PPG (NYSE: PPG) has won its 50th order for the electrostatic application of marine fouling control coatings. The project will be carried out on the VLCC Sidr a 336-meter oil tanker operated
Rotterdam-headquartered gas shipping specialist Anthony Veder is partnering with Finnish maritime software specialist NAPA to ease regulatory reporting by expanding the use of electronic logbook solutions, The joint project between the two
Arendal, Norway-headquartered ship manager OSM Thome is to deploy software from German maritime AI pioneer Kaiko Systems across its entire fleet. OSM Thome says that this will streamline inspection processes, data collection,
Leo Hambro, co-founder and director of U.K.-based crew transfer vessel specialist Tidal Transit recently sat down with Marine Log to discuss electric and hybrid vessels. Marine Log (ML): What are the main
Autonomous naval vessels will be a hot topic of discussion at this week’s Euronaval event in Paris and Saab’s latest offering in this space is its Autonomous Ocean Core: a ready-to-use autonomous
Wärtsilä has introduced its NextDF feature for the Wärtsilä 25DF dual-fuel engine. While operating on LNG, the NextDF feature reduces methane emissions to less than 2% of fuel use across all load
Canadian graphene coating specialist GIT Coatings has become the first company to receive a new Lloyd’s Register (LR) type approval, its “Enhanced Antifouling Type Approval” LR is the first classification society to
ABS, which has a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contract to research barriers to the adoption of advanced nuclear propulsion on commercial vessels, has released a new report on the potential of
Nippon Paint Marine has published a new white paper detailing the role that biomimetics has played in the development of its patented HydroSmoothXT hull coating technology. Biometics is an “imitating nature” approach
Thordon Bearings has unveiled a new wireless propeller shaft bearing wear measurement system that marks a significant advancement in hull and propeller shaft condition monitoring. The new Thordon Bearing Condition Monitoring –