Report highlights IACS contribution on technical standards and guidance in support of safe innovation on digitalisation and decarbonisation IACS, the membership organisation for the world’s leading classification societies, has published…
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Fugro relocates Amberjack self-elevating platform to Japan to support country’s growing offshore wind market
Fugro has transferred their self-elevating platform (SEP) Amberjack to Japan to meet the country’s growing demand for offshore wind geotechnical services. Under Japanese regulations, vessels registered in Japan follow a more…
Achieves zero CO2 emissions not only during operation but also within ports and while docked ‘Solving the Three Major Challenges of Domestic Maritime Shipping and Creating the Future’ Scheduled to commence…
Drydocks World Steel Cutting Ceremony Marks Start of UK Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Platforms Project
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 16th April 2024: Drydocks World hosted a steel cutting ceremony to mark the official start of work on the UK Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Platforms project.…
Vergina’s TV Christina Tsorba interviews John Faraclas on the current international despicable issues…
Wars and Geopolitics, the Supply chain, Europe, the Tembi train disaster in Greece last year and the Containership’s “Dali” collision wit Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Another live interview…
Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement to guarantee operational reliability of new Wind farm Installation Vessel
Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement to guarantee operational reliability of new Wind farm Installation Vessel Wärtsilä Corporation, Press Release, 26 March 2024 at 11 AM EET Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a…
ESNA & Strategic Marine Join Forces To Offer Surface Effect Ship Crew Transfer Vessels To The Market
Announcement ESNA and Strategic Marine (“SM”) are delighted to announce that they have signed an agreement to develop a SES CTV (Surface Effect Ship Crew Transfer Vessel) for offshore wind applications. The vessel…
The safe use of ammonia and its surrounding regulatory framework remains a critical factor for its adoption as a marine fuel. A new Lloyd’s Register report has highlighted the need for…
Landmark study on offloading onboard captured carbon dioxide identifies low port readiness as key barrier to large-scale commercialisation Singapore, 19 March 2024 – A recent study commissioned by the Global Centre for…
Containerised hydrogen fuel cell and battery solution offers zero-emission off-grid power generation with multi-sector applications GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN – 19 MARCH 2024: Project partners Port of Gothenburg, Skanska, PowerCell Group, Hitachi Energy,…
19th March 2024 – London, UK: P&O Liberté has now begun commercial sailings between Dover and Calais, carrying passenger and freight customers. Custom designed to navigate the English Channel, this marks the…
Bristol-based maritime engineering start-up WingTek, in collaboration with the National Composites Centre and the University of Bristol, has won a £2.2m innovation grant. Awarded under the UK Department for Transport…
Peel Ports Group, the UK’s second-largest port operator, has announced E.ON as one of its net-zero partners, helping to meet its goal of net–zero emissions by 2040. As the first of…
New partnership between Maersk Supply Service and Edison Chouest Offshore enables faster offshore wind installations in the U.S.in the
Maersk Supply Service to partner with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) for the construction and operation of a windfarm feeder concept specifically designed for Maersk Supply Service’s next-generation Wind Installation Vessel.…
Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd And Prosperous Wind Shipping Limited Announce Vessel Delivery For Taiwan’s Yunlin Offshore Wind Project
Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd and Prosperous Wind Shipping Limited, an affiliate of Pacific Radiance Ltd., have successfully delivered a cutting-edge vessel to support Taiwan’s Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm. This StratCat 27 hybrid-ready…
Saltend Chemicals Park welcomes world-first wind-propelled chemical tanker ‘MT Chemical Challenger’
Saltend Chemicals Park, in the Humber, last week welcomed a pioneering wind-propelled chemicals tanker to site. Delivering an average reduction in CO2 emissions of 10%, the 134-metre-long tanker has four…
Report shows a full methanol retrofit is a less commercially attractive prospect than the use of blended fuels (Blend B30), Heavy Fuel Oil, and Heavy Fuel Oil equipped with carbon…
By John Faraclas and Anny Zade This 29th Annual Dinner and Dance of the Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane, coinciding with…
First-ever fixed suction sails for ro-ro segment as bound4blue completes eSAILs® installation on Airbus-chartered LDA vessel.
Barcelona, March 4, 2024 – Following installation of eSAIL® foundations in Poland in November 2023, the 5,200-dwt Ville de Bordeaux (built 2004) has emerged from a short stopover in a shipyard in Vigo,…
KGV Dock in Glasgow will process over a thousand wind turbine components – weighing more than 60,000 tonnes – in 2024 KGV has processed components for over 1,200 wind turbines,…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’Housing woes are front and centre today as investors reflect on the difficulties of UK housebuilders and a deepening property crisis…
Registration for All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon exhibition and conference, and the co-located Dcarbonise is now open at www.all-energy.co.uk/24. All elements of the two-day event running at Glasgow’s…
METIS Cyberspace Technology is expanding its portfolio of Data Acquisition, Real-time Performance Monitoring and Intelligent Analytics solutions to include the needs of Service Operation Vessels (SOV). The move follows a…
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces the Signing of Shipbuilding Contracts for Two 81,200 dwt Methanol Dual Fuel New-Building Kamsarmax Dry Bulk Vessels
ATHENS, GREECE, February 14, 2024 – Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced…
Decarbonisation and the pathway ahead come under the shipowner spotlight at the inaugural Elaborate Communications Summit in Athens
The uncertainty surrounding the use of alternative fuels and the multitude of solutions available to shipowners to cut their vessel emissions, dominated discussions at the first Elaborate Communications Decarbonisation Summit…