Technology

Inmarsat photo

Inmarsat’s I-6 satellite built to enhance offshore communications

Ben Hayden

Platform supply vessel (PSV). Lenn Soderlund Image

Maritime Industry Interview: Aloft Systems

Ben Hayden

Credit: OMSA

WorkBoat to attend the 2023 OMSA DC Conference and crawfish boil

WorkBoat Staff

Electronic nodes from Scanreach are wireless gateways mounted on a vessel that, every few seconds, pass on electronic signals from a crewman’s wearable on his or her wrist, tracking his location throughout the vessel. Seacoast Marine Electronics photos

Expect to see more types of onboard wireless data systems

Michael Crowley

The launch saw I-6 F2 lift off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., reaching a top speed of almost 40,000km/h as it left Earth above central Africa. Inmarsat photo

Space X carries Inmarsat’s latest satellite into space

WorkBoat Staff

Candela’s 12-meter P-12 (4.5-meter beam) is a carbon-fiber, 30-passenger catamaran hydrofoil. Candela image.

More battery-power options for commercial vessels

Bruce Buls

The MAN dual-fuel 82'x24'x6' Hydrocat 48, a crew transfer vessel operated by Vestes. CMB.TECH photo. (Engine) On the MAN dual-fuel diesel, the tube leading to the blue box supplies hydrogen, and the blue box measures it. Behind the blue box is the hydrogen injection manifold. MAN Engines photo.

Diesel engine manufacturers are using technology to reduce pollution

Michael Crowley

MetalCraft Marine Interceptor RIBs feature a fold-down bow and a pair of Porta Products transom brackets with 425-hp Yamaha outboards. MetalCraft Marine photo.

RIB manufacturers must keep up with technology

Michael Crowley

Designing the first fully electric truckable tug

Eric van Rees

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cut the ribbon to officially open the new Corvus battery factory in Bellingham, Wash. (Pictured, left to right) Ole Jacob Irgens, president Corvus Energy Americas; Anniken Krutnes, Norway`s Ambassador to the U.S.; Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.; and Geir Bjørkeli, CEO Corvus. Corvus Energy photo

Corvus Energy opens factory in Washington state

WorkBoat Staff

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Video from Workboat Show 2022: Talking digitalization and crew connectivity with Inmarsat

Jeremiah Karpowicz

A typical unmanaged analyst environment versus a system that builds a framework for collaboration Siemens graphic

Simulation and data management for streamlining ship design

Eric van Rees

Photo Credit: Lynda McFaul

Kongsberg Maritime with Qii.AI to improve above and below waterline inspections

Matt Collins