[ad_1] Leading cruise and luxury vessel designer YSA Design is close to completing what it believes is the first ever ship construction project to bring together everything from initial sketches to the sign-off tasks for utilities completion under one Building Information Modelling (BIM) process. The project,...
[ad_1] U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Jonathan Hoffman has confirmed that Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper has asked for the resignation of Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer after losing trust and confidence in him regarding his lack of candor over conversations with the...
[ad_1] Samsung Heavy Industries Company Limited (SHI) has agreed to pay penalties totalling more than $75 million to resolve a U.S. government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The Department of Justice says SHI paid millions of dollars to a Brazilian intermediary knowing...
[ad_1] The Australian Antarctic Program is working with NASA over the next few months to test an under-ice robot which may eventually be used in a space mission to look for signs of extra-terrestrial life. NASA is preparing to fly to Jupiter within the next decade...
[ad_1] myCert, a product line of Safebridge is this year’s grand winner of the CrewConnect Global Conference Innovation and Technology Solutions Award. The Innovation and Technology Solutions Award is dedicated to companies, which demonstrate a significant contribution to moving the maritime industry towards the digital track...
[ad_1] The push for digitalization is driving the need for greater cyber protection across the marine and offshore value chain. As vessels, ports and facilities become more automated, connected and digital—and information technology (IT) converges with operational technology (OT) systems—operations are increasingly vulnerable to cyber...
[ad_1] MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply the main propulsion engines for two new ice-breaking ASD tugs, to be operated by Svitzer in the Scandanavian region. Each vessel, rated with 60 tonnes of bollard pull, will be powered by 2 × MAN...
[ad_1] Despite the industry’s best intentions, such as designating hazardous snap-back zones on mooring decks, or the drawing up of detailed line management and mooring plans, mooring remains an incredibly high-risk task. Serious, often fatal, accidents continue to happen with depressing regularity, with seemingly no...
[ad_1] Total and its partners have announced first oil from the Iara license in the deepwater Santos Basin pre-salt offshore from Brazil. This marks the start-up of the P-68, the first of the two floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSOs) already launched and to be...
[ad_1] The European Investment Bank (EIB) will end financing for fossil fuel energy projects from the end of 2021 in a move to aligning all its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement. EIB Group financing will unlock EUR one trillion ($1.1 trillion)...
