Dry bulk technology news

A leading maritime training expert with a long career at the front line as Head of Safety and Training has said that the safety culture in many companies operating vessels is sorely lacking, citing time pressures and outdated training contributing to an alarming number of deaths in enclosed spaces.

R. Todd Swinderman, President Emeritus, Martin Engineering, discusses best practice for managing fugitive material to improve safety and reduce costs.

The six Japanese- and Chinese-built vessels, each with an average 64 000 dwt, are all equipped with MAN Mark 9 engines.

Built on modified 250 in. x 72 in. platforms, the newly commissioned crane barges are engineered for high-capacity bulk handling in the demanding conditions of inland waterways.

Since its launch, the charterers onboard the VesselAdmin platform have received over 3700 bids from brokers and owners within the offshore and dry bulk sectors.

The agreement will see Avikus’ HiNAS Control, SVM and HiNAS Cloud systems deployed on two EPS-managed vessels – a bulk carrier and a suezmax tanker.

Paul Pathy takes over as the 47th President and is the first BIMCO President from the Americas. He is taking over from Nikolaus H. Schües who is finishing his two-year term.

MacGregor has secured an order from the Vertom group, a Netherlands-based shipowner and maritime service provider, to deliver fully electric cargo cranes for four multipurpose vessels.

Berge Bulk has successfully completed the world’s first retrofit installation of the Renk Integrated Front-end Power System (IFPS) shaft generator on its vessel, Berge Dachstein, a 208 718 dwt Newcastlemax.

Bruks Siwertell has been contracted to provide its innovative Siwertell Care augmented reality (STC-AR) service agreement to an existing Siwertell road-mobile ship unloader customer in the US.