Bureau Veritas, CMA CGM, SDARI to Explore Assisted Container Vessel Concept
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), CMA CGM and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a Joint Development Project (JDP) agreement during SMM to develop and assess the feasibility of an assisted container vessel concept based on enhanced onboard decision-support capabilities.The project will explore how digitalization, AI enhancement and decision-support technologies can support onboard energy efficiency and operational performance, enhance the safety of the ship for crew and cargo…
Study Assesses U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Inland Navigation Project Delivery
Waterways Council, Inc. released a study by HDR, Inc. (Recommendations for Improving the Delivery of Inland Waterway Capital Projects and accompanying infographic) that examines why costs for U.S. inland waterways capital projects (locks and dams) escalate, timelines for completion continue to slip, and economic benefits to the Nation from projects’ execution are consistently delayed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works mission is responsible for constructing the Nation’s inland waterways infrastructure.
