Nippon Paint Marine Coatings revolutionary ships’ hull coating AQUATERRAS has won the Green4Sea Technology Award in an online-only event attended by the company’s President Seiichiro Shirahata.  

A new study sponsored by Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, offers the most comprehensive overview ever of Singapore’s vibrant maritime start-up sector.



Yanmar Marine Systems Co., Ltd. (YMS), a Yanmar Group company, will begin accepting orders within Japan for a new automated fish counting system from April 2021. The system is designed for tuna farming and utilizes image recognition technology to count the number of fish.

In a major step toward achieving sustainable shipping, the first of three LNG battery hybrid PCTCs commissioned by United European Car Carriers (UECC) was launched in an official ceremony on April 12, at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The remaining two vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2022.  

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC GLEN HARRIS to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 167^th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 44^th Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. A video of the USCGC GLEN HARRIS during its shakedown cruise can be found here.

Ampelmann and C-Job Naval Architects have joined forces to develop a one-of-a-kind offshore wind feeder vessel concept with motion compensation technology, specifically suited for the rigorous demands of operating off the east coast of the United States of America. 



The acquisition of Gulf Island Fabrication Cements Bollinger’s position as thelargest American privately-owned and operated shipbuilder in the United States.

Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics announces that its SM200 wireless helm system is installed and finding successful use aboard two sister U.S.-flag articulated tug-barge (ATB) tugboats.


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Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT), the Rhode Island-based owner and operator of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the offshore wind industry, has engaged the Classification Society DNV for the company’s integrated Management System  Certification.

BAR Technologies (BARTech), an innovative simulation-driven marine engineering consultancy, has entered into a partnership agreement with Yara Marine Technologies (Yara), front-runner in the development and implementation of emission-reduction technologies in the maritime sector.

Ecochlor has announced the launch of EcoOne™, a revolutionary new ballast water management system (BWMS). 

ONEX Peace, an Aframax tanker built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and delivered to its owner ONEX, has become the world’s first merchant ship to receive DNV’s SILENT-E notation. DNV is the first classification society to offer an underwater noise notation.

Foundation Det Norske Veritas – which owns DNV Group – has teamed up with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and five other industry leaders to establish a maritime decarbonization center in Singapore.

Abu Dhabi Ports’ offshore logistics service provider, Offshore Support and Logistics Services Company (OFCO – Offshore International), has announced the start of a collaboration with Mammoet United Arab Emirates, a branch of the global engineered heavy lifting and transport services company, as part of a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two organizations.



After a six-week period of maintenance, Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has this week handed the HNLMS Evertsen back to the Royal Netherlands Navy.