AVEVA announced yesterday that it is presenting and exhibiting at Offshore Support Vessel Technology 2013, taking place on 9 – 12 June at the Le Royal Méridien, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. David Thomson, Solution Strategy Manager, AVEVA, will present a paper exploring strategies and opportunities for the handover of a vessel’s complete digital information [...]
Cummins Inc, a leading manufacturer of diesel engines for the commercial marine industry, will feature one of the most impressive engine line-ups at Nor-Shipping (Oslo, Norway; June 4-7) with a “smallest-to-largest” commercial marine engine display featuring the QSB7 at 132 hp (98 kW) and the QSK95 up to 4,200 hp (2983 kW). The 6.7-liter and [...]
Drydocks World and Maritime World, the key players spearheading Dubai’s maritime culture and drive towards marine excellence, threw their combined weight behind the Emirate’s bid to host the World Expo in 2020 while also discussing matters of mutual cooperation with Italian industry leaders. His Excellency Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman, Drydocks World & Maritime World, who [...]
Austal continues to demonstrate its commitment to enhancing its support offering to the United States Navy and other navies active in the Asia-Pacific region, announcing new strategic partnerships with regional shipyards at the IMDEX Asia defence exhibition in Singapore this week. Following on from the strategic partnership with Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd announced in [...]
The offshore market remains buoyant, with exploration and production driving new fleet investment, design innovation in vessel efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Operations in more challenging offshore environments are also demanding enhanced vessel manoeuvrability, station-keeping and overall safety, in line with tightening regulations. The sector’s opportunities and its cutting edge technology will be on show [...]
ST Engineering today unveiled a suite of total naval solutions offered by its Electronics and Marine arms at IMDEX Asia 2013, designed to provide users with comprehensive maritime awareness, command and control, and advanced communications systems. From 14 to 16 May 2013, at the ST Engineering Booth (N01) in the Changi Exhibition Centre, ST Electronics [...]
The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP), a nationwide research and development collaborative effort managed by SCRA Applied R&D, hosted their biennial All-Panel Meeting in Charleston, SC on April 23-25, bringing nearly 300 attendees to the Lowcountry. NSRP is a collaboration of U.S. shipyards working together to reduce the cost of building, repairing and operating Navy [...]
GE’s Power Conversion business announces that they are bringing enhanced operability to the company’s Dynamic Positioning (DP) system. The latest version, being launched at OTC, is more energy-efficient, better integrated, and—most importantly—more ’mariner friendly’. Since they were introduced some 50 years ago, DP systems have become increasingly complex in their configurations and in their operation. [...]
Drydocks World and Maritime World, one of the largest and most diversified shipyards in the world, announced that Chairman Khamis Juma Buamim, will participate in the Mare Forum, Rome, Italy where he will deliver a keynote address. The theme of the forum “Quo Vadis” (Where are you going?) is significant to the issues that will [...]
GE’s Power Conversion business unveils a new power and propulsion system that reduces fuel consumption by controlling engine speed on platform support vessels at OTC. The Variable Frequency Active Front-End power and propulsion system, or VF-AFE, enables ship owners using conventional power system components to lower engine speeds when feasible, cut fuel consumption, and reduce [...]
