The Swedish Club has launched its “COVID-19 Handbook,” offering clear, simple and practical advice to help both those at sea and those on shore to face the day-to-day challenges posed by the pandemic. These challenges have caused the whole shipping industry to pull together and provide a quantity of high-quality and informed advice to those formulating policies in these new and difficult
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June 2, 2020 marked the 90th birthday for The Mariners’ Museum and Park. It was incorporated on June 2, 1930. Many things have changed at the Museum and Park over the years, but one thing has remained the same: The institution is here to promote public welfare by encouraging the learning of all things maritime. The Mariners’ Museum and Park
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By Paivi Haikkola • Jukka Merenluoto The One Sea alliance is taking a lead in developing the technologies that will enable the autonomous ship. Delivering an autonomous maritime transport system by 2025 will rely on “collaboration without borders” between major players from the international digital, communications and shipping sectors on regulation, testing and validation, and research and development. Digital, Internet,
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As businesses are being directed to limit site work, the need remains to ensure that assets continue to operate across utilities, energy, process, hybrid and maritime industries, safeguarding food processing, powergeneration, water management, tissue production, data centers and the transportation of goods. ABB is working with customers to ensure access to field operators and service engineers who cannot be on
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Blue Trail Engineering is a new source for high-quality, low-cost underwater servo actuators, thrusters and electrical connectors. Blue Trail Engineering’s products meet rigorous technical specifications while still fitting the budgets of start-ups, universities and research institutions. Blue Trail Engineering offers depth-rated servo actuators at a fraction of the size and cost of other subsea actuators, according to the company. Rated
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The Maritime Archaeological Trust has discovered a new 8,000-year-old structure next to what is believed to be the oldest boat building site in the world on the Isle of Wight. “This new discovery is particularly important as the wooden platform is part of a site that doubles the amount of worked wood found in the U.K. from a period that lasted
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