Commercial Marine News
The ‘Tesla of the Seas’ – pioneering British company, Windship Technology unveils first True Zero Emission ship design
With shipping now accounting for over 3% of global CO2 emissions, and still increasing, the innovative all-ship solution is set to revitalise an industry under pressure to reform 8th February 2021, London: Windship Technology, a British company with a whole-ship solution to tackle the CO2...
BMT selected by the European Space Agency to lead innovative study
BMT has been awarded a project by the European Space Agency (ESA) to assess the feasibility of using space-based data to support the decommissioning of energy assets. The decommissioning of all energy assets, such as oil and gas platforms and wind farms, is currently a pertinent issue...
Somers Forge granted Fit for Nuclear Status
Somers Forge has been granted Fit For Nuclear (F4N) status by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. The Fit For Nuclear award is granted to companies that have benchmarked their performance against the standards demanded by the nuclear industry’s top tiers. Over the...
SOLAR SOLVE RECORDS MANY SUCCESSES GAINED DURING 2020
The year 2020 has been a very successful one for South Shields based Solar Solve, in spite of the Covid-19 setbacks all people and organisations have had to endure globally. Renowned worldwide as a prolific exporter, one of the marine equipment manufacturers many achievements was the...
BMT’s latest passenger catamaran ferry is delivered to Kitsap Transit
BMT’s latest passenger ferry, designed for Kitsap Transit in the United States, has successfully completed sea trials and is ready to start operation in the next few weeks. The ENETAI out-performed design requirements during vessel trials, delivering to Kitsap Transit; a lighter, faster...
Polaris makes Liverpool Seafarer Centre 2021 nominated charity
Maritime specialist PR firm Polaris Media has made Liverpool Seafarers Centre its main nominated charity for 2021. Polaris has renewed its agreement with LSC to extend its PR services, which are supplied at a special pro bono rate. This will be the fifth year Polaris has worked for the...
Hovercraft builder Griffon Hoverwork delivers new 995EDs to Hong Kong and Estonia
Southampton-UK based hovercraft manufacturer Griffon Hoverwork has delivered two of its new 995ED craft to clients in Hong Kong and Estonia (see film). The deals have seen two eight-metre-long 995EDs made for the Hong Kong Marine Police and one for Estonian Border Guard. In total seven 995ED...
Cammell Laird has secured a new contract with one of the UK’s largest ferry operators for the annual maintenance and dry docking of five large vessels in its fleet.
CalMac Ferries has awarded Cammell Laird a four-year contract with the option to extend it for two further one year periods. The contract spans the MV Clansman, MV Loch Seaforth, MV Lord of The Isles, MV Finlaggan and MV Hebrides – all of which provide an essential...
SOLAR SOLVE WINS ANOTHER EXPORT AWARD!
Julie Lightfoot MBE, Managing Director of Solar Solve Ltd was delighted when the company received news that it had been shortlisted for two export awards in the same week back in February 2020. The first one was for the North East FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2020 in the...
SURVITEC RAFTXCHANGE RENTAL LIFERAFTS IN PERFECT CONDITION AFTER MORE THAN 30 MONTHS OF SERVICE
Survitec has carried out a combination of more than 50,000 liferaft exchanges and inspections since 2012 with technicians recording that the liferafts inspected are in perfect condition even after 30 months of service. Revised guidelines (MSC.1/Circ.1328) introduced in June 2009 permit extended...
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