The vessel “YARA Birkeland” will be the world’s first fully electric and autonomous container ship, with zero emissions. Operation is planned to start in the latter half of 2018, shipping products from YARA’s Porsgrunn production plant to Brevik and Larvik in Norway.
The Aberdeen, UK-based Kongsberg Maritime camera systems group has successfully delivered a new large network IP CCTV system to Chantier Davie Canada for installation aboard the new Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Auxiliary Naval Replenishment Ship, known currently as ‘Project Resolve’.
Karpaz Gate Marina, The Yacht Harbour Association’s (TYHA) International Marina of the Year 2017, has reported a 30% increase in berthing enquiries from boat owners and more interest from general visitors following January’s award win.
Kongsberg Underwater Technology, Inc. announced today that it successfully completed negotiations with CoMotion®, the University of Washington’s collaborative innovation hub, to obtain the sole rights to produce, market, and continue development of two new underwater glider systems.
A double digit multi-million Euro contract was signed by Kongsberg Maritime and Fassmer Werft on 4th April 2017, following the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency’s (BSH) approval of KONGSBERG to deliver a unique technical solution based on its ground-breaking Integrated Vessel Concepts for the newbuild research vessel Atair II, which will be built at the Fassmer yard in Berne.
Hamburg-based Leonhardt & Blumberg (L&B), Germany’s largest independent charter owner of handysize containerships has become the first customer for Marlink’s new Sealink Business VSAT service. With Sealink Business on board, L&B’s fleet will operate using guaranteed minimum bandwidth regardless of the amount of data consumed, ensuring availability for business critical applications at all times.
Leading manufacturer of satellite communication solutions Cobham SATCOM and WxOps Inc. have supplied systems and software to support Hawaiian Airlines new Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) program.
Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Norway headquartered marine and offshore technology company Kongsberg Maritime, and Houston headquartered Stress Engineering Services (SES) have formed a strategic alliance to better serve existing and new clients with cost effective engineering services and fully integrated technical solutions...
Experienced climber Chris Monaghan, from New South Wales, has hailed his Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) as ‘vital’ after he used an ACR Electronics ResQLink PLB to call for rescue following a horrific fall in the Blue Mountains recently.
Ocean Signal has supplied its rescueME MOB1s for the crew of Dauntsey’s School Sailing Club tall ship Jolie Brise in preparation for their participation in a challenging transatlantic race, the Rendez-vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta.
Beginning May 2017, Shenzhen Airlines will launch its in-flight evaluation of SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S), Inmarsat’s next generation IP-based broadband service for the flight deck. The SB-S platform will be installed on Shenzhen’s Airbus 320 aircraft using Cobham avionics’ AVIATOR 300D hardware.
Marlink has expanded its extensive Sealink VSAT portfolio with new service plans specially designed for the business needs of maritime customers. The new Sealink Business is a highly flexible, cost-effective way to meet the diverse operational and crew communication requirements for maritime customers of all segments and features a choice of Committed Information Rates (CIR)...
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