by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 22, 2018 | News, Opinion
By Dr. Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter, CEO of Coltraco Ultrasonics The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) have recently investigated the cause of the 2015 El Faro disaster. SS El Faro was a United States-flagged, combination roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off...
by Satzuma-Creative | Dec 21, 2017 | News, Opinion
from Asaf Shefi, Naval Dome’s CTO, the former Head of the Israeli Naval C4I and Cyber Defense Unit Naval Dome has demonstrated the maritime industry’s nightmare security scenario with a series of cyber penetration tests on systems in common use aboard tankers,...
by Satzuma-Creative | Dec 13, 2017 | News, Opinion
By John Chillingworth of Lucion Marine* Although asbestos has been banned from ships since July 2002, it is still very common for the material to be found in large numbers of vessels of all types. Indeed it is particularly concerning that asbestos continues to be...
by Satzuma-Creative | Nov 29, 2017 | News, Opinion
Reflecting the views of more than 2500 participants from 69 countries, many of whom hold senior positions in the maritime industry, the SMM Maritime Industry Report, prepared jointly by Hamburg Messe & Congress GmbH (HMC) as the organiser of SMM, and the market...
by Satzuma-Creative | Nov 24, 2017 | News, Opinion
At a press conference in London Wärtsilä outlined their view of developing changes in the shipping industry to bring increased value and optimisation with integrated smart systems and technology. Wärtsilä intends to lead the industry’s transformation towards a...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jul 2, 2017 | News, Opinion
by William Gibby, Technical Director at MAATS Tech. Building a ship from scratch is a massive undertaking. It can take several years, many millions of pounds and tens of thousands of tons of materials. You can understand the temptation then, to assume converting an...
