Seaspan and Wärtsilä Automation Navigation & Control Systems (ANCS) have commissioned the first of two ships to have the technology company’s SmartDock auto-docking system installed on board.

The commissioning of the Seaspan Trader, a RoRo cargo…

A 30-day repair carried out recently by Gibraltar’s Gibdock to the bulk carrier Donald M James included the application of a graphene-based foul release coating from Graphite Innovation & Technologies Inc. (GIT) Coatings.

The 2015-built 229m-long…

Maersk Supply Service has selected Inmarsat Maritime’s Fleet Data IoT platform to assist in optimising the performance of its first battery installation on board the offshore supply ship, Maersk Minder. An application programme interface (API) will…

Netherlands engineering firm, Huisman, and ‘smart’ cable-lay specialist ESD have signed a partnership agreement that will support the Schiedam-based company’s drive to develop more business in the offshore wind sector.

The agreement will see the…

Two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, currently being built at Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China, are to have SENSFIBTM hull stress monitoring systems supplied by Light Structures of Norway.

The contracts were secured…

Wärtsilä has launched a new version of its Wärtsilä 31DF engine, which can reduce methane emission by more than 50% in certain load conditions and by 41% on a weighted average basis compared with earlier 31DF units. The technology group claims that…

Air lubrication specialist, Silverstream Technologies, and marine engine company, MAN Energy Solutions, have signed an agreement to collaborate on joint installations both for newbuildings and existing ships.

The logic underpinning the tie-up is…