Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics, a leading developer of autonomous command and control systems for commercial vessels, announces that it has entered a strategic alliance with Damen Shipyards Group, of the Netherlands, to incorporate the company’s autonomous and wireless-helm systems as standard features in Damen’s global vessel build catalogue.

Doha Marine Services (DMS), a leading offshore support vessel company, has seen a successful start to its “Supply on Demand” solution and is now publishing its twice weekly sailing schedule, with services sailing every Monday and Thursday.

The efficiency of a davit is determined by the sum of its moving parts and a failure of any one of these components can have fatal consequences - so eliminating such pain points early in the design process is key to a successful delivery.

Kongsberg Maritime announces the launch of the next generation of its advanced HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Named HUGIN Endurance, the new AUV boosts operational duration to approximately 15 days, enabling extended survey and inspection missions far from shore.

“We used to do shore power projects on ships some years ago, but the market was too slow. Now however, with new regulation and grants supporting ship-owner’s shore power investments, we are back in the business of shore power. Together with NG3 we are ready to take on new orders,“ Aleksander Askeland CSO at Yara Marine Technologies says. 

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order from SIA Solutions LLC to deliver 36 traction winch systems, 72 storage reel brakes and electrical control systems to the specialized concrete mat sinking unit, ARMOR 1, currently under construction at Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC, Houma, Louisiana for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

Global integrated materials and logistics management company, ASCO, has started 2021 with the announcement of two vessel monitoring contracts in West Africa, worth in the region of $3.5m USD.

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered two pontoons to De Klerk in Werkendam, the Netherlands. The delivery, which took place on January 8^th, consisted of a Stan Pontoon 4111 named Oosterschelde and a Stan Pontoon 3011 named Kreekrak.

As the search for oil has moved into deeper waters with more distance to shore-based facilities, Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels have become essential tools in the process.

Ship repair and vessel services specialist ROG has charted an independent future after reacquiring a controlling 75% stake previously held by shipbuilder Royal IHC.
 


“There are as many, and more, upside economic consequences of a great safety culture as negative financial consequences of poor safety practices. It’s quite obvious which side shipping companies should be on, and our mission is to help them,” says John Roger Nesje, chief executive of Norwegian wireless technology pioneer Scanreach.  

Davie, Canada’s premier builder of Polar and ice-capable ships, has welcomed GE as a strategic partner in its Polar Icebreaker program, which is the flagship of Canada’s National Icebreaker Centre (NIC).

Kongsberg Maritime announces a significant and strategic new equipment contract with Russian LNG producer Novatek.

P&O Maritime Logistics have appointed Christian Arndt, a leading expert in oil and gas logistics, to the newly-created role of Vice President Logistics. He will be responsible for furthering the company’s strategy to reinvent the way innovative supply chain services are offered to the offshore marine industry.

Damen Trading has recently sold a stock Damen Stan Pontoon (SPo) 6316 to its client GPS Marine Holding BV in Hulst, the Netherlands.

TMC Compressors has been contracted to supply the marine compressed air system to the Bacalhau FPSO that is being built for Equinor.