Marco Polo Marine, F-Drones to Build Autonomous Cargo Drones for Offshore Wind Farms
Singapore's marine logistics firm Marco Polo Marine has signed an agreement with F-drones, a company developing large scale autonomous delivery drones, to co-develop the world’s first large-scale, electric aerial delivery drones for offshore wind farms. The use of these drones is expected to result in more than 90% cost savings, and is four times faster than traditional means, which rely mostly on boats and occasionally, helicopters, as the key modes of transport, the companies said. The partnership will see both companies co-develop drones customized for deployment in Asia-Pacific
Singapore's Offshore Industry Recovering
needed housing. Well-paid engineers have stopped browsing the shopping malls.And executives doubt they can bring them all back."During this whole crisis ... we lost quite a lot of this talent to other industries, so to build it up again will take some time," said Sean Lee, chief executive of Marco Polo Marine , which owns offshore support vessels, tugs and barges and recently finished restructuring its debt after getting "almost zero" enquiries in the previous two years."It is going to be difficult to attract new people or even bring back those who have left," he said.Even
Jan De Nul NV expands Jamaican Port
. Hence, the port will be able to provide access to larger container vessels , which will find their way to the region more easily thanks to the expansion of the lock complex in the Panama Canal. For the dredging activities Jan De Nul NV will mobilize 6 vessels, namely the cutter suction dredger Marco Polo with four accompanying split barges and the trailing suction hopper dredger Pedro Alvares Cabrál. It is the fourth project in Jamaica for Jan De Nul. “We are very pleased that once more we have gained the confidence to play an important role in the further development of this
The Island of Gold, the Leopard and the Falcon
Marco Polo described Japan as the Island of Gold for its vast natural gold deposits, long since mined out. But in the oceans offshore the seabed still holds a wealth of gold and other valuable mineral reserves created by hydrothermal activity from hot water venting at 300°C which contains dissolved metals that form ore deposits when cooled. Seeing the potential for extracting these minerals, Tokyo University has engaged Kaiyo Engineering, a specialist marine science company, to undertake seabed research using two Saab Seaeye robotic systems, the Leopard and the Falcon
February 2024
