Thome Group, Hafnia, Anglo American, RightShip, Rio Tinto and Wilhelmsen have joined forces to launch Maritime Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Innovation Lab 2022.The innovation lab is an open competition for ideas on addressing DEI in the maritime industry.
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Applications are open for the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Orcelle Award and the Neptune Award, each with a monetary prize of $100,000.
Read moreThe finalists of the CNR Concept Challenge–a historic call for innovative ideas to support the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps of the future–were announced at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington, D.C. The finalists include Benjamin Conley, for enhancements to existing thermal-imaging capabilities; Joe Kennedy, for a prototype system that assesses various sources of position, navigating and timing
Read moreMARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) has tested an innovative concept for a floating mega island. The island comprises 87 large floating triangles that are connected to one another. Together they form a flexible floating island that can be as large as 1 to 5 km in cross-section. Floating mega islands offer future-proof living and working space at sea for: developing,
Read moreThe Chief of Naval Research (CNR) is looking for innovative concepts that could generate a leap ahead in the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps capability in the future. He is looking for vision that really gets out in front of the rapid, ever-accelerating technology development and deployment cycle. Learn more about what the CNR is looking for at http://www.navalengineers.org/navaltechexpo (click on “CNR Concept Challenge”).
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