Hydraulic cutting tools specialist, Webtool, has developed an integrated fiber rope emergency cutter for maritime winches. In the event the winch gets into difficulties during towing and lifting, the softline cutter provides an instant emergency disconnect, preventing further risk to the vessel.

Vattenfall, the Swedish energy group, have procured OceanWise Raster Charts XL (eXcluding Land) as a seamless Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) for Northern Europe.

As from early October last year the unique Safeway motion compensated offshore access system of the Dutch Van Aalst Group is installed on the 95-meter long OCV ‘Olympic Intervention IV’, owned by Olympic Subsea ASA, Norway.

Ampelmann’s A400 gangway system has set sail from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on Vroon’s Subsea Support and Walk to Work VOS Stone vessel to undertake its first deployment to transfer crew and cargo in the Arkona offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea.

Norwegian start-up technology firm ScanReach is set to redefine safety standards at sea with In:Range, a unique system capable of locating anyone on a vessel or offshore installation in real time.

Together with the Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment, Concordia Maritime has initiated a preliminary study to determine the feasibility of gathering important information on the volume of micoplastics in the oceans.

Hubba X4 Global is the first multiband, multi-protocol, dual SIM, LTE data router specifically designed for the maritime sector.

Global e-navigation leader NAVTOR and Weathernews inc.(WNI), the world's largest private weather service company, have signed a collaboration agreement. The contract will see NAVTOR significantly upgrading its weather information offering within its route planning software NavStation, while also working with the Japanese headquartered firm to develop a ground-breaking artificial intelligence (AI) routing service. This, NAVTOR claims, could revolutionise route planning, efficiency and safety within the maritime industry.

Damen Dredging Equipment has launched a new DOP Dredger Series following the success of the DOP submersible dredge pump, which has proved its versatility across the globe.

Naval Dome’s Maritime Cyber Protection System (MCPS) received the renowned Marine Intelligence prize during the Marine Propulsion Awards and gala dinner.

Wave induced vessel motions are one of the most important aspects in the workability of offshore operations. Incoming weather has so many variables that it causes a significant gap between the data used in the engineering phase and the operational phase.

Gibbs & Cox, Inc., has been awarded a contract by PMS 317 for Engineering Support Services on the Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD 17) and Amphibious Ship Replacement (LX[R]) Class Ships.

A Synchoist load positioning system, from Enerpac Heavy Lifting Technology, has been used by Finnish wind power production company, Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, for the installation of gravity base foundations at the Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm, Pori, Finland.

This week Jumbo announced the winner of the competition to name their new DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) to be delivered in the first quarter of 2020. Last month Jumbo launched an internal naming competition so that all Jumbo employees from around the world could submit up to three vessel name entries.

The delivery of the ‘Ilshin Green Iris’, the world’s first LNG-fueled bulk carrier, has been announced. The vessel was constructed at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in Korea for Ilshin Logistics and is the result of a project, announced in July 2016, to develop the first in a new generation of environmentally-friendly LNG-fueled bulk carriers.

Singapore Maritime Week (SMW), organized annually by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) attracts movers and shakers from the international maritime community for a week of flagship conferences, dialogues, exhibitions and social events in celebration of all things maritime.