Following the fire and subsequent explosion in the battery room of the Norled ferry Ytterøyningen in early October, the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has issued a warning highlighting the hazards associated with lithium-ion battery systems. […]
Japanese shipping group NYK Line said on 21 November 2019 that it is working with Norwegian IT company Dualog on an IT solution that will enable it to be alerted to any cyber attack on […]
A drone manufactured by the South African company Gannet has been adapted to carry line out to sea for rescue work. The company developed release system, originally developed for a form of drone fishing, will […]
Intended to ease the burden on ship masters and make port administration easier, PortForms is an app that has been created to auto-generate all the forms required upon entry to port, such as the International […]
As part of an increased maritime global surveillance push, four nanosatellites will be launched in December 2019. Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, has received confirmation that the Kleos Scouting Mission […]
A second new 70 ton bollard pull (TBP) tug has been deployed to the Port of Cape Town to improve safety and efficiency in handling the increasing number of larger commercial vessels calling at the […]
An industry consortium led by the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), comprising 26 partners from 13 EU member states, will closely examine roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) fire risks and mitigation methods with the aim of robustly enhancing […]
Singapore is launching a centre to research the development of autonomous ships. The inauguration of the Centre of Excellence for Autonomous and Remotely Operated Vessels (CEAOPS) was announced at the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) forum on 10 October. The […]
Classification society ClassNK has granted an approval in principle to the design of a hard sail system being developed by Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Oshima Shipbuilding Co. The so-called Wind Challenger Project converts […]
Japanese shipping group NYK has conducted ‘the world’s first’ trial of fully autonomous ships. One of its car carriers, Iris Leader, was navigated using the Sherpa System for Real (SSR) ship navigation system, from Xinsha, China, to the Japanese […]
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