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September 3, 2024, 12:10pm
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The 31st SMM – the world’s largest shipping expo – opens its doors today across 90,000 sq m of exhibition space in Hamburg. With shipyard orderbooks in Asia extending through late into the 2020s, and billion dollar-plus newbuild contracts raining in,...
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“Everybody” that counts in shipping are there:
The 31st SMM will focus on the maritime energy transition and the digital transformation with more than 2,000 international exhibitors from 70 nations packing out the 12 exhibition halls.
Ticket sales are reported to be very strong with organisers anticipating an attendance of more than 40,000
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September 3, 2024, 8:58pm
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Speaking at the award ceremony, COO of Reach Subsea, Inge Grutle said “We are very proud to be awarded the Ship of the Year award for our first uncrewed vessel, Reach Remote 1 , which we are confident will be the first in a series of many to support our ambition to give our clients sustainable access to the ocean space.”
Reach Subsea said the project has involved a range of companies in support of its ownership and initial design of the vessels, including KONGSBERG (design and turnkey contractor) Trosvik Maritime AS (shipyard), Massterly and Kystdesign for remote features and DNV, and the Norwegian Maritime Authorities (NMA).
This pioneering project integrates USVs with ROVs, paving the way for advances in remote maritime technologies and marking a significant milestone in global maritime operations
Illustration: Reach Subsea
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«Reach Remote 1» er Ship of The Year 2024
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September 6, 2024, 3:38pm
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More news from Hamburg SSM 2024:
https://splash247.com/27500-teu-chinese-debut-record-breaking-boxship-design-at-smm/ [
The jumboisation of containerships has seen vessel capacities nearly quadruple in size this century. However, over the past year orders from global carriers have tended to be for ships in the 16,000 teu range, a more flexible size that can work across a range of tradelanes, rather than just the Asia-Europe route where today’s megamaxes are deployed.
SMM is set to close this evening. The 31st edition of the giant show focused on the maritime energy transition and the digital transformation with more than 2,000 international exhibitors from 70 nations packing out the 12 exhibition halls.