Spire Global, a global data service provider and leader AIS data solutions and weather forecasting, announced the year-over-year results for its maritime business unit. Spire Maritime expanded into Asia and celebrated a four-fold increase in bookings in 2019. It continued to build on its successes after launching in January 2019Continue Reading
Alego Development has patented the Alego Modular Vessel, modular ships focused intended to be used in waterways. It has LNG/ Electric-Hybrid propulsion, shallow draft and a flexible modular design. These vessels are suitable for a wide variety of applications and operational conditions. All Alego modules are of standardized design, enablingContinue Reading
Tugdock is a patented modular floating dry dock. It is less cost to buy, less cost to operate and far simpler to use than any present dry dock system. Inflation and deflation of the airbags alters the buoyancy of the frames to submerge the deck and enable lifting and launchingContinue Reading
Nordic gas sector and energy market expert Gasum has entered into an agreement with Sweden’s largest fuel company Preem to supply their tankers with a new fuel blend consisting of liquefied natural gas and 10 per cent of renewable liquefied biogas. This is the first agreement that involves Gasum deliveringContinue Reading
Global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, has collaborated with the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) in Canada, to produce two ocean turbine parts using additive manufacturing (AM) for industrial design firm Biome Renewables. Renishaw helped manufacture a PowerCone® retrofit that co-rotates with the turbine’s rotor and curved propellers to reduce drag.Continue Reading
Inmarsat has signed an agreement with Brazil-based startup i4sea to join a fast-growing group of certified application providers for Fleet Data. Recently, Inmarsat closed an agreement with Nautilus Labs, as well. i4sea will provide a high-precision sea and weather forecasting application with up to seven days forecasting in advance throughContinue Reading
Today we are having a look at some alternatives to fish and seafood, either vegan or cell-grown that several startups offer. We’d like to taste them, but some pictures will have to do, for now. Cell-grown seafood Finless Foods is a food startup working toward a world where everyone hasContinue Reading
The eOceans app is for citizen scientists, scientists, and teams exploring and studying the world’s oceans. It was founded to make faster and more collaborative discoveries. It’s available in Android and iOS. This app captures ‘logs’ about the oceans in real-time. A ‘log’ takes about 30 seconds and captures enormousContinue Reading
Tetrahedron has patented a new crane for lifting offshore wind turbine generators at a lower cost than conventional hardware. The Tetrahedron crane is suitable to lift the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators with capacities of 10-20 MW each. Those cranes reach heights up to 250 m. Compared toContinue Reading
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) of the European Commission launched their new joint initiative MSPglobal on 11-12 February 2019 in Paris, France. The project aims to improve cross-border and transboundary cooperation by developing new international guidelines on maritimeContinue Reading