VIDEO: AI pilot project saves fuel on Stena Line ferry

Leading European ferry operator Stena Lines says that a pilot project has shown that fuel consumption can be cut using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict the most fuel-efficient way to operate

CVN 78 starts sea trials as Congressional row simmers

After a 15-month pierside maintenance period (Post Shakedown Availability), the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) got underway from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) division October 25 for

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: 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: 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: Metal Shark adds autonomous vessel to stock boat program

Autonomous vessels are not only already here, but now one model is available virtually off the shelf. Jeanerette, La., based shipbuilder Metal Shark and Boston based Sea Machines Robotics have partnered to

VIDEO: Port of Antwerp orders hydrogen-fueled tug

Belgium’s leading port, the Port of Antwerp has ordered construction of what will be the world’s first tug powered by hydrogen, the Hydrotug. While most attention to hydrogen as a marine fuel

VIDEO: Keppel O&M and ABS integrate Smart Functions into rigs

Classification society ABS has partnered with Keppel Offshore & Marine in developing the first two newbuild offshore drilling rigs with Smart notations. One, delivered earlier this year for work in offshore Mexico,

VIDEO: Building the world’s biggest Otto cycle engine

WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has released a time-lapse video of the build of a 12X92DF engine by CSSC-MES Diesel Co., Ltd. (CMD) in Lingang, Shanghai. Rated 63,840 kW at 80 rpm,

VIDEO: Damen wins design award for Human Machine Interface for tugs

Damen Shipyards Group has won an UX Design Award for the Human Machine Interface that it has been developing over the past two years for its Next Generation Tug Series. The UX

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