Near the end of 2016, we saw a Kickstarter campaign introducing us the world’s smallest inflatable lifejacket and the first wearable inflatable flotation tube. The purpose of the campaign is to help fund the Coast Guard Certification and the estimate production and...
Our Shipyard Special edition launched today and is available as part of a brand-new Superyacht Technology News magazine experience. Our amazing free app means that from now, all Superyacht Technology News magazine content will be downloadable to read offline on your...
Lloyd’s Register’s Virtual Reality Safety Simulator, launched at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, could be used to help shipyards and crew alike improve safety procedures on superyachts. The software was initially designed to raise...
Predictive maintenance can be defined as follows: "Measurements that detect the onset of system degradation, thereby allowing causal stressors to be eliminated or controlled prior to any significant deterioration in the component physical state." Its results...
Marine ultra-light ply-product Goldcore is the first product of its kind to be type-approved to Lloyd’s standard BS 1088. Makers Panel Systems International claim that it can save 38 percent of heaviness that would normally weigh the vessels using other plywood-types...
Biki is the most powerful, ecological and portable wireless drone that can benefit the superyacht world with its hull checks. Biki is the world’s first bionic underwater drone that is also the only underwater robot with automated balance, obstacle avoidance and...
This time last week, Superyacht Technology News welcomed 25 of the most esteemed technical professionals in the superyacht industry to our Illuminati Tech Round Table Dinner. A two Michelin starred dining experience on the slopes of the Mallorcan Tramontana, the...
Safety of your ship and crew has always been of paramount importance, but with ATEX radios now part of MSC regulations, we find out more about how their safety features can help onboard… You probably already know that the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) recently...
An interesting feature added to mobile phones is also a feature that we need for superyachts. As we have all experienced, whether it’s yourself or even your guests, we tend to get a little sea-sick, especially when the seas are rough. Almost all vessels have a form of...
Yacht Engineering’s Georgi Belchev chats about his busy show meeting clients and his goal to advance the company’s ventilation duct cleaning service. Visit Yacht Engineering