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06 February 2019

T.J. Tracy to lead Marine Division at VIega LLC

Industry veteran T.J. Tracy has been named Director of the Marine Division at Viega LLC. Tracy is charged with further developing the company’s fast-growing marine division. Viega offers a full line of fittings and valves designed specifically for joining pipe systems on board military vessels, commercial vessels, oil platforms, cruise ships and mega yachts.  “T.J.’s skill and experience make him the right person to help the Marine...

06 February 2019

New conference venues for 2021 and 2022 underline Interferry’s global vision

Interferry has confirmed locations for the 2021 and 2022 editions of its industry-leading annual conference – held every October - in the latest initiative to extend its reach as the only organization representing the worldwide ferry industry.   The global trade association’s 46th annual conference will take place in Santander, Spain, followed in 2022 by a twin-venue event in Marrakesh and Tangier, Morocco, which will mark a first...

01 February 2019

Government of Canada announces contract awards for research and development in support of Arctic surveillance

The Department of National Defence is investing in defence research and development to produce innovative solutions to surveillance challenges facing the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF), particularly in Canada’s North. In support of this, Member of Parliament for York Centre Michael Levitt, on behalf of Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan, announced today that the Department of National Defence, through Public Services and Procurement Canada, has...

31 January 2019

Proposed Canadian Maritime Museum in Victoria, B.C.

The Board of Directors of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia Society has issued a proclamation in support of the development of a new Canadian Maritime Museum in Victoria, British Columbia. The proclamation under the title, Celebrating 150 Years of Building Canada states that: WHEREAS in 1871, the Dominion of Canada committed to building a transcontinental railway from Montreal to the Pacific coast of North America as one of the terms...

31 January 2019

Shaping the future

Thomas Wilhelmsen isn’t shy about stepping forward. The Wilhelmsen CEO wants his group to lead maritime from the front, utilizing a blend of the traditional and the transformational to steer the business, and the entire industry, on a value added voyage into the future. All aboard… “I don’t want this company to be seen as some kind of digital whizz kid.” Considering ‘this company’, Wilhelmsen, launched the world’s first autonomous shipping...

28 January 2019

Norwegian Electric Systems selects Corvus Energy storage system for five new Fjord1 ferries

Corvus Energy is pleased to announce that the company has been selected by Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to supply lithium ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries being built by Havyard for Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1. “Fjord1 continues to forge a very progressive path towards environmentally sustainable operations with these additional all-electric ferries,” says Stein Ruben Larsen, Senior Vice...

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