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Shell trials hydrogen fuel cell on roro in Singapore
Shell will collaborate on a feasibility study to trial the use of hydrogen fuel cells for ships, the first of…
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As US calls for zero emissions, shipowners urge for quicker implementation of market-based measures
Scrambling yesterday as the United States called for the International Maritime Organization to pursue zero emission targets for shipping by…
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US FMC promises ‘new era of flexibility’ for service contract filing requirements
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced this week a rule change that will go into effect on 2 June…
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20 missing after cargo ship runs aground in Philippines during super typhoon
Search and rescue operations are ongoing for 20 missing crewmembers of a vessel laden with nickel ore that ran aground…
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Maersk Drilling lands its first ever campaign in Brazil
Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Karoon Energy for the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer to perform well intervention on…
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Next Geosolutions wins Tyrrhenian Link survey contract
Geoscience and engineering service provider Next Geosolutions has been awarded a survey contract by Italian transmission system operator Terna for…
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Safety gap threatens transformation
Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO DNV Maritime, argues that the industry’s safe transition to a decarbonised, digitally enabled future is under threat.…
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Filipino seafarers abducted from chemical tanker off Benin return home
Ten Filipino seafarers who were abducted from De Poli Tankers’ vessel Davide B off the coast of Benin in the…
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Hafnia and BW LPG invest in AI shipping platform
Two shipping subsidiaries of Andreas Sohmen-Pao, Hafnia and BW LPG, are lead investors in the latest $6m round of investment…
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Dead crewmember with Covid washes up on Vanuatu shores, sparks lockdown
BW Epic Kosan-owned LPG carrier Inge Kosan has been detained in Vanuatu after a body of a crewmember was reportedly…
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Surging secondhand prices see value of the world fleet surpass $1trn
The value of the global merchant fleet has surpassed $1trn this month on the back of surging secondhand prices in…
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Maersk, NYK and Total among big names setting out to make ammonia a safe fuel choice for shipping
This week, Lloyd’s Register’s Decarbonization Hub, A.P. Moller-Maersk, MAN Energy Solutions, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, NYK Line, Total and the Mærsk…
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Yara Marine to market BAR Tech wind power for ships
Marine engineering consultancy BAR Technologies has partnered with Scandinavian scrubber manufacturer Yara Marine to bring WindWings technology, an alternative propulsion…
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Chevron awards Ballymore contract to Worley
Australian offshore engineering company Worley has won a contract from US supermajor Chevron for the integration and subsea tie-back engineering…
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Alfa Laval and partners trial methanol as marine fuel
Alfa Laval has teamed up with fuel cell maker Blue World Technologies, DFDS, Maersk Drilling and Hafnia to test methanol…
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Nick Brown to take over at IACS
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has named Lloyd’s Register CEO Nick Brown as its incoming Council chair. This…
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$3.4trn: Stopford puts a price tag on the global fleet upgrade needed through to IMO 2050
The world’s most famous shipping economist, Dr Martin Stopford, has put a dollar figure estimate on what shipping will need…
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Russia closing Kerch Strait for six months
Russia’s Ministry of Defense has reportedly announced it will close the waters leading to the Kerch Strait, which connects the…
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Algoma slapped with $500,000 oily bilge water fine
Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation has been fined $500,000 in an American court after pleading guilty to dumping unprocessed oily bilge…
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90% of all cocaine trafficked via sea
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), in conjunction with Witherbys have released the sixth edition of the publication Drug Trafficking…
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