The central data management platform plays a key role in the monitoring of critical maritime infrastructure. The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) has now awarded Kiel-based north.io GmbH the contract to further develop its Automated Recognition of Ghost ships and Underwater Surveillance (Argus). For this...
It is an important signal for Papenburg as a shipbuilding location: the Japanese Oriental Land Company (OLC) has commissioned Meyer Werft to build a cruise ship modelled on the "Disney Wish". The shipbuilding contract was signed in Tokyo on 9 July. Travelling fun with Mickey and Co. OLC is the operator of Disney theme parks...
The Dutch Ministry of Defence wants to strengthen and protect its own defence industry and is working together with the Ministry of Economic Affairs on a corresponding law consisting of three parts: + A sectoral investment test to prevent mergers, takeovers and investments in suppliers from becoming a risk for the deployment of the armed forces. + A...
The propulsion engines and generator sets for the power supply of the three new Miecznik multipurpose frigates for the Polish Navy are currently being built at the Rolls-Royce Power Systems Division in Friedrichshafen. Four 20-cylinder mtu Series 8000 engines with 8,200 kW each and four 12-cylinder mtu Series 4000 gensets with 1650 kW of mechanical power each will be installed on each ship.
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is planning to build a new additional water reservoir to ensure the maximum passage of 36 ships per day even during periods of drought. The Indio River Reservoir project would become part of the existing artificial lakes and feed Lake Gatun, as well as provide a little more safety and a higher level of water...
Wind turbine blades made of wood offer a sustainable option, the Hessian start-up (2021) Voodin Blade Technology is convinced and has installed the world's first prototype installation of its wind turbine blades made of 100% biodegradable wood over 19 metres long on an existing wind turbine in Breuna, north-west of Kassel. After two years of thorough laboratory testing, the...
The world's fifth-largest shipping company has committed to reducing its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by around a third by 2030 and to net-zero fleet operations by 2045. This is to be achieved through the modernisation of the fleet, new drive technologies and research into and procurement of CO2-neutral alternative fuels (e-fuels), such as "green" methanol. Already since...
The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has dismissed several appeals by Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) and the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) against the operating licence for the gas pipeline between the port of Mukran and Lubmin. This means that the approximately 50-kilometre-long gas pipeline operated by Gascade, which connects the LNG terminal in Sassnitz-Mukran to the gas pipeline network in Lubmin to the east of...
United European Car Carriers (UECC), an innovative Norwegian maritime transport company, has been investing in alternative fuels for years and more than doubled the use of biofuels in its fleet of ships last year. The shipping company's goal is to reduce emissions by at least 45 per cent by 2030. After all, the low-emission concepts save port charges and, as a shipping company,...
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