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Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) and Marine Capabilities (MARCAP LLC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Abu Dhabi that will lead innovation and shape the technological future of the maritime sector in the Middle East Gulf region. The two organisations, who place quality performance, targets and goals at the heart of what they do, will initially focus their partnership on ship management, crewing, IT and Performance Optimisation and will work to identify new opportunities to challenge the existing status quo by generating vessel performance optimisation models that will shape the future of the maritime sector in the Gulf. With close to 40 years’ experience, Marcap is one of the main marine service providers in the region with around 30 vessels serving the largest oilfield and construction companies across the Arabian Gulf (including both United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), the Arabian Sea, and across the Red Sea. CSM is a leading integrated maritime and logistics services platform with a focus on performance optimisation and using advanced digital technologies to deliver its services. It is already focusing heavily on delivering digitised solutions to the region via its office in Saudi Arabia and sees its partnership with Marcap as an...
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This year IMO’s theme is “New technologies for greener shipping”. The CSM group, along with our engineering partners, are working on several “green” fuel/ sustainability projects. Ammonia (NH3CRAFT) Ammonia is identified as a sustainable fuel for mobile and remote applications. The NH3CRAFT is a consortium of companies from Europe, including engineering companies, universities, shipping companies, and classification societies, along with an advisory board (Total, Wartsila, MAN) which aims at fully designing, engineering, developing and demonstrating a next-generation sustainable, commercially attractive and safe technology for high-quantity on-board storage of NH3 as a marine fuel. Two innovative modular and scalable steel and composite storage tank configurations for 1,000 m3 liquid NH3 at 10 bar and the corresponding auxiliary systems will be installed on a 31,000 Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) multi-purpose vessel. Five different types of vessels and corresponding fuel-storage tank concept adaptations will be studied and documented: A bulk carrier, a tanker and a container ocean-going vessels, a typical RoPax ferry and a small Inland Waterways transportation passenger vessel. An innovative digital platform will integrate all core simulations and models through digital interfaces. It will develop an engineering system matrix and specifications for the fuel storage, supply, and piping, monitoring and venting subsystems....
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Columbia Shipmanagement has underlined its commitment to top level training of its crew by signing an agreement with the Nautilus Pacific Maritime Training Centre in Manila to be the exclusive training centre for its seafarers in the Philippines. Read more here: https://www.tradewindsnews.com/ship-management/columbia-agrees-exclusive-crew-training-deal-with-nautilus-pacific-in-manila/2-1-1282280
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The deepest shipwreck ever identified, the Sammy B, has been discovered by adventurer Victor Vescovo with help from CSM Energy’s Deep Submersible Support Vessel (DSSV) Pressure Drop. Read more: https://shipmanagementinternational.com/csm-energy-dssv-pressure-drop-vessel-led-expedition-discovering-deepest-shipwreck-ever-identified-a-us-navy-ship-sunk-in-wwii/
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Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has announced a partnership with Berlin-based Fintech Kadmos to automate and digitalize its seafarers’ salary payouts. With a growing demand for better payment options that increase security and transparency, CSM has selected Kadmos’ salary payment platform which is designed for paying workforces that are dispersed worldwide. Kadmos’ technology will drastically improve the way CSM crews receive and manage their salaries, enabling greater self-service opportunities while seafarers obtain more security and flexibility with their salary payouts. This announcement comes soon after Kadmos closed a €29m Series A funding round which will accelerate further technological and product development. Mark O’Neil, CEO of CSM, said: “Columbia is incredibly excited to have teamed up with Kadmos’ young, dynamic and innovative team of experts who have developed an excellent and secure payment product. We strongly support and encourage new players in the shipping industry to challenge the status quo and to reform and update outdated practices in line with the dynamic expectations of their clients.” This partnership will utilize innovative financial technologies, developed by Kadmos’ engineering teams, for paying employees around the world. In choosing Kadmos’ salary payment platform, CSM will help their crews improve the security, speed, and transparency of...
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Columbia Ship Management has joined forces with the Cyprus-based AKTI Project and Research Centre to support research into the detection and analysis of coastal microplastics in waters off the coast of Cyprus. The three-year research project, which is the first of its kind in Cyprus, instantly triggered CSM’s attention as it fits perfectly into its sustainability strategy and goals to protect marine biodiversity and conserve the marine environment. Microplastics are found everywhere, in the food we eat, the water we drink and according to latest scientific research, are present even in human lungs. As a result, efforts to minimise their negative effect on the environment and our health are being intensified. This research project aims to highlight the detrimental effects of microplastics to the marine environment. It includes sampling at 10 beaches in Cyprus – five popular and five remote during both the summer and winter months and laboratory analysis will be done at the Department of Civil Engineering lab of the University of Cyprus carried out. The baseline year will be 2022 and based on the results of the first year, the four most microplastic-polluted beaches will be identified. They will then receive more detailed monitoring, sampling and analysis,...
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With over 40 years of experience and dozens of business centers aroundthe world, Columbia Shipmanagement opens a new office in Genoa.
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Columbia Aurus Ship Management will tap into the Indian crewing market to further consolidate Columbia’s march eastwards. Read more here: https://www.tradewindsnews.com/ship-management/columbia-marches-eastward-with-aurus-ship-management-venture-in-india/2-1-1235795
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Columbia Ship Management (CSM) has once again pushed industry boundaries by creating a totally SMART and fully digitised jack-up barge under its management as part of a digital twinning process designed to massively optimise vessel performance. The process, which takes digital vessel twinning to a new level, was undertaken by the team at Columbia’s Performance Optimisation Control Room (POCR) headed up by Captain Pankaj Sharma. Using non-invasive next generation Internet of Things technology through a wireless eco-system packed with full machine learning capability, the connected vessel benefited from machinery health monitoring as well as enhanced engine diagnostics. Transforming the SMART vessels into an effective digital twin, the process was one step ahead of pre-existing often fragmented ship-to-shore connectivity solutions. And what makes it a SMART vessel? According to Capt Sharma, it is as much about maximising IoT technology and minimising human input as it is about focusing on Artificial intelligence for predictive applications. “The vessel is fully digitised and digitalised in a totally cyber secure environment. SMART cameras onboard the ship take analogue images of the systems which are then digitised. “By combining and analysing data from the sensors, the crew and the onshore technical department have direct access to...
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