Category: Technology

Expensive LNG: Command back on two ferries

Expensive LNG: Command back on two ferries

Gepostet von | 12 Jan 2023 | , , , | 0

High LNG costs are forcing Norwegian Fjord Lines, based in Egersund, to convert two LNG-powered ferries to run on traditional marine gas oil (MGO). "The energy crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to exceptional volatility and significant price increases for LNG - and the price increases have been far higher than for traditional and less sustainable marine energy sources. ... This has led to a dramatic increase in energy costs for Fjord Line's two LNG-fuelled vessels, which is well above a financially sustainable level," the company explained. First LNG ferries Since last autumn...

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Spain: From fishing for the navy - Airfox drone

Spain: From fishing for the navy - Airfox drone

Gepostet von | 5 Jan 2023 | , , , | 1

The small electronics company "Marine Instruments" actually started out in 2004 with data-transmitting buoys for fishing and small boats, but has since catapulted itself to the top of European manufacturers of niche maritime products. The company, which is based in Nigrán/Pontevedra, south-west of Vigo in the northern Spanish region of Galicia, is now part of the Spanish technology cluster Groupo Arbulu. In the beginning was the Tunadrone Thanks to its "Tunadrone", which has been used in commercial fishing (tuna) since 2019 and can distinguish between fish and seabirds, and its further development into the M5D-Airfox, which is successfully used in Spain's waters for fisheries monitoring and maritime traffic control, it is not only the US Navy that is currently interested in the easy-to-operate...

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Diehl Defence and WE Marine: The edge of the plate has never been enough

Diehl Defence and WE Marine: The edge of the plate has never been enough

Gepostet von | 21 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Diehl Defence is a global manufacturer of high-tech guided missiles, innovative ammunition solutions and special reconnaissance and protection systems, which are also used in the German Navy. Diehl's ground-based and near-ground system solutions in particular set international standards, with which the further development of the navy must also keep pace in order to create innovative value for the maritime sector. Hence the reference here to a structured approach in the field grey sector: the development of a modular, safe and scalable architecture for unmanned systems under the name "iMUGS". Demo at the military training area KMW (Krauss-Maffei Wegmann) presented the iMUGS project (Integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System) at the Lehnin military training area, where...

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Offshore photovoltaics: SolarDuck builds floating PV station

Offshore photovoltaics: SolarDuck builds floating PV station

Gepostet von | 19 Dec 2022 | , | 0

How - you don't have a solar duck for your bathtub yet? Not even for Christmas? Then it's about time - otherwise you'll miss out on the trend! In mid-November, the Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck announced plans to build the world's largest photovoltaic power plant off the Dutch coast. The 5 MW demonstrator is due to be connected to the grid in 2026 and will have an innovative energy storage unit. RWE secured the "Hollandse Kust West (HKW) VII" sea area for future energy generation plants in the middle of the year and has now selected SolarDuck as the manufacturer of the plants. Wind turbines and floating panels The hybrid offshore wind and floating panel project will utilise this technology, which has so far been little tested in real...

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Automated kite system as a wind-assisted auxiliary drive

Automated kite system as a wind-assisted auxiliary drive

Gepostet von | 13 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

The French company Airseas is trialling an automated kite system for the first time on board a commercial ro-ro cargo ship as propulsion support during an Atlantic crossing. The aim is to validate the design concept and optimise subsystems during ongoing sea operations. Airseas as an offspring of Airbus Airseas was spun off from the industrial giant Airbus in 2015 and has since utilised its specific experience in aviation technology to develop a sailing kite that can be used as a wind propulsion system for large merchant ships. The concept is for the full-size version of the Seawing, a 1000 m2 parafoil, to fly at altitudes of almost 1,000 feet (300 metres), where it captures the more stable high-altitude winds to...

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