Your Transformation Update from Fathom.World – 13 Oct 2019

Your Transformation Update from Fathom.World

Hello and welcome to the week’s Transformation.

I believe the first scrubber was trialled on a ship (the UK ferry Pride of Kent) in 2006, and even then wash water quality was being tested. Now 13 years later the discussions about wash water continue, but to a point that there are now thousands of ships with systems installed.

While these exhaust scrubbing systems may only be a short-term solution, it does certainly look like those owners that have been early movers to install this environmental technology could be about to find themselves punished with an overboard discharge ban. The perceived hypocrisy of rule makers by shipowners makes our top story this week. We have also got a look at research and technology that is pushing transformation in Norway as well as in southern France.

We have another story of a company taking up biomimetics, this time with a cetacean inspired fin, and also a look at how industry really needs to tell a different story to begin really attracting the next generation seafarer from around the world.
Have a great week,
Craig
Editorial Director, Fathom World

Shipowners call open-loop scrubber ban “hypocrisy” As Europe pushes IMO to look at open loop scrubber washwater dischargestandards owners call it hypocrisy to have let them instal approved systems to then look at banning them

The growing tech and research role of Trondheim  The Norwegian city has become a hub of scientific research through investing in students. The results are beginning to show Marseille Fos completes blockchain trial In a trial that signals how shipping is further integrating into logisitics flows, the port of Marseille Fos completes unique blockchain project.

Copying whales for comfort and fuel savings   Wavefoil took a leaf out of how whales move through water to design a new type of retractable wave foil for passenger vessels, . Comment: Use the transformation story to get next generation e-farer We need to get the right people to come into the industry and at the moment wee are getting the message wrong

Industry announcements you may have missed Bawat A/S raises new capital of more than DKK 20m, fortifies board and management Stream Marine Leads the Market with STCW Approved LNG Training K-Line joins consortium looking at AI in shipping “2020 still dominates dry bulk shipping’s challenges” One Sea appoints Riku-Pekka Hägg as chairman of Autonomous Ship Alliance Shipping titans unite for 30 year anniversary of Maritime Cyprus 2019 SEA Europe response to ITF maritime subsidies MAN Energy Solutions and KONGSBERG sign MoU on common data infrastructure Adoption of S-211 standard for Port Call Message Private equity takes majority stake in Finnish tech firm Foreship Machine Learning company Awake.io joins Finnish autonomous ship project

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