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The US Department of the Interior announced that it would hold a lease sale on sites for offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine next month. The offshore wind energy lease sale will be held on October 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. If fully …
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https://splash247.com/us-puts-gulf-of-maine-offshore-wind-sites-up-for-sale/The Solar Energy Corporation of India, a company established by the country’s government, has issued a tender for developing a 500MW offshore wind power project off the coast of Gujarat. According to the tender, the project will enhance India’s renewable energy capacity and be connected to the Inter-State Transmission System. The deadline for bid submissions …
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https://splash247.com/india-looking-for-bidders-to-develop-500mw-offshore-wind-project/Danish towage operator Svitzer has placed an order for what it says is the world’s first battery-methanol tug. The Copenhagen-based group with more than 450 vessels has contracted the Turkish shipyard Uzmar to build the unit, which will feature a 6MWh battery supported by dual-fuel methanol engines for backup and range extension. Svitzer said the …
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https://splash247.com/svitzer-makes-battery-methanol-newbuild-debut/A vintage feeder boxship belonging to Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) was involved in an accident yesterday that resulted in part of a giant ship-to-shore crane belonging to Yantian Port in southern China come crashing down on the vessel. The 1998-built, 1,730 teu MSC Riona was on an intra-Asia service, calling at Shenzhen’s Yantian port when …
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https://splash247.com/crane-collapse-at-yantian/Digitalisation of maritime operations has led to the number of bridge alarms increasing by 197% in less than two decades, which often creates critical alarm flooding leading to poor decision making, reveals new research from classification society Lloyd’s Register. The number of alarms onboard ships must be rationalised to ensure they support officers’ and watchkeepers’ …
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https://splash247.com/bridge-alarms-have-increased-by-197-in-less-than-two-decades/Opening this week’s International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) annual conference in Berlin, president Frédéric Denèfle focused on how change was likely to impact on all lines of marine insurance business. Denèfle highlighted the recent geopolitical tensions as one of the key drivers of change. War risks, sanctions and embargoes were increasing and this was …
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https://splash247.com/we-have-reached-the-end-of-the-globalisation-process-iumi-president/Salvagers successfully towed a Greek-flagged oil tanker that had been ablaze for weeks following attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to a secure area, preventing any oil spill, the European Union naval mission said yesterday. The tanker was hit by multiple projectiles from the Houthis of Yemen on August 21, with the crew evacuating and the …
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https://splash247.com/sounion-successfully-towed-away-from-yemeni-coastline/With just two weeks left to strike a deal the prospect of 45,000 American dockworkers downing tools come the start of next month now looks highly likely. Contract negotiations have broken down between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and port operators on the US east and Gulf coasts. The current agreement, which covers workers at …
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https://splash247.com/two-weeks-to-stave-off-supply-chain-chaos-on-the-us-east-coast/Shipbuilder PaxOcean announced it has signed a contract with an undisclosed Greek shipowner for the construction of up to 10 multipurpose service vessels (MPSV).The significant order comes as demand rises across the offshore support vessel (OSV) sector.PaxOcean…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/paxocean-bags-order-build-new-mpsvs-517108
https://www.marinelink.com/news/paxocean-bags-order-build-new-mpsvs-517108The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Publications has released the second edition of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Guide to International Regulatory Compliance.The guide addresses the full spectrum of issues related to maritime emissions, from current regulations to future projections.
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