforsikring for Skib (DNK) has launched an innovative programme to provide members access to Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (A-PNT) services. These services can counter the growing risk of jamming and spoofing. The initiative allows...
Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales breaks down shortly after departure
One of Britain’s biggest warships, HMS Prince of Wales, sailed from Portsmouth on 27 August for deployment off the US coast. However, the aircraft carrier suffered a technical defect shortly after departure and is currently anchored off the Isle of Wight. HMS Prince...
HAL gives in and ups offer price for Boskalis’ shares
At the end of June, investor HAL launched its public bid for Boskalis' shares. Boskalis announced that the price offered was not unreasonable, but 'not sufficiently convincing' and took a neutral stance. Following Boskalis' shareholders meeting, HAL decided to...
In pictures: Heesen joins hulls and superstructure of 50-metre superyacht Project Jade
Construction of Heesen Yachts' Project Jade is progressing on schedule and saw the installation of the engines and the joining of the hull and superstructure on 20 August. Jade, YN 20350, is the third in the shipyard’s 50-metre semi-displacement Series and builds on...
Approval for Sea Machines’ autonomy system on US tug
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has verified the design of the Foss Maritime Company tug Rachael Allen outfitted with the Sea Machines SM300 autonomy system. Rachael Allen will first leverage the autonomy system for routine transit and stand-by operations, and...
Rescue boat davit winch unable to stop hoisting
While intermittent cycling is commonly employed for a safe recovery process of a rescue boat, it may in fact cause power to exceed design and duty ratings of the electrical components. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in its latest Mars Report. The Nautical...
VIDEO: 39.4-metre superyacht Saga sinks off the coast of Italy
The Italian Coast Guard has had to rescue four passengers and five crew members of 39.4-metre superyacht Saga. The yacht was on its way from Gallipoli to Milazzo, but eventually sank after getting into difficulties about 9 miles off Catanzaro Marina. A tugboat and...
Approval in principle for MOL’s Large Liquefied CO2 carrier design
ClassNK has issued an approval in principle for the design of a large liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) developed the vessel in a research and development project for Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development...
Van Oord wins two coastal reinforcement projects in Romania
The Administratia Bazinala de Apa Dobrogea-Litoral (ABA-DL) has awarded Van Oord two contracts to reinforce the coast at the Romanian seaside resorts of Jupiter-Neptun and Balta Mangalia, Venus and Aurora. The project involves the design and construction of new...
ABS to research advanced nuclear technology for commercial shipping
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) a contract to research advanced nuclear propulsion on commercial vessels. With a budget of USD 800,000, ABS will seek to address challenges to adopting new reactor technology. ABS will...
‘Russian war drives cost and will not help shipping to decarbonise’
One can easily state that most maritime professionals were looking forward to meeting all “the who is who” in shipbuilding and shipping at the Hamburg SMM, the leading international maritime trade fair, to see what innovations could help us to come to zero-emission...
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