UK to Transfer Two Minehunters to Ukraine
over the long term," British defence minister Grant Shapps said in a statement.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was grateful to Britain and Norway for launching the new coalition to support his country."Together, we will strengthen the Ukrainian navy, safeguard maritime transportation routes, and secure freedom of navigation," Zelenskiy said in a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.After the United States, Britain has been the second-largest supplier of military aid to Ukraine since the war started in February 2021. London has also provided military
Kimberlee McHugh Joins Teledyne Marine - Falmouth
Kimberlee McHugh has joined Teledyne Marine - Vehicles, located in North Falmouth, Mass., as the organization’s new marketing manager. McHugh, former marketing director at the Steamship Authority, has over 15 years of senior level marketing experience in the maritime transportation, hospitality, and tourism industries. Her career highlights include digital marketing development and execution, HR recruitment advertising planning and execution, increasing market share, sales and revenue growth, website development and launch, 360 marketing strategy, project management, event planning, attending
ADNOC L&S, SeaOwl Designing Unmanned Supply Vessels for Offshore Operations
of maritime services, will design the vessel, oversee its construction, and facilitate navigation permits. Seaowl will partner with Bureau Veritas (BV), a company specializing in testing, inspection, and certification, to facilitate obtaining the necessary navigation permits from the UAE maritime transportation affairs.Xavier Génin, CEO of SeaOwl said: “After the success of our Proof of Concept supported by the French Government, we are delighted to join forces with ADNOC L&S to bring a new era of sustainable logistics operations through digital automatization. This project will
Maritime Risk Symposium: Full Program Released
Argonne campus in Lemont, Illinois, recently unveiled the full conference program, packed with experts with insights on the challenges facing the inland waterway systems.Click here to read the fulll program for MRS 2022MRS is an annual international event focused on risks involving the global maritime transportation system (MTS). For the MRS, the U.S. Coast Guard partners with the sponsor, the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and the hosting agency. MRS began in 2011 and has grown in size, scope and interest. The theme of MRS 2022 is
Maritime Risk Symposium 2022: The Importance of Inland Systems to the MTS
the Symposium, hosted by the Argonne National Laboratory, 15 – 17 November 2022.MRS PanelsMRS 2022 is structured around a series of panels that will address issues critical to the MTS.Mission Assurance for the MTS in Changing WorldLong-term Resilience Planning and Climate Adaptation for Maritime Transportation InfrastructureSupply Chain Challenges to the MTSTraining the Next Generation of Maritime Cyber WarriorsKeeping the Inland Waterways Open - Balancing Maintenance and Operational Requirements against Increasing ThreatsCOVID Impacts on the MTSStudent Poster CompetitionA student poster competition
MTR100: When it Comes to Drones, Big is Good. <1m is Better.
(subscription-based) data platform – to solve data gathering and processing/use problems.The firm, founded in 2019 by CEO Anthony DiMare and former SpaceX and submarine engineer CTO Charles Chiau. Before co-founding Bedrock, DiMare co-founded Nautilus Labs, a technology company focused on maritime transportation. Before that he was a mechanical engineer at various tech start-up companies.Bedrock, which says it’s offering technology that can speed up the time it takes to get seabed data by a factor of 10, raised $8 million in a seed round from Eniac Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Quiet
CMA CGM to Support Notilo Plus Rollout
develops autonomous underwater dronesFounded in 2016 and based in Marseilles and Lyon, Notilo Plus develops autonomous underwater systems featuring artificial intelligence and data enhancement capabilities. It develops “made in France” autonomous solutions targeting the fields of maritime transportation, leisure and infrastructure.Last December, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, presented the Jacques Saadé Award to Notilo Plus on the occasion of the Trophées de l’Economie 2018. Notilo Plus has since joined ZEBOX, the internation
Québec, New England Strengthen Marine Technology Ties
both. The Memorandum serves as a framework for information exchange, contacts between businesses, research entities, and students and faculty, as well as the mutual pursuit of growing opportunities in ocean and coastal observation systems, ocean technologies, aquaculture, marine biotechnology, maritime transportation, technology transfer and commercialization, and related infrastructure and sustainable development projects. “[Our region is one of the most active, innovative and diverse focal points for marine technology in the world. With this MOU, we join with TMQ to use our combined
All Eyes on Ireland
in other parts of the economy. From tourism, to bioresources, to transportation The top three marine sectors in terms of employment and turnover are marine tourism and leisure; seafood and bioresources (fisheries, aquaculture, seafood processing, biotech/seaweed); and shipping and maritime transportation (including international shipping services). However, R&D-intensive industries such as high-tech marine products and services and ocean energy saw substantial increases over the period 2010-2012. In addition to the people directly employed in marine industries, a further 13,000 are employed
February 2024
