Could all-electric pontoon be small utility work vessel?
Unveiled at the CES 2022 show in Las Vegas today by Seattle-based Pure Watercraft, a new all-electric pontoon boat is aimed at the recreational market, but might well get a lot of
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HII demonstrates integrated autonomy solutions
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Technical Solutions division says that it has successfully integrated its advanced autonomy solutions with Sea Machines Robotics’ SM300 autonomy product. The integration of these capabilities supports complex mission
Wärtsilä solutions selected for 12 more CMA CGM newbuilds
Wärtsilä is to supply a broad scope of solutions for 12 new LNG-fueled containerships ordered by CMA CGM at Chinese shipyards: six 13,000 TEU vessels ordered at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and six 15,000
DNV and PowerX team up on offshore wind power transfer vessels
Classification society DNV has signed a non-binding letter of intent with PowerX, the Japanese company that thinks there’s a better way than subsea cables to bring electricity ashore from offshore wind farms.
MOL’s fuel saving PBCF sets Guinness World Record
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that the propeller boss cap fin (PBCF) sold by its group company MOL Techno-Trade, Ltd. has been certified as the “Best-selling Energy-Saving Ship Appendage Brand (Cumulative)”
Op-Ed: Access technology to improve touch points in workboats
By Mike Kiefer, Business Development Manager-Transportation, Southco Inc. The current global market for workboats is still dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lingering supply chain and labor force complications,
NES to equip cable layer for zero emission operations
Oslo-listed HAV Group ASA reports that its Norwegian Electric Systems AS (NES) subsidiary has won a contract to supply the battery and control systems that will allow zero emissions cable lay operations
First Inmarsat-6 satellite launches successfully
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has successfully launched I-6 F1, the first of Inmarsat’s new generation of satellites, from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The Inmarsat-6 series are Inmarsat’s first ever hybrid
VIDEO: ClassNK releases new mobile app
ClassNK has released a mobile version of its PSC Intelligence PC software for ship management companies. The mobile application enables seafarers not only to manually input the reports from PSC Intelligence into
Langh Tech looks to capture CO2 using existing scrubbers
On board carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a means of reducing ships’ CO2 emissions is rapidly moving out of the “what if?” category, with exhaust gas scrubbers emerging as an answer