Bluewater Engineering Limited (BWE), the inventor of SKYTUG®, has just been awarded a UK patent for SKYTUG’s core technology to engage, control and retrieve a multiple kite array. Several international patents are pending. Remote operation of the self-inflating kites is…

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has just announced that it has commissioned a lifecycle assessment of its wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) Brave Tern and Bold Tern. In its announcement, the company says that “the assessment will allow us to be data-driven…

The Coronation on May 6th of King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be celebrated across the UK and in many other parts of the world. The Isle of Man, where the ICE Group is headquartered, is a self-governing Crown…

ICE’s travel activity is now almost back to pre-pandemic level. Recently, Robert Swan, ICE’s President & COO, together with colleagues from ICE’s Romanian office visited clients and expected customers in Greece, Dubai and Scotland. Steinar Draegebo, ICE’s Chairman and CEO…

Recently, ICE has been awarded contracts to provide design assistance for three different vessels being urgently converted to meet the demand for seaborne Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to substitute pipeline transportation of natural gas. All projects are subject to confidentiality…

ICE has just started a new internship program, aiming at providing valuable on-the-job learning opportunities to students and recent graduates while also creating a talent pipeline for potential future employees. Five students and one fresh graduate from the Faculty of…

ICE participated in the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) Annual Conference and the National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) Symposium in Edinburgh last month. This combined event focused on reviewing the progress of the refreshed UK National Shipbuilding Strategy after one year…

In January, ICE had another joint visit to its main design office of delegations from the Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) shipyard and its customer Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL), the Owner of the two dual-fuel ferries that Ferguson is currently…

As part of the long-standing collaboration between ICE and NAPA, design engineers and department managers from ICE’s Initial Design and Hull & Structure departments will be sharing with NAPA their experience in the practical use of the NAPA STEEL /…

As a signatory to the “Getting to Zero” coalition’s “Call to Action for Shipping Industry Decarbonisation”, ICE is one of 200 industry leaders and organisations committed to reducing the industry’s future dependence on fossil fuel. As such, ICE has developed…

We welcome Sabina Alexandrescu, a native Romanian studying International Marketing and Management in the Netherlands at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences. Whilst ICE normally supports engineering students, Sabina’s internship at ICE is in marketing, but with focus on offshore…

On January 25th, ICE’s Isle of Man office enjoyed the visit of the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai classification society (“ClassNK”), represented by Dr Abdul Rahim, Corporate Officer and Managing Director (Europe & Africa) and Mr Tatsuya Hayashi, Deputy General Manager and…

Coen Landa, ICE’s Business Development Director was recently invited by AIDA Cruises to visit the cruise ship AIDAprima in Rotterdam. Aida Cruises is part of Carnival Corporation and operates a fleet of 12 ships. Coen met with captain Falk Bleckert…

The visit in January of Eddie Purves, newly appointed Technical Director of ICE’s client Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited, was an opportunity to reminisce of the time in the early 1990s when he, Robert Swan (now ICE President & COO)…

ICE has for many years provided navy and coast guard ship design for clients in Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Romania, Thailand, the UK, and the US. Based on extensive experience from both commercial and naval shipyards around the world, ICE…

December was the time for ICE’s traditional Christmas craft workshops for employees’ children. Christmas tree decorations and assembling creative block models were the theme this year. A huge thank you to ICE kids and to their parents for the participation!…

Following my recent semi-annual briefing to employees, I had the pleasure of hosting nearly all ICE employees and several pensioners at a pre-Christmas drinks reception. It was our first such in-person social gathering after the start of the Covid pandemic,…