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Share The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi over the weekend commissioned three state-of-the-art multi-billion Naira training simulators, namely the Full Mission Bridge Simulator, the Full Mission Engine Room Simulator and the Multifunctional Classroom simulator at the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN). Addressing newsmen after the commissioning exercise, the Minister of Transportation expressed shock at why it took this long before the Academy could acquire all the...

DAGANG NeXchange Bhd (DNeX) is understood to be close to bagging a three-year contract in Indonesia for the laying, maintenance and repair of submarine cables. While details are scarce, sources say the contract could be worth RM200 million to RM250 million over the three years and is being awarded by an Indonesian government-linked company (GLC). DNeX officials declined to comment when contacted, neither denying nor confirming market talk. This contract should come as no surprise, however, as D...

Kongsberg Digital launches remote, simulation-based DP training, accredited by The Nautical Institute Kongsberg Digital (KDI) and The Nautical Institute are pleased to announce an approved remote simulation solution for Dynamic Positioning (DP) Induction Courses. This has been developed by KDI to support training centers worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, and has now been approved by The Nautical Institute. Since the start of the pandemic, KONGSBERG has been ramping up the delive...

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. (Photo: KDI) A remote simulation solution for Dynamic Positioning (DP) Induction Courses developed by Kongsberg Digital (KDI) to support training centers worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns has been approved by The Nautical Institute. Since the start of the pandemic, KONGSBERG has been ramping up the delivery of cloud-based eLearning and remote training solutions to support education and training institutes and meet the challenges imposed by the impo...

Wärtsilä Voyage has introduced Wärtsilä SmartMove Suite, a unique pairing of sensor tech with navigation systems for semi-autonomous ship movement, to the global shipping market.

Wärtsilä Retractable Thrusters help the Leonardo Da Vinci maximise its potential The Prysmian Group is betting on Wärtsilä’s retractable thrusters for the most advanced cable layer vessel in the world. Find out how its use helped Prysmian dramatically reduce installation times, especially during a pandemic, while helping improving efficiency and reliability. Its lines point to an imposing and eye-catching vessel from any perspective. The Leonarda Da Vinci could have been designed by its m...

AET takes delivery of DP2 shuttle tanker Eagle Pilar AET, one of the world’s leading petroleum tanker owners and operators, took delivery of Eagle Pilar today, a new Suezmax second generation Dynamic Positioning (DP2) Shuttle Tanker which has been purpose built for long-term charter to Brazil Shipping I Limited, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc. Eagle Pilar has been successfully delivered to AET by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea. The vessel was safely...

WHILE the Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (MASA) chairman Datuk Abdul Hak Md Amin says there are four Malaysian flagged and certified submarine cable repair vessels currently available for use by the industry, tech companies that own the undersea cables beg to differ. “There are no Malaysian flagged vessels that can undertake repairs of undersea cables according to the best practices recommended by the ICPC (International Cable Protection Committee),” says Chiew Kok Hin, chairman of the ...

Such a small, small area is not for the m norm normal. >> reporter: h thethere will be containment areas, ap then you have vessels drilling the relief well, and other support ships all moving around massive amounts of exposed oil. it is not just the traffic cops in houston mitigating the damage, but tugboats are moving around to steer the ships. and one operator says they are using a tool called dynamic positioning. >> it a computerized system on board that interfaces with a transponder to give ...

And later it was supposed to move off from this site pretty soon after and then they bring in a platform to start actually pumping the oil and gas out. >> is this fixed to the ocean, or does it float? >> this particular one floated, and it would use, like, dynamic positioning they call it basically, motors to, you know, propellers to keep it in place. some of them used big mooring cables, but this didnt use that. >> where are we getting the calculation of the amount of oil that could be leaking ...