Survitec, a leading specialist in maritime safety, stresses the need to ensure that there is sufficient medical oxygen on board ships in the event of respiratory infection of crews and passengers. While the IMDG code and MFAG guidelines require operators to carry 44 liters of medical oxygen at a minimum of 200 bar, Survitec recommends […]
Month: July 2020
Japan cleared to sell F-35B fighters for on-board deployment
An F-35B Lightning II fighter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). US MARINE CORPS / Cpl. Isaac cantrell ARLINGTON, Virginia – The US State Department has approved the possible sale of 105 F-35 […]
Navy shipboard electronics experts choose Lyme Computer for rugged networking hardware on surface warships
PHILADELPHIA CREAM – The U.S. Navy’s shipboard electronics experts needed industrial-grade Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) networking hardware for several classes of Navy ships. They found their solution with Lyme Computer Systems (LCS) Inc. in Lebanon, NH Officials at the Philadelphia Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Philadelphia announced on Tuesday a potential five-year, $31.8 […]
Maritime trade will contract by 1 billion tonnes in 2020: Clarksons
In a semi-annual assessment of the impact of the pandemic on the shipping industry, Steve Gordon, Managing Director of Clarksons Research, said: “The severity of the economic ‘shock’ of Covid-19 on the shipping industry becomes clearer: we estimate that maritime trade fell by 10.6% year-on-year in May and our annual projections suggest that trade will […]