An inflatable wing sail system developed by Michelin has marked a milestone. The sail has now been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) by classification society DNV. This is the first AiP
By John Bergman, CEO, Auramarine It seems as though 2023 will continue at pace where we left 2022; a drive for decarbonization amidst the fast-paced transition and increasing complexity of the marine
DNV confirmed yesterday that its ShipManager fleet management software was hit by a cyberattack on the evening of Saturday, January 7, and that DNV specialists had shut down ShipManager’s IT servers in
Classification society DNV sees what most of us would call sails — it terms them Wind Assisted Propulsion Systems (WAPS) — as one of the most promising measures to assist the decarbonization
A modularized carbon capture facility that would serve offshore oil and gas fields has received DNV approval. Developed by Aker Carbon Capture and called Just Catch Offshore, it is now ready to
According to DNV, floating substations are the next challenge on the path to commercial scale floating wind farms. That’s because the deeper waters targeted for floating farms tend to be further offshore,
It’s often said that shipping is faced with making a change in propulsion systems as big as that from sail to steam. Could it just be that the next transition will be
Though the latest meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection was widely criticized for taking “just baby steps” on decarbonization, some of those steps still place a significant compliance burden on shipowners. For
Reporting that blackout incidents on cruise ships are on the rise, DNV has released a new guidance titled “Managing the risk of blackouts.” It addresses the main causes and associated risks of
Now that we are getting settled into 2022, Marine Log has a host of new developments coming online this year—including a new conference (to be announced), more webinars focused on offshore developments
