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Latest Products, Systems and Ship Designs “Wall Climbing Robot”

Danish Pilot calls gets ClassNK Nod

LEGO Model "A tribute build to a work life at sea"

Image courtesy MOL, Sumitomo Heavy Industries lassNK granted its Innovation Endorse-

Image courtesy Espen Andersen/DanPilot ment for Products & Solutions to a “Wall

Espen Andersen, a pilot boat driver

CClimbing Robot” from Sumitomo Heavy

LEGO Pilot Boat for DanPilot, the independent public

Main Particulars

Industries, Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., and

Bricks: 2500 pcs.

enterprise owned by the Danish state,

MOL Ship Management Co., Ltd.

Scale: 1:25 takes his love of maritime and LEGOs

The “Wall Climbing Robot” can move to high

Length: 61.5 cm to new heights, creating a LEGO model

With: 22.5 cm places that were previously dif? cult to access by

Weight: 2.5 kg of the pilot boat he sails - DanPilot humans or robots, and can take photographs and

India. Andersen calls the project "A inspections of the relevant parts. Moreover, it is tribute build to a work life at sea". “My capable of measuring the thickness of steel plates model is inspired by a Danish pilot boat, but it could just as by remote operation by the operator. This not easily be a pilot boat from any other country." Vote to turn only avoids the dangers of working at heights, the pilot boat into a LEGO set at: https://ideas.lego.com/ etc., but also eliminates the need for scaffolding, projects/1de118e0-b9bc-4177-9b58-efd33bf4e2f5 reducing labor costs and scaffolding costs.

Norway OKs Ammonia Bunkering Terminal

The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection gave its ap- shore supply vessels that regularly call at Fjord Base in Florø.

proval to the construction of the planned ammonia bunkering The planned terminal is part of Yara Clean Ammonia and facility at Fjord Base in Florø, Norway. Azane’s efforts to make low-emission ammonia a common

The planned terminal consists of a ? oating stationary barge fuel for shipping. With ammonia’s potential to fully decar- with a capacity of 1000 cubic meters, or 650 tons, of am- bonize the maritime sector, the companies plan to roll out a monia. The permit allows for up to 416 operations annually, network of terminals in Scandinavia. many of these expected to be bunkering operations for off- Demand for the alternative fuel seems to gain momen- tum in Norway as ENOVA, which manages the Norwegian

Climate and Energy fund on behalf of the government, is planning ammonia grant tenders for both ammonia powered ships and ammonia infrastructure in 2024. There are multiple newbuilding projects in the pipeline, and ongoing ammonia- powered Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) tender processes.

Yara Clean Ammonia, Azane and Fjord Base will now commence work with their project partners to obtain a permit with the local municipality before a ? nal investment deci- sion.

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