In this week’s spotlight, Fathom delve deeper into the world of maritime connectivity and explore the hype behind the buzz words ‘smart ships’, ‘digital ships’ and ‘big data’.
Fathom have announced the finalists for the Ship Efficiency Awards 2015. The award winners will be presented at a ceremony hosted by Lloyd’s Register on 9 September 2015 as part of Ship Efficiency: The Event 2015.
Ship design group Deltamarin’s new containership designs are reportedly the ‘best-in-class’ design in terms of cargo capacity, flexibility and fuel economy. The first state-of-the-art container ship of its series, the A.Delta2300, has recently been introduced by the company.
Many ship owners and operators are turning to bulbous bow retrofits to increase their ships’ energy efficiency. DNV GL has developed a new tool as part of the ECO Retrofit service to support the industry in tailoring retrofit projects to the future needs of their fleet.
Lemag, Lehmann & Michels has received a letter of no objection from MAN Diesel & Turbo for the use of its automatic CONTROLmag fuel switching system with MAN engines.