“Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to everyone affected by this pandemic, and those on the front lines tirelessly helping to see us through this crisis day in and day out,” vice president and COO Dave Wallace told Trade Only Today. “At Scout, we are balancing the need to manage the crisis while also preparing for new challenges and opportunity. Rest assured, th...
Viking executive vice president Drew Davala, executive co-chairman Bob Healey Jr. and director of special projects Robert Sherriff developed the plan to produce more than 1,000 shields to help address the needs of the medical community. “We have tremendous resources and technology here at Viking, and incredible people who are eager to support the cause,” Davala said i...
Amid the covid-19 pandemic, cleaning a PFD has to go beyond what typically works — a hand wash with warm, soapy water and left to dry in a well-ventilated place. The USCG has teamed with the Life Jacket Association on a guide on how to properly clean PFDs. Since the virus can exist for about 3 days on hard surfaces and even longer on porous ones, synthetic fabrics, pl...
This latest release of Fusion 2 unlocks new benefits, including a simplified surface box-in app and the ability to perform wireless structure deflection monitoring, without having to deploy specialist hardware. Additionally, Fusion 2 now includes 'office' mode as standard, allowing project teams to plan and fine tune procedures before doing them for real offshore. Multi-...
With this result, Seastema, a Fincantieri company, becomes the only Italian manufacturer, and one of the first worldwide, of a certified autopilot system in conformity with the new European regulation MED (Marine Equipment Directive) 2019/1397, the highest international standard in the marine sector. The SEAS-PILOT HCS system will be used on the new naval units that F...
The Sharrow Propeller Model MX-1 has garnered attention for its design that offers improvements in fuel efficiency and performance, the company said in a statement. Earlier this year, Sharrow Marine won one of the Innovation Awards at the 2020 Miami International Boat Show. “I was trying to solve the problem of reducing unwanted noise from drones when filming live ...
ZF said in a statement that it shifted some of its production of automotive safety products to produce 100,000 masks for Detroit Sewn. The masks were developed for healthcare and other essential workers. They are not a substitute for N95 masks. According to the CDC, fabric masks are a crisis response option when other supplies have been exhausted. “The world is facing...
Even before social distancing became mandatory in Italy, Besenzoni had planned how to reorganize manufacturing and implement “smart working” models in the sales, design and service departments, the company said in a statement. The logistics, purchasing, and production planning departments also were reorganized and are operational. “All our departments are now opera...
The first outboard brand — founded 113 years ago by Ole Evinrude— is no more. Bombardier Recreational Products announced that they would cease production of all Evinrude outboards, and their Sturtevant, Wis., facility will shift to pursue new projects related to BRP’s boat holdings. “Our outboard engines business has been greatly impacted by covid-19, obliging us t...
“We have clear expectations relative to the valuation of the Raymarine assets and, in light of the challenging macro-economic conditions, have made a decision to maintain the maritime electronics business for the foreseeable future,” CEO Jim Cannon said during call with investors and analysts to discuss first-quarter results. Cannon said the company values its Raymari...
New-boat buyers experience the benefits of technological integration everywhere in their daily lives. They ask a device in their kitchen to turn on the lights, play music, even order dinner (or toilet paper). So it’s not surprising that they expect to see similar capabilities on their boats. Boatbuilders are meeting those expectations with systems that let the boater ...
The efforts are part of a Volvo Group North America initiative to supply thousands of PPE units to health care operations across the country. The Volvo Penta engineering team at the company’s U.S. headquarters office in Chesapeake, Va., is developing face shields using a 3-D printing system and leveraging mask components manufactured by other Volvo Group business area...
SureShade will operate out of the Taylor Made facility, effective April 27. “All along our number one goal as an organization has always been to emphasize more responsive customer service,” LCI sales vice president Jeff Wysong said in the statement.“With the majority of our customers being based in the Southeast, this move allows us to provide faster delivery of produ...
The former Nautican Research and Development Ltd was the subject of recent bankruptcy proceedings. The intellectual property acquired includes the Nautican name, branding, product designs, engineering, patents, research data, production methods, trade secrets and customer profiles. Outbound Engineering Group’s president, David Dumont, P.E. said the Nautican product...
Providing the training through digital platforms reduces travel, cost, time away from home and climate footprint. Three products – Remote Training, e-Learning and K-CAT (Kongsberg Competence Assessment Tool) – combine to ensure that vessel crews can fully benefit from Kongsberg’s expertise. Remote Training is delivered through established virtual classrooms and onl...
Unlike the traditional arrangement of the rudder in the propeller slipstream, the gate rudder is a twin arrangement around the propeller, allowing improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions. The concept is applicable to all current vessels equipped with conventional propellers. By offering gate rudders as an integral part of its propulsion offerings for newbuild v...
The trials helped showcase the combination of high-speed Fleet Xpress on Ka-band with continuous back up from FleetBroadband on L-band, significantly enhancing stability of communications and available uptime. “Communication needs for an operator with a variety of vessel types like Crowley are rapidly increasing and we require a level of performance and reliability th...
The Pentamaran has been designed to reduce drag as much as possible and BMT says that tests have proven it offers significant improvements compared to conventional hull forms such as mono-hulls, catamarans and trimaran. The vessel features a very slender central hull and two smaller hulls, or “sponsons,” on either side. The sponsons are set one behind the other and wh...
A prototype scanner based on Bio-UV Group’s proven UV-C reactor technology is currently being independently verified. The 50 cm handheld device emits a ray of UV-C which is passed over the surface, taking only seconds to disinfect the scanned area. The scanner can be used to kill the coronavirus from sickbay/hospital beds, tables, computer keyboards, furniture and all...
The coating, Nippon Paint’s Antivirus Kids Paint, incorporates Corning Guardiant Antimicrobial Particles – a nascent technology designed to safeguard against viruses from adhering to hospital surfaces. The paint was tested by Microchem Laboratory in the U.S. in January 2020, with results showing that the coating inactivates over 99.9% of the feline calicivirus. Feline...
The solution, had already been under development, was accelerated to assist customers during the current situation and the growing travel restrictions imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19. The new remote service application will allow authorized MJP representatives to remotely and securely access the shipboard computers to diagnose and troubleshoot alarms, conduct s...
Since the first installation in 2015, Harken Towing, which operates a fleet of ten shift tugs, five continuous tugs and nine aluminum water taxis, has installed RiverTough to an additional three tugs and plans to convert its remaining vessels at subsequent drydockings. Sandy Bourquin, marine account executive at Palmer Johnson Power Systems, Thordon Bearings’ distribu...
The vehicle-passenger ferry, to be known as APT James, is the first vessel to be constructed by Austal Vietnam. Its launch comes just 20 months after the official opening of the shipyard in November 2018. The vessel is now in the final stages of fit out, prior to delivery to NIDCo in the second half of this year. The Austal Auto Express 94 is an all-new aluminum ca...
EPS says that the deal is in line with its Environmental, Social & Governance Policy, which calls for the use of alternative marine fuels as a means to lower the industry’s carbon footprint. “These state-of-the-art vessels will pave the way towards decarbonisation by emitting significantly lower greenhouse gases and will be IMO compliant years ahead of schedule,” says...
The Le Havre pilots have placed an order that will see Wärtsilä supply the station with an upgrade that will create a totally new simulator specifically adapted to the requirements of their operations. It will use a new, unique visualization system based on 14 digital projectors, comprising seven main circular and seven ground projection systems. It features a panoramic ...
The 44.9 meters long and 13.6 meters wide ferries are double-ended and will be used by Sealink to operate a RoPax service that forms a crucial road link between Kettering, located 35 kilometers south of Hobart, Tasmania, and Bruny Island. “The brief was to provide two unique, new vessels that are highly maneuverable to facilitate rapid turnaround times, have multiple ...
The ship design order was placed by Shanghai Chonghe Marine Industry (CMI) in March.The approximately 140m vessel will operate in the krill fishing grounds of Antarctica, and will be at sea for extended periods of time. It will be fitted with the latest fishing equipment, with onboard processing capabilities for high quality krill products. The Wärtsilä design will incor...
The new vessel features a slow-speed dual-fuel X-DF engine and is to be followed by two more sister ships using the same powerplant. Their delivery will bring the Sovcomflot fleet to over 150 vessels with a combined deadweight of more than 12.8 million tonnes.
The temperature screening technology involves using a camera detection system to monitor the temperature of passengers. In the beginning it will be trialled as an option for foot passengers joining ships to help support infection control onboard. If successful the technology could then be used elsewhere in the port. Mike Sellers Portsmouth International Port’s dire...
The 120m long ships, to be completed to Finnish/Swedish Ice Class 1A requirements, will be chartered to Finnish forestry company UPM for operation in the Baltic and North Seas. Each will be propelled by a Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engine driving a Wärtsilä controllable pitch propeller through a Wärtsilä gearbox fitted with an integrated power pack. A 250 m3 capacity Wär...
Converted from the 24-year-old casino boat Kanesville Queen by Gulf Island Shipyards at Houma, Louisiana, the vessel makes use of four Caterpillar 3516 diesel-electric generators of a combined 5,760kW output powering three 650hp electric drive motors turning three Schottel SRP 330 rudder propellers to give a service speed of 12-knots. In addition, a pair of Schottel 3...
Commissioned by the province of Friesland in the north of the country this patrol boat has been designed by the experienced team at Vripack and it follows on from experience with a 19 metre electric patrol boat that was recently delivered by the Niestern Sander shipyard. To be called PW10 this patrol boat is being designed to be capable of carrying out extensive patrol d...
The Multi Cat 1908, named Patricia Matheson, has been handed over to Isle of Mull-based Inverlussa Marine Services. The company supplies vessels to service contracts for amongst others, the offshore wind and fish-farming sectors, throughout the UK and Europe. Patricia Matheson will be the 12th vessel in the company’s fleet and its first Damen vessel. The vessel will...
The reference concerns the recently announced partnership between New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland Limited and Damen Shipyards Group to develop a fully electric shiphandling tug, part of the former’s declared intention to conduct emissions-free operations by 2040. There are two noteworthy aspects to this item of news, firstly the all-electric feature of the vessel’s op...
JRC/Alphatron Marine's integrated bridge systems contract is with US-based Seabulk Towing Inc, a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc. The systems will feature on two upgraded ART 90-98US tugs, and two new Rapport 3000, currently being built at Master Boat Builders. New World Electronics, a dealer of JRC/Alphatron Marine since 2001, will be providing and installing the ...
Laborde Products has represented Mitsubishi since 1998 as the Gulf Coast and inland waterways distributor for Mitsubishi Heavy Duty Marine Engines. Laborde is headed up by Brian Laborde, the son of its founder Tracy Laborde. “We welcome the challenge to expand the Mitsubishi Marine business along the East Coast and believe the consolidation of the territory will provi...
