Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) supplier Danelec Marine, announced its Bridge Operational Quality Assurance (BOQA) safety and risk management support tool at the Nor-shipping conference in Oslo, in June. BOQA, described as a decision-support tool for […]
As automation technology encroaches on ship operation, shipping might soon be in a situation where just two operatives, based in a shoreside command station, share ultimate responsibility for up to 10 vessels at a time, […]
Wärtsilä’s simulator software will be installed in three maritime training centres across the Netherlands to allow vocational students learning modern navigational skills to spend more time on practical simulator training. The systems, powered by Wärtsilä […]
Southampton’s Solent University claims it now has the largest and most sophisticated simulator facility in the UK. Its Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering maritime simulation centre was opened by Michael Bibby, president of […]
Russia has launched a newly constructed nuclear icebreaker, dubbed Ural after the west-Russian mountain range, at the Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg. The vessel, with a completed hull and lower bridge superstructure, will now be […]
Two of the industry’s most prominent e-learning providers Videotel and Seagull have been taken under the umbrella of a global investment firm to work together as a combined group. Oakley Capital partnered with the management teams of […]
Canadian-based boat builder Hike Metal has teamed up with Sea Machine Robotics, a US company, to develop an unmanned search-and-rescue (SAR) boat. The SAR boat integrates Sea Machines’ SM300 autonomous vessel control system developed […]
Classification society ABS, Google Cloud, and Ukrainian software provider SoftServe have successfully demonstrated the accuracy of using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect levels of corrosion and coating breakdown on ships and offshore structures. Representing a […]
What is claimed to be the world’s first electrically powered lifeboat has passed its final drop tests and is now approved for installation on rigs and platforms. Built by the Dutch company Verhoef, the lifeboat […]
What is claimed to be the world’s first mobile lifeboat simulator has been introduced by the Norwegian company ASK Safety in a bid to reduce crew training accidents. The system uses virtual reality (VR) technology […]
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