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Comprehensive megayacht electrical installation
Alewijnse completes comprehensive electrical installation on Oceanco’s 105-metre Project 1050H
WSR Services provides the solutions
“Our company is fully operated in all our strategic locations,” says Sofronis Christodoulou, General Manager of WSR Services, a subsidiary company of UW Group. “In Cyprus and Greece, our staff is currently working from the office, and in Russian, Singapore, and Dubai,...
ABB introduces remote continuous performance evaluation
ABB Turbocharging has introduced a new digital offering to enhance the insights delivered by its engine performance diagnostics software, ABB Ability Tekomar XPERT. The new ‘continuous evaluation’ function allows the software to use engine data gathered by edge...
How the pandemic has changed Rolls-Royce
The Corona pandemic has turned the world upside down. Business trips have become the absolute exception, while working from home and digital meetings are suddenly the rule. At Rolls-Royce too, a lot is being done differently, with the help of creative input, digital...
First global standard for ship hull cleaning essential for marine ecosystems
BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, has moved a step closer to finishing a global set of guidelines needed to protect the marine environment from invasive species and reduce CO2 emissions. Currently, there is no common global standard for cleaning ships’...
ABS launches new guide for wind-assisted propulsion systems
ABS has published the ABS Guide to Wind-Assisted Propulsion System Installation, providing class safety standards when installing wind-assisted systems. The Guide is applicable to two leading wind-assisted propulsion technologies: Flettner rotors and wing sails,...
What’s lurking below?
Vessel owners, operators and charterers reacting to a sharp reduction in demand due to COVID-19 are soon to face an additional operational challenge in the form of accelerated hull fouling as more and more vessels lie idle at anchor or provide floating storage for...
MarineLINE continues working on chemical and product tankers during Covid-19
In an interview with PCE-International, David J Keehan, President of Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), presents some of the challenges his company has faced during the Covid-19 crisis, and how APC has risen to continue to meet customer and employee expectations. “The...
DNV GL launches new certification in infection prevention for the maritime industry
DNV GL, the world’s leading classification society, has launched a new certification in infection prevention for the maritime industry. The release of this custom certification aims to help the maritime industry resume operations better prepared for COVID-19 or other...
Business as usual at Multimarine
“Multimarine Shipyards has been fully operational during the COVID-19 lockdown,” says Pavlos Phokas, Commercial Director at the yard. . During the period between March-April-May, Multimarine completed three important drydocking projects (Bourbon Diamond, Nor Naomi,...
Force Majeure resolution during the Coronavirus pandemic
Over the last weeks, many companies may have issued or received force majeure notices suspending performance where permitted by force majeure clauses in the relevant contracts based on the COVID-19 outbreak. As the crisis continues with deepening business disruption,...
Strict COVID-19 measures enables work to continue at A&P
A&P Group has deployed a strict programme of Covid-19 measures to ensure it can maintain its support to the maritime community as it emerges from the pandemic. Over the last eight weeks, A&P has deployed a number of stringent measures at all three of its UK...
Namdock has resumed full operations
“Namdock has resumed full operations with effect from Tuesday 5 May 2020, in accordance with the inception of stage 2 of the lockdown, which has seen the partial easing of restrictive measures thanks to the recent flattening of the infection curve,” explains Heritha...
Restart your business with BV – a service for passenger ships
Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services has developed a new service and a new label – ‘Safeguard’ - to help businesses world-wide resume operations with appropriate health and safety standards. ‘Restart Your Business...
Share your company’s experiences of what you are doing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic
What is your company doing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic? Share with SeaFirst your company's experiences of how you maybe looking to new markets, or offering new products or services, to aid your company's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Have an opinion...
SMM 2021: A new impetus for maritime transformation
Every two years SMM brings together industry stakeholders from around the world. Because of the Coronavirus crisis, the leading international maritime trade fair has been postponed until 2-5 February 2021. Not surprisingly, the effects of the pandemic were the main...