A team in the R&D department of international classification society Bureau Veritas, working with Brazil’s Petrobras, has been awarded the prestigious OMAE 2013 Best Paper of Offshore Technology Symposium for its paper detailing ground breaking research into second-order rolling of FLNGs. The basic research in the paper has led to a Joint Industry Project involving […]
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and PSA Corporation Limited (PSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to extend their collaboration under the Port Technology Research and Development Programme. The extension of the Programme will allow MPA and PSA to continue with research and development (R&D) initiatives to develop next-generation technologies for Singapore’s […]
Building on the fruitful past decade of UK-Singapore cooperation in scientific research and development, A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI) officially launched a joint laboratory in Maritime and Offshore Engineering R&D today, to develop innovative technological solutions through modelling and simulation using high performance computing technology, […]
Innovation in spotlight as DNV GL and Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore sign maritime R&D Memorandum of Understanding. DNV GL and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today to promote research and development (R&D) and innovation in the maritime industry. The signing ceremony took place […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 150 million (approx. $200 million) loan to Wartsila to finance the company’s research, development and innovation (RDI) activities in several European countries. The contract for the 10-year loan was signed in Helsinki, Finland on 13 June 2013. This loan is a continuation of the longstanding and […]
With funding from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and supported by “Projektträger Jülich” (PTJ), over the next three years Hamburg University of Technology, Mareval AG Hamburg and the maritime engineering company HeavyLift@Sea will conduct research into the improvement of tools for the simulation of offshore crane operations. The project is named HoOK – […]
Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen yesterday held a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction work on a new R&D test facility at Plant 1. The company plans to invest more than €60 million in the project by 2015. In future, technicians will be able to run function tests on newly developed engines on […]
On January 3, 2012, a new test track was inaugurated at the Warnemünde location of Nordic Yards. The cooling zone is being used to test three models, so-called mock-ups, developed as part of the POLAR Alliance. These models, all of which are Nordic Yards’ own designs on a scale of 1:1, represent an LNG cargo […]
Kongsberg Maritime has recently established a specialist ‘Cybernetics R&D Group’, whose main goal is to contribute at the cutting edge of research-based and market-oriented innovation across product areas such as dynamic positioning, navigation and automation systems. The group, which is currently recruiting new members, will mainly consist of PhD-level professionals in the field of engineering […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 150 million loan to Wärtsilä to finance the company’s research, development and innovation activities in several European countries. Wärtsilä will invest the funds during 2011-2012 in research activities aimed at further developing the company’s engine technology for both marine and power plant applications. The contract […]
