VIDEO: Wavefoil fits a ferry with “underwater wings”
A Faroe Islands ferry, M/F Teistin, has become the first ship in the world to be fitted with retractable bow foils from Trondheim, Norway, based Wavefoil AS. The foils are designed to
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VIDEO: Autonomous Mayflower will carry research pods, not pilgrims
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has joined the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) project, a global consortium of partners, that is building an unmanned, fully-autonomous ship that will cross the Atlantic on the fourth centenary
VIDEO: VT Halter launches LNG bunkering ATB barge
Shipbuilder VT Halter Marine has launched the Q-LNG 4000 ATB barge just a few weeks after its naming ceremony. The 324’ x 64’ x 32’.6 Q-LNG 4000 is the barge component of
VIDEO: Fireboat for Kuwait is packed with innovations
A FireStorm 50’ fireboat delivered by Kingston, Ontario, headquartered MetalCraft Marine Inc. (MCM) to the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate incorporates the very latest in technology available for fire fighting and search and
VIDEO: Icebreaker Polarstern begins year-long Arctic drift
Scientists from an expedition led by Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute are currently setting up camp on an ice floe, located at 85°N, 135° E, on which they plan to make a year
VIDEO: TSB Canada warns on girding risks facing tugs
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada today released its its investigation report (M18P0230) on the August 2018 girding and capsizing of the tug George H Ledcor. The TSB says that its report
VIDEO: NYK claims a world first in autonomous ship operation
Japan’s NYK Line has conducted what it says is the world’s first Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) trial to be performed in accordance with the IMO’s interim guidelines such trials. NYK’s goal
VIDEO: Final barge pulled from under 1-10 bridge
The Coast Guard yesterday opened the Houston Ship Channel at the I-10 San Jacinto River Bridge near Channelview, Texas, but with restrictions, and said that it continues to work with the Texas
VIDEO: CMA-CGM launches world’s largest LNG-powered containership
China’s Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing Shipyard yesterday launched theCMA CGM Jacques Saadé, the first in a new fleet of nine French-flagged, 23,000-TEU, LNG-powered containerships that will join the group’s fleet in 2020 on the
VIDEO: Tuco Marine introduces new ProZero FPSO Workboat
Faaborg, Denmark, based Tuco Marine Group has added a 9.5 meter workboat to its ProZero International FPSO range. Built on the proven, reliable and seaworthy ProZero hull platform, the new boat is