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Hoppe Marine opens a new representative offi ce in the USA under the management of Ivo Beu
Hoppe Marine, a leading provider of measurement and control solutions for the marine industry, is pleased to announce the opening of its new subsidiary, HOPPE AMERICA Inc. The new company is based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and is led by Ivo Beu as president. As a naval architect with a unique blend of substantial maritime business background and project management skills, Mr. Beu brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership to his new role. His technical expertise and dedication to innovative solutions will lead Hoppe America into a promising future. Together with our experienced project developer, Mona Wilhelm, from the Hamburg headquarters, Ivo Beu will serve the American market with…
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Hoppe Marine acquires S-two business
Hoppe Marine is expanding its expertise in complex and highly integrated valve remote control systems with the acquisition of the S-two business operations. To date, Hoppe Marine has equipped more than 1700 seagoing vessels with valve control systems in various forms (pneumatic, hydraulic, electro-hydraulic and electric). S-Two is an experienced specialist company of complex valve control systems and supports the strategy of Hoppe Marine to expend its leading role within this field. "The integration of S-Two’s ‚Poseidon Smart Ship PowerBus‘ system takes our Advanced Floating Control solutions to a new level. Mainly specialized offshore Construction Vessels, RoRo ferries or Floating Docks will benefit in the future" says Marc Rohde, Managing…
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New SHaPoLi solution from Hoppe Marine based on the proven MAIHAK Shaft Power Meter
This accurate and cost-effective solution is a further development of the MAIHAK Shaft Power Meter already in use on over 1400 vessels. It meets all the requirements of IMO Resolution MEPC 335(767). To meet the target of reducing greenhouse gases in shipping by 40% by 2030, the IMO has created the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI), which will be mandatory for ships of 400 GT and above from 2023. This index maps the savings achieved through various ship-side measures such as limiting main engine power or redesigning the propeller. Limiting engine power has the greatest impact on reducing emissions! For this reason, Hoppe’s shaft power limitation solution MAIHAK-SHaPoLi offers…
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Crew performs remote sensor installation supported by Hoppe Marine for Diamond Bulk Carriers and Mitsubishi Ore Transport to access Nautilus Platform for fleet optimization during COVID-19
Diamond Bulk Carriers selected Nautilus, the technology firm advancing the efficiency of ocean commerce through artificial intelligence, as their partner for fleet performance optimization. The vessel operator sought to unlock access to vessel high frequency sensor data to feed into Nautilus’s decision support software. Hoppe Marine, a Nautilus Labs preferred partner, was enlisted for instrumentation, installation services, and signal aggregation for the vessel owned by Mitsubishi Ore Transport. Due to pandemic-related travel and port restrictions, the marine service provider guided Mitsubishi Ore Transport’s crew through a remote crew-led installation, allowing them to access a stream of high frequency sensor data used to inform Nautilus’s optimal operating recommendations powered by vessel-specific…
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Hoppe Marine offers two new ship-to-shore data services
. Hoppe Marine offers with the Hoppe DATA BUTLER and the Hoppe DATA INSPECTOR two new ship-to-cloud data service solutions to support the maritime community in their efforts to increase efficiency and reduce emissions. With more than seventy years of experience in the field of power, tank content and draught measurement systems, Hoppe Marine has earned a reputation as a reliable partner for the procurement of accurate ship operation data. Increased demands on shipping companies and operators in the areas of safety, compliance, planning and optimization have led Hoppe to recognize early on that comprehensive access to this data is essential as a basis for qualified decision making and, more…
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FLUME® system with new automatic mode
For decades, FLUME® ROLL STABILIZATION SYSTEMS have been providing more safety and a higher comfort-level, lower fuel consumption and the possibility of increased cargo capacity on several hundred vessels. Now Hoppe Marine also has a fully automatic version of the proven FLUME® system in development, which automatically adjusts the level of the roll damping tank to the current loading condition of the vessel by communication with the loading computer. Hoppe Marine has a great opportunity to install the system for the fi rst time on a 15,000 TEU container ship of CMA CGM, a world leader in shipping and logistics, which is currently under construction in Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding.…
