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Europe
Fjord crossing another landmark en route to autonomous shipping
The path towards autonomous shipping has cruised passed another landmark moment this week during the Nor-Shipping exhibition near Oslo. Classification…
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Asia
K Line swoops for Seawing’s kite system
Announced on Thursday at Nor-Shipping, Japanese shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has decided to install a giant kite…
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Asia
Samsung Heavy debuts revolutionary VLCC design
South Korea’s top shipyards are busy developing the next generation of VLCC designs. At yesterday’s Nor-Shipping exhibition on the outskirts…
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Europe
IMO sets out to expose gender imbalance to drive change
Shipping’s gender imbalance has been a hot topic at this week’s Nor-Shipping event taking place in Norway with discussions centring…
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Europe
BHP chastises owners over carbon footprint ignorance
Dry bulk owners have received a public rebuke from one of the world’s largest miners for their ignorance of their…
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Shipyards
Hyundai Heavy pushes ahead with LNG-fuelled VLCC with rotor sails
On Wednesday at Nor-Shipping Lloyd’s Register presented South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with approval in principle (AiP) for a…
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Europe
Norway blacklists shipbuilders over human rights abuses
Norway is pushing to create a shipbuilding regulation akin to the ship recycling sector’s Hong Kong Convention whereby yards will…
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Americas
ABS sets out its decarbonisation vision to 2050
During the Nor-Shipping exhibition yesterday class society ABS launched a guide on how shipping might meet its decarbonisation goals for…
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Europe
Wilhelmsen Ship Management acquires 50% stake in NorSea Wind
Norway’s Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has announced the acquisition of a 50% stake of NorSea Wind and its subsidiaries to…
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Europe
Norway’s prime minister warns regulators will get tougher on shipping
Norway’s prime minister used the opening speech at Nor-Shipping today to urge shipping to pursue a more urgent, swift decarbonisation,…
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Europe
Nor-Shipping delegates get a glimpse of Wilhelmsen’s autonomous shipping plans
Wilhelmsen Ship Management used the Nor-Shipping platform yesterday to give its take on the future of the sector, positioning the…
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Europe
UN report calls for collaboration to clean the world’s oceans
The first event on Tuesday morning at the Nor-Shipping exhibition saw Norwegian prime minster Erna Solberg invited to the launch…
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Europe
DNV GL hits out at slow accident reporting
At the traditional press event the day before the Nor-Shipping exhibition opens, class society DNV GL hit out at the…
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Europe
Sulphur cap claims stack up six months ahead of implementation
At a conference held in town downtown Oslo today organised by class society DNV GL, delegates were warned of the…
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Contributions
Nor-Shipping ought to celebrate finance achievements
I’m more involved in this year’s Nor-Shipping than normal, helping Jannis Kostoulas get his first Oslo Mare Forum up and…
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Europe
Wärtsilä starts selling world’s first auto-docking system
Ships docking by themselves is now a reality with Finnish technology firm Wärtsilä securing its first order for SmartDock, a…
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Maritime CEO
HI Kaptanoglu: New BIMCO boss stars on the cover of Maritime CEO magazine
Şadan Kaptanoğlu stars on the cover of the latest issue of Maritime CEO magazine, launched today just in time for…
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Europe
Scandinavian firms team up to develop green fuel infrastructure
Six Scandinavian maritime companies have jointly launched a new initiative called called Zero Emission Energy Distribution at Sea (ZEEDS). Annually,…
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Europe
Nor-Shipping: Navigating the future
With just a week to go until Nor-Shipping, this year’s most high profile maritime gathering, organisers in Oslo tell Maritime…
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Contributions
Ten women to watch in shipping
Lena Göthberg from the Shipping Podcast outlines a new initiative to highlight female leaders in our sector. We all know…
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