ABS leads innovative BlueBARGE cold ironing project
ABS is leading the BlueBARGE Project. Funded by the Horizon Europe program, it involves 14 partners from 10 European countries and is developing and testing a new way for ships docked in
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Columbia Shipmanagement chooses Keiko Systems solution to up operational efficiency
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) is using software from Kaiko Systems to guide seafarers through routine inspections and provide on-the-job guidance, making it fast and easy for them to collect data, such as pictures
Columbia launches female cadet mentoring program
As part of its bid to attract more women into the maritime sector, the Columbia Group, which includes Cyprus headquartered Columbia Shipmanagement, has launched a mentoring program aimed at female cadets. Recognizing
Columbia takes vessel digital twinning to the next level
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) is again aiming to push industry boundaries by creating a totally SMART and fully digitized “twin” of a jack-up barge under its management. The project is as part of
Ukraine crisis: Columbia acts to help traumatized seafarers and families
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM), together with its owning company and its clients, have raised over $1.5 million and assembled a team of 320 psychologists, mostly from Ukraine, to aid traumatized families of seafarers
CSM adds holograms to its digitalization tool box
“The future is already here,” said Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) President and CEO Mark O’Neil, as he addressed an audience in Manila, Philippines, recently. The Mark O’Neil that the audience saw and interacted
TotalEnergies and CSM partner up for energy transition
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by TotalEnergies and Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) will initially see the companies partner on developing a lube oil monitoring, optimization and supply platform. It will utilize the
InterManager members double up on onboard oxygen provision
Ship managers have who are members of InterManager have agreed unanimously to double their onboard provision of medical oxygen from the standard one 40 liter cylinder to two. They also recommend stocking
Xanthos Kyriacou named MD of new Italy-based ship management JV
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) reports that Xanthos Kyriacou has become Managing Director of CSM Italy, a new joint venture with Genoa, Italy, based shipowning group Premuda. Kyriacou has extensive experience of the shipping
InterManager elects O’Neil as new President
InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third-party ship managers, has elected Mark O’Neil, CEO of Columbia Shipmanagement, as its new President. He was voted in at today’s Annual General Meeting,