Ålesund-based Seaonics, a specialist in offshore lifting, handling and logistics, is to launch an offshore charging system for service vessels operating in offshore energy installations. The Ocean Charger paves the way for support vessels of the future to operate on electricity most of the time.

Amid the hundreds of technology developments evident at SMM in Hamburg last week, DNV has highlighted three of its own. Ocean Infinity, Avikus, and Reach Subsea have been identified by the classification society as worthy of mention.

Ocean Infinity,…

BMT and Greenline Marine have unveiled a new all-electric ferry design at the Canadian Ferry Association 2024 Conference and Trade Show in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The 32m-long Greenline 150 Passenger Electric Ferry is equipped with the latest in…

Jumbo Offshore has used its heavy-lift crane vessel, Jumbo Javelin, at the Yunlin wind farm off the Taiwanese coast in an installation project for Yunneng Wind Power Co Ltd. The DP2 vessel was equipped specially for the job, with a Jumbo Fly-Job…

New York-based software company, OrbitMI, claims that manual noon reporting is tedious and increasingly complex for ships’ crews, often leading to mistakes. Seafarers now have to create a range of reports for different stakeholders and the lack of a…

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded Approvals in Principle (AiP) to four new fuel vessel concepts developed by Chinese engineering and design firms. A 100,000m3 ethane carrier design, developed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design…

Cosco Shipping Development has signed an investment, construction and leasing agreement for 42 new bulk carriers at a total cost of just over USD 2 billion. A subsidiary of Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry will build 20 ships, while 22 other vessels…

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SMM opened this morning to a global shipping industry facing an unprecedented mix of fortunes. Most shipping sectors are buoyant despite the impact of geopolitics and disruption to supply chains.  A sector that has been accustomed until recently to a…