by Satzuma-Creative | Aug 29, 2019 | Archive
China recently launched its first domestically built polar icebreaker, Xue Long 2, and to help protect it from harsh Arctic and Antarctic conditions, they turned to an industry-leading coatings solution supplied by AkzoNobel. Purpose-built to cope with thick ice...
by Satzuma-Creative | Aug 29, 2019 | Archive
Norwegian Coast Guard’s vessel KV Svalbard was on an international environmental research expedition when it became the first ever Azipod®-powered ship to reach the North Pole With its superior performance in the harshest of ice conditions, Azipod® propulsion has...
by Satzuma-Creative | Aug 29, 2019 | Archive
As the global shipping industry learns that the UK-flagged Stena Impero seized by Iranian forces in July was ‘spoofed’ and begins to accept the extent to which vessels unprepared for a cyber event can be affected, Itai Sela, CEO of cyber security pioneer...
by Satzuma-Creative | Aug 22, 2019 | Archive
ACO Marine has successfully completed the commissioning of wastewater treatment units aboard the ropax sisters Sveti Krševan, Supertar and Cres operated by Croatian owner Jadrolinija. The three 87.6m vessels were each retrofitted with a Clarimar MF-2 biological-type...
by Satzuma-Creative | Aug 14, 2019 | Archive
Welding and cutting technologies maker ESAB is launching Coreweld 69 LT H4, a metal-cored welding wire for high-strength steels. Benefiting from very low diffusible hydrogen, this new wire achieves a yield strength of 690 MPa or greater and excellent sub-zero...
by Satzuma-Creative | Aug 14, 2019 | Archive
USE OF HEAVY FUEL OIL WITH SCRUBBERS WILL HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON GLOBAL CO2 EMISSIONS Members of the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 have welcomed a new addition to the canon of scientific literature relating to exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), the latest of which...
