Hercules Hydraulics will be back at Seawork 2013 to announce the opening of its new depot on the East Coast and launch two new innovative products on stand A79. The new depot, located in Great Yarmouth, will trade under the banner of Hercules Hydraulics East Coast and will be the base for a team of
IMR Vessel ‘Seven Viking’ Is ‘Ship of the Year 2013’ The next generation Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) vessel ‘Seven Viking’, designed and built by ULSTEIN, was announced ‘Ship of the Year 2013’ by the maritime magazine ‘Skipsrevyen’ at Nor-Shipping on 4 June 2013. Nor-Shipping 2013: What
The Ocean Industries concept has been firmly in the spotlight during Nor-Shipping 2013 as Norway’s top three industries came together to attract young talent and share technological know-how. Norway’s importance to world shipping, in part due to the completeness of its maritime cluster, is well know
May will see the launch of Ocean Industry Week 2014. The successor to Oslo Maritime Week 2012, the event will broaden its scope beyond shipping to include the Ocean Industry super-cluster. These so-called Ocean Industries – maritime, offshore energy and seafood – were in sharp focus at Nor-Shipping
Yesterday’s Nor-Shipping’s Agenda Offshore conference affirmed the successful marriage of convenience between the maritime and offshore oil and gas industries. The offshore industry is “a legitimate child” of the marriage between oil and gas as well as maritime companies. “It is maybe a relationship
At a ceremony held at the Nor-Shipping maritime exhibition in Oslo, classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) rewarded three young engineers for their outstanding scientific research with the GL Young Professionals Award. As well as seeking out the best new research, the Awards aim to support t
As top executives from world-leading companies addressed “What’s Next?” for the shipping industry – the heart of the global economy – they looked to its ability to innovate and adapt. With some 1,000 people turning up for Nor-Shipping’s Opening Conference on June 4, some had to be moved to another r
The Energy Efficiency Award (previously Clean Ship Award) went to Fjord Lines’ Stavangerfjord – designed and constructed by Bergen Group Fosen. The winner of the award was published at the opening day of Nor-Shipping in Oslo on June 4th 2013. Stavangerfjord is the first international service passeng
The importance of Intra-Asian trade routes continues to grow as the region’s economies continue to expand. Asian container traffic, in particular, is projected to be the fastest growing sector in the world for the next several years. In response to this Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has developed a novel
The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) launched a symposium on the 4th of June 2013, under the title The Challenges of Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. It was organized in collaboration with the Yemen International Affairs Center (YIAC). The symposium has been
The AXYS Team has announced that they will be exhibiting at the Renewable UK Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition in Manchester, June 12-13. They will be showcasing the WindSentinel – the world’s first commercially deployed offshore wind resource assessment system. WindSentinel buoys are currently
From Norway to Uruguay, Israel to India, hundreds of activities will allow people around the world to discover the power of wind energy on Global Wind Day, 15 June. From concerts in Croatia to boat trips in Japan, a video contest in Georgia and a comic workshop in Argentina, activities are many and
From Norway to Uruguay, Israel to India, hundreds of activities will allow people around the world to discover the power of wind energy on Global Wind Day, 15 June. From concerts in Croatia to boat trips in Japan, a video contest in Georgia and a comic workshop in Argentina, activities are many and
At a press conference at Nor-Shipping 2013, classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) said that the trend toward building and operating so called ECO-Ships, or highly energy efficient vessels, was irreversible, given the potential cost savings for the maritime industry. The rise of the ECO-Ship
