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The SALT 100 Platform supply vessel combines innovations in design and technology to achieve higher energy efficiency and more robust propulsion. The vessel has very low fuel consumption and is the first of its kind to adopt a new and more flexible and efficient solutions for cargo handling.
The Panama Canal Expansion project, which will add a third set of locks to the canal, is supposed to double its capacity by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing bigger ships to transit. Checkout this great timelapse video of the Panama Canal Expansion Project.
A New Design for Propulsion Control The new Wärtsilä Propulsion Control System is a comprehensive system of levers and touch-screen interfaces, designed to suit all the possible propulsion configurations of a modern ship.
For all sizes of large, fast, container ships of from around 3000 to more than 10,000 TEU capacity, at service speeds of around 25 knots, the Wärtsilä RT-flex96C and RTA96C low-speed engines provide a comprehensive engine programme.
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won the prestigious “red dot award” 2013 for product design in recognition of its innovative Azimuth lever that steers giant ships with decimeter accuracy.
Perdido is the world’s deepest offshore oil drilling and production platform. Moored in 2,450 meters (8,000 feet) of water in the Gulf of Mexico, it opened up a new frontier in deep-water oil and gas production.
Video of the first Triple-E, the Maersk McKinney Møller, making its maiden call at Gdansk, Poland.
The first of two new container vessels of Eimskip was launched in Weihai in China. The launching went well and it’s expected that the vessel will be delivered in the beginning of January 2014, and that she will call her home port in Iceland the second quarter 2014.
Watch the dramatized video which features the accident of a ship crew member who was tragically killed by an explosion while cutting a used 200 liter drum with an angle grinder.