Marine Technology: Top Five New Products @ SMM 2018

The SMM 2018 scheduled to take place September 4-7, 2018, in Hamburg, Germany, is held every two years and is the traditional launching platform for a variety of commercial shipping and shipbuilding technologies. Five new marine technologies to look for in Hamburg include:

Dredging Tech
Company: Hydrex
Booth: B7.505
Product: Dredging innovation
Hydrex will unveil a new concept developed to protect the marine environment from the spread of contaminated sediments during dredging operations. The novel solution is designed to contain the sediment plume when the seabed is disturbed, to avoid any underlying contaminants from entering the water column or food chain. Company specialists will also be available to go into detail about how the underwater hull cleaning in January this year of an Ecospeed-coated hull of a 23,539dwt general cargo ship was in perfect condition after almost eight years of continuous operation. All the Ecospeed-coated areas of the hull, across the mid, stern and bow sections had zero biofouling.

Marine Power Tech
Company: MAN Energy Solutions
Booths:A1.13, A3.200, A3.FG.3

Products: New Hardware to support Decarbonization, Digitization Trends

At SMM, MAN Energy Solutions will focus on future themes and new hardware on its stand, which will present itself in a totally new livery in accordance with the company’s recently unveiled, new corporate design.
A new departure for MAN Energy Solutions at SMM this year is the introduction of its Vision Talk Box that will bring together a group of experienced panelists from across the industry to take part in exclusive debates on stand. The company is using SMM to further its decarbonization agenda by presenting new dual-fuel engines. The two-stroke business unit will be promoting its new ME-LGIP dual-fuel engine, aimed at decarbonization and the growing LPG (Liquid Petroleum gas) sector. MAN Energy Solutions’ Four-Stroke interests will also be represented by the new MAN 45/60CR engine. The marine unit is initially available as 12V/14V versions with 15,600 and 18,200 kW power outputs respectively, while the land-based version is available as a 20V45/60 unit that can deliver 26 MW, the most powerful four-stroke engine ever built. Additionally, MAN PrimeServ, the company’s after-sales division, is using SMM to advance the decarbonization vision through, among other possibilities, the promotion of its retrofit service that converts existing, HFO-burning engines in the field to dual-fuel operation.

Cyber Security Tech
Company: Marlink
Booth: B6.415
Product: Cyber Security

Marlink plans to unveil a unique approach to cyber security in Germany. The company is harmonizing its existing cyber-security portfolio, which already provides high levels of protection on its global multi-band network with solutions like SkyFile Anti-Virus, firewalls on board and ashore, and remote IT access with software management and monitoring using the KeepUp@Sea platform.  Marlink’s current cyber-security portfolio will be augmented with a new layer of defenses based on a real-time maritime focused threat detection platform, designed to provide even deeper net-work security. Marlink has partnered with cyber-security industry experts to develop its new integrated platform, which is expected to deliver a step-change in the way the shipping industry defends itself against cyber-crime, helping to improve not only safety, but reduce the risk of data-theft and resulting financial penalties.

Marine Gear Tech
Company: Reintjes
Booth: A4.207
Product: Down Angle gearbox developed to the next level
Reintjes' next-gen down angle gearbox.The Down Angle gearbox series WVSA which has been exhibited by Reintjes at SMM 2016 for the first time will be presented at this year’s leading maritime trade fair as a “developed to the next level” product. Reintjes will display a ZWVSA 440 U HS06.  In collaboration with customers Reintjes upgraded its Down Angle construction, which enables a horizontally installation of the diesel engine while the propeller shaft is sloped downwards, by adding even more customer specific details. The product naming ZWVSA 440 U HS06 exactly stands for:
Z: Zweigang (two speed gear)
W: Wende-Leichtgetriebe (reverse reduction gear in light weight design)
V: Achsversetzt (offset between input and output shaft)
S: für schnelle Schiffe (for fast vessels)
A: in Down-Angle-Ausführung (in Down Angle design)
440: Achsabstand (center distance in mm)
U: Antrieb und Abtrieb auf derselben Seite (input and output shaft on same side)
HS: Hybrid System (Hybrid system included)
06: 60 kW E-Motor (60 kW electric motor)

Marine Electronics Tech
Company: Sonardyne
Booth: B6.124
Product: Sonardyne’s NOAS system

With vessel activity in poorly or uncharted waters on the rise and reports of satellite signal spoofing becoming more frequent, UK-based underwater technology company Sonardyne Inter-national Ltd. is bringing technology designed to close the gap in a captain’s situational aware-ness.
NOAS (Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Sonar) is a forward looking sonar that paints a 2D or 3D high resolution picture of the seabed and water column ahead of a vessel to identify naviga-tion hazards. Mounted in the bow of the vessel, the system’s sonar arrays can detect wrecks, rocks, reefs, sand banks and floating objects at very long ranges, alerting crew so that avoiding action can be taken.
Sonardyne has chosen this year’s SMM to preview an expanded NOAS product lineup. The sys-tem that’s been available to naval vessels, commercial ships and very large private yachts, is being joined by a second model that is half the size and weight of the original yet possesses col-lision detection capabilities that are equally impressive. The move is expected to enable a wid-er fleet of vessels to install or retrofit NOAS collision avoidance technology.
Vessel operations are critically dependent upon reliable, continuously available GNSS data. But with cases of intentional signal jamming and spoofing on the rise, can you always trust you’re in the right position? Visit the Sonardyne stand in Hall B6 and you may well find the answer. The company’s tightly-coupled inertial and acoustic position reference systems are compatible with all makes of dynamic positioning system and have been proven to offer users with the resili-ence needed to overcome GNSS denial of service incidents, allowing them to safely continue with their operations.