Month: February 2022

BMT wins another Crew Transfer Vessel design contract for US East Coast Windfarms

BMT, a leading international multi-disciplinary engineering, management, and technology consultancy, has been awarded a design contract for three new Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) to be operated at east coast wind farms in the US. Designed by the company’s team of specialists, the 88ft (27m) CTV design features BMT’s latest innovations to maximise safety, performance, seakeeping, …

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Forth Ports acquires OM Heavy Lift to offer full-service package for offshore renewables

Forth Ports Limited and OM Heavy Lift are pleased to announce Forth Ports’ acquisition of OMHL. This acquisition further enhances Forth Ports’ ability to offer an attractive, full-service package for offshore renewables projects, providing marine services; quayside infrastructure and land; and now, with OMHL, heavy lift plant and logistics solutions.  OMHL is a well-established, professional …

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Crisis grants to provide emergency care for thousands of seafarers

Maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society is set to provide emergency care to thousands of seafarers and their families, thanks to grants from The Seafarers’ Charity and The TK Foundation. The grants will support Sailors’ Society’s Crisis Response Network, a free service supporting seafarers and their families following a traumatic incident such as abandonment, piracy, an …

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Harvey Gulf Operates First Carbon Neutral PSV Worldwide and Orders 25 Electric F150 Lightning Trucks

Harvey Gulf International Marine has announced that it has begun to operate one of its Tri-Fuel vessels exclusively on battery power and Renewable Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG), with diesel fuel as back up, moving one step closer to becoming the world’s first ESG certified oil and gas vessel operator. RLNG is recaptured swine and dairy …

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Port of Hamburg cooperates with world’s largest hydrogen producer to expand comprehensive hydrogen value chain

Air Products and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have announced that they will work together, under a Memorandum of Understanding, to identify potential ways of establishing a comprehensive hydrogen value chain across the port of Hamburg. Both Air Products and the HPA are aligned in their intention to accelerate the production, supply chain and consumption …

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KR awards AIP for Korea’s first ‘Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage System’

The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AIP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Panasia for their ‘Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage System (OCCS)’, a eco-friendly technology which captures the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the exhaust gases generated from the internal combustion engines of ships. Efforts are being made to reduce carbon …

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Survitec Seahaven successfully passes heavy weather sea trials

Survitec’s award-winning Seahaven Advanced Evacuation System has successfully passed heavy weather sea trials (HWST).    Seahaven was deployed from EDT Jane, an 80m offshore support vessel.  The test was carried out in line with the SOLAS requirements for Novel Appliances which requires the test to be performed in conditions that do not drop below six …

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Ballard Announces Delivery of Two Class-Approved FCwaveTM Modules to Norled A/S

Ballard Power Systems has delivered two, 200 kilowatt (kW) FCwaveTM modules to Norled A/S, one of Norway’s largest ferry and express boat operators. The fuel cell modules will power the world’s first liquid hydrogen-powered ferry, the MF Hydra, later this year. MF Hydra will be the first hydrogen-powered ship to be approved by the Norwegian …

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ABB technology ensures fast charging for Amsterdam’s new electric ferries

ABB power conversion technology ensures a stable power supply for the fast-charging units serving five new electric ferries on the round-the-clock services crossing Amsterdam’s North Sea Canal. The new ferries have been ordered by the city’s public transport company, Gemeentelijk vervoerbedrijf (GVB), as an important step in its strategy to become a sustainable, emission-free transportation …

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