Greensea IQ opens new service center in Miami
in Hialeah, Florida, will house both office and workshop space. The Miami location will accommodate an expanded EverClean support team dedicated to servicing customers in the region. With Miami serving as a global hub for cruise operations, the expansion furthers Greensea IQ's ability to provide ship operators with an efficient and environmentally responsible hull maintenance solution.“As the cruise industry continues to prioritize operational efficiency and sustainability, EverClean is becoming an essential service for maintaining optimal hull performance,” said John Dunn, Chief Operating
Armach Robotics Launches EverClean Hull Cleaning Service
and reduced efficiency, affecting commercial interests, as well as the environmental impacts, including higher emissions through drag, and the transportation of invasive species.Armach said it has completed a phase of proving the concept of its robotic hull cleaning system with a select number of ship operators.Leveraging sophisticated navigation technology, the hull service robot navigates its way over the hull intelligently, and, similar to georeferencing, maps the hull condition to its appropriate on-hull location. According to Armach, this ensures the cleaning of each section of the hull without
IMO Targets Subsea Ship Noise with New Draft Guidelines
functions for a wide range of marine life, including marine mammals, fish and invertebrate species, upon which many coastal Indigenous communities depend for their food, livelihoods and cultures.The draft revised guidelines provide an overview of approaches applicable to designers, shipbuilders and ship operators to reduce the underwater radiated noise of any given ship. They are intended to assist relevant stakeholders in establishing mechanisms and programs through which noise reduction efforts can be realized.The draft guidelines revise the previous guidelines (issued in 2014). They include updated
Dates for INMARTECH 2023 Announced
INMARTECH 2023: June 20-22, 2023, Barcelona, SpainINMARTECH Symposia were initiated, and are coordinated, by the annual International Research Ship Operators meetings (IRSO, formerly ISOM) with the purpose of providing a forum for marine technicians to meet and exchange knowledge and experiences, thereby aiming to improve equipment performance, deployment and operational techniques during scientific cruises on research vessels.For more information on INMARTECH 2023, Click Here.
Proactive Ship Hull Cleaning: Bellona and Armach Partner Up
cleaning, as well as to understand the limits and risks with such solutions, say CEO of Bellona, Hallstein Havåg and VP Growth and Strategy at Armach Robotics, Rob Howard.The build-up of marine life on ships’ hulls – biofouling – is an age-old problem for the environment, for ship operators, and for the international shipping industry. The problem is significant, increasing emission pollution and spreading invasive species across continents. VP Growth and Strategy at Armach Robotics, Rob Howard - Credit: ArmachFouling slows the affected ship and can increase its fuel consumption
Inside the new UK Center for Seabed Mapping
electricity network or a water network, data in itself, mapping, topographic mapping, hydrographic mapping in the maritime space is a key part of national infrastructure,” he said. “I know a number of ports, for example, where improving information and knowledge of the seabed has allowed ship operators to increase the cargo imported or exported during each visit. Depending on what's being carried, being able to reliably increase your draft through taking onboard extra cargo, even by four inches, can be worth tens of thousands of dollars per visit.”When you add up the number commercial
Maritime Safety: POB Tracking Will Become Essential Offshore, Says Olympic Subsea
benefits to follow as the technology evolves, he said, with software updates applied over the air via satellite.Olympic Subsea is also testing another application of ScanReach’s onboard mesh wireless system for real-time fuel monitoring, information that Eide believes is not widely available to ship operators – and Sørdal is looking forward to other functionality becoming available, such as fall detection, man-overboard alerts, gas, temperature and environmental monitoring.This makes it more than just a technical tool; it also has a business benefit and customers are impressed about how
Ship Repair: Inside the $60m Refit of RV Roger Revelle
the U.S. Academic Research fleet. A big factor in many of the refit decisions, in fact, were the shared experiences from the refit of the Thomas G. Thompson, operated by the University of Washington. “One of the great advantages that we’ve got at Scripps is being part of the community of ship operators in academic research fleet,” said Appelgate. “They shared everything with us, (including) their lessons learned.”One specific area was taking the decision to replace a noisy, inefficient bow thruster with a new retractable unit from ZF, a change which drops the bow thruster
‘Hull Skate’ Your Way to Cleaner Hulls, Better Fuel Efficiency
have been several robotic hull cleaning solutions proposed and used in the maritime industry, Jotun is calling the HSS robotic tech unique in that it has been purposely designed for proactive cleaning, and in combination with the SeaQuantum Skate antifouling and a set of services, the HSS will help ship operators combat early stages of fouling. The HullSkater stays on the hull by the force of its magnetic wheels, each equipped with electric motors for propulsion and steering. The vehicle has several cameras and sensors, supporting the operator with data for navigation and documenting fouling on the ship
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