And soon, the self-driving ship?
JULY 2, 2015 — Google is developing a self-driving car. So are GM, Mercedes and other auto makers. Now Rolls-Royce is to lead a new EUR 6.6 million project that could do
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The quest for remote gas pushes FLNG innovation
MAY 19, 2015—By the end of this year, the world’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) vessel will go to work in Malaysia’s gas field, some 180 kilometers off of the coast
Microsoft billionaire finds lost WWII Japanese battleship
MARCH 4, 2015 — An expedition mounted by billionaire investor and philanthropist Paul Gardner Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, has located the Japanese battleship Musashi, sunk by American forces on October 24,
Louisiana shipyard builds “space port drone ship”
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — A shipyard in Louisiana has built what SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk describes in a tweet as an “autonomous space port drone ship.” SpaceX plans to land the latest
Role of robots in maritime search and rescue explored
OCTOBER 26, 2014—Robots and autonomous underwater vehicles are playing an increasing role in commercial maritime and offshore oil and gas operations for such things as oil and gas exploration, subsea work, repairs
Future short sea ships: battery powered and unmanned?
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 — Classification society DNV GL thinks that an unmanned, battery powered vessel could revolutionize short sea shipping. DNV GL says that short sea shipping is a promising alternative to
China white lists 51 shipyards
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released its first “White List of 51 shipyards complying with the “shipbuilding industry norms conditions” that yards must meet to
Hartmann unveils eco-friendly ethylene carrier
AUGUST 23, 2014 — Leer, Germany, headquartered ship operator Hartmann Reederei has released more details of the three Eco Star 36K design 36,000 cu.m LEGCs (Liquefied Ethylene Gas Carriers) ordered earlier this
Sener to design 1,200 passenger Zanzibar ferry
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Sener has won its first marine engineering contract in Korea. It comes from Posco Group member Posco Plantec and covers the design of a 1,200 passenger vessel designed
Sener to design 1,200 passenger Zanzibar ferry
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Sener has won its first marine engineering contract in Korea. It comes from Posco Group member Posco Plantec and covers the design of a 1,200 passenger vessel designed