General News

25% of shipping industry professionals favour investment in new technology, up from 14% in 2016, a survey has found.

AkzoNobel has launched a new app which offers a lite version of its Intertrac Vision software, the big data hull performance prediction tool.

Lloyds Register (LR) has launched a code that assesses unmanned marine systems (UMS) against a set of safety and operational performance requirements.

A Svitzer tug with Rolls-Royce systems has completed what the companies claim is the first remote operation of a commercial vessel, in Copenhagen harbour “earlier this year”.

DNV GL has opened digital fleet performance centres in Hamburg and Singapore which aim to help improve vessel efficiency by monitoring and optimising operations.

The American Bureau of Shipping has unveiled its Global Ship Systems Center in Athens, home to a new committee dedicated to developing standards used in ship design, construction and surveying.

Class society DNV GL has published a report assessing the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from shipping towards 2050, based on a new computational model.

Wärtsilä and Maran Gas Maritime (MGM) have extended their current LNG carrier cooperation with a five-year maintenance agreement.

Speakers at the Nor Shipping opening conference tackled the weighty topic of shipping disruption on the first day of the biennial exhibition.