Marine diesel engines, prime movers for almost all merchant ships, may either burn more expensive, cleaner fuels to comply with increasingly severe exhaust gas emission controls, or else continue to burn cheaper fuels and rely on a scrubber unit to clean up exhaust gas emissions; broadly that is the choice for shipowners and operators. With […]
New Kongsberg Maritime simulators for extensive upgrade to South Tyneside College facilities Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a suite of upgraded navigation, engine room and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) simulator hardware and software for an extensive facilities upgrade to the School of Simulation & Senior Marine at South Tyneside College. The upgrade project […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brownie’s Marine Group, Inc. (OTCBB:BWMG), a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of highly specialized dive and safety products, today announced that its CEO Robert Carmichael had been interviewed related to the innovative Molecular Impact Energy (MIE) technology for the marine industry in a June 15th article […]
Home » News » Kongsberg Maritime upgrades simulators 20 Jun 2012 The engine room at the School of Stimulation & Senior Marine at South Tyneside College will be upgraded Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a set of upgraded navigation, engine room and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) simulator hardware and software to the School […]
Usually the pontoon at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth is home to historic ships and boats from the past, but from 29 June to 1 July, visitors will be able to get a glimpse of the future. Moored on the pontoon will be what appears to be a standard cruising yacht, but you should never […]
June 19th, 2012 Enlarge Graduate student Jan Vicente at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology has been awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s prestigious Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship to find out if the world’s marine sponges are at risk of disintegrating thanks to increasingly acidic ocean waters. Credit: University of Maryland Center for […]
Published on June 20, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Safebridge have announced that its first new ECDIS online familiarisation course is now available for booking via the online course and booking facility on the company’s newly restructured website. The first course covers type-specific training on the Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT ECDIS system. […]
By Michael Morrah There are calls for navigational technology at New Zealand ports to be improved to reduce the risk of another environmental disaster like the Rena. Maritime New Zealand is still deciding whether shipping rules need to be updated, but one Auckland-based company says it has a device that could help. There are dozens […]
NEWPORT, R.I.—The U.S. Navy’s chief of naval operations is set to address graduates at the U.S. Naval War College. Adm. Jonathan Greenert is scheduled to deliver the graduation address on Friday. The ceremony is taking place on Dewey Field at Naval Station Newport. The graduating class includes 299 members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine […]
LINTON ARMY CAMP, New Zealand – Few Marines ever have the opportunity to hold the Individual Weapon Steyr, New Zealand’s standard issue rifle, but New Zealand Army soldier recently spun some Marines up on the operation and handling of the weapon. On green grass fields here, soldiers from the 25 Engineer Support Squadron gave a […]