Tag: ship technology

Mukesh Chatter, CEO and co-founder of Alsym Energy explains that the maritime industry needs help to progress toward net-zero emissions. The industry is struggling partially due to inaction by governments but also because it’s waiting for new alternative fuel technologies to become available, including ammonia, methane, and hydrogen.

According to Ronald Spithout, Managing Director of VIKAND OneHealth, the industry can assure proactive health care and provide a better environment onboard by utilizing the existing digital/medical technology and innovation.

Bound4blue, a Spanish developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, has installed two eSAILs on Dutch flagged Eems Traveller, a 2,850-dwt general cargo vessel owned by Amasus.

MISC Group announced that it collaborated with AET, ALAM and WinGD, to finding sustainable and safe transition pathways to zero-emission shipping operations and to drive the development of ammonia engines for ammonia dual-fueled vessels.

Smart Green Shipping (SGS) announced their collaboration with Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) as part of the Winds of Change environmental shipping initiative.

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) announced the development of innovative LNG carriers and containerships during the “Samsung Technical Seminar in Athens”.

A study on the readiness and availability of low- and zero-carbon ship technology and marine fuels, commissioned by IMO under its Future Fuels and Technology for Low- and Zero-Carbon Shipping Project (FFT Project), has been submitted to the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80).

Irit Singer, Chief Marketing Officer at Windward, explains that ‘actionable visibility’ is vital for a more resilient supply chain. Implementation of IoT devices, widespread adoption of AI-powered solutions and machine leaning can help towards, and they should be utilized by all maritime stakeholders who are interested in improving their operational efficiency.

MEYER group released earlier this week an illustration to present a cruise ship concept that shows what the form of holidaying could look like in the year 2100.

Korean Register (KR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Microsoft Korea on 28 March to collaborate on digital transformation and enhance their technological capabilities, with the aim of leading the digital transformation of the shipbuilding and maritime industry by leveraging fourth industrial revolution technologies