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Merchant ships and seafarers are increasingly in peril at sea as attacks escalate in the Middle East and the United Nations must do more to protect supply chains, the industry said in a letter released on Friday.Tensions have soared across the…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/shipping-industry-urges-un-protect-513100
https://www.marinelink.com/news/shipping-industry-urges-un-protect-513100Classification society DNV presented Australian green technology, energy and metals company Fortescue with class and statutory certificates for its dual-fueled ammonia-powered vessel Green Pioneer. This marked the culmination of a project that began in 2021…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/dnv-awards-certificates-fortescues-513103
https://www.marinelink.com/news/dnv-awards-certificates-fortescues-513103My brother and I had a discussion about methanol where we concluded that methanol is a promising sustainable liquid fuel for transportation devices when batteries cannot do the job. While Methanol is initially not carbon zero, as long as we focus on developing zero carbon electrical energy…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/efficiency-not-help-sustainability-513105
https://www.marinelink.com/news/efficiency-not-help-sustainability-513105RenewableUK, the Offshore Wind Industry Council, The Crown Estate, and Crown Estate Scotland have published a detailed Industrial Growth Plan looking to triple offshore wind manufacturing capacity over the next ten years. The UK offshore wind industry currently employs 32,000 people and each new large offshore wind farm adds £2-3bn (between $2.5bn and $3.7bn) to …
https://splash247.com/uk-offshore-wind-industry-reveals-plan-to-triple-supply-chain/
https://splash247.com/uk-offshore-wind-industry-reveals-plan-to-triple-supply-chain/The Port of Newcastle has revealed its intention to become an offshore wind hub and to service floating wind turbine projects in the Hunter offshore wind zone. The Australian port is owned by Macquarie’s Infrastructure Fund and China Merchants Port Holdings Company. It is located adjacent to the 1,854 sq km Hunter offshore wind zone. …
https://splash247.com/port-of-newcastle-looking-to-become-floating-wind-hub/
https://splash247.com/port-of-newcastle-looking-to-become-floating-wind-hub/Norwegian energy major Equinor has received consent to double the capacity of the operational Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Offshore wind farms. The consent for the windfarm extension projects was awarded by the UK Secretary of State for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero Claire Coutinho. This will double the capacity of the existing …
https://splash247.com/equinor-cleared-to-double-capacity-at-two-uk-offshore-wind-farms/
https://splash247.com/equinor-cleared-to-double-capacity-at-two-uk-offshore-wind-farms/Torgeir Willumsen, resident partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig in Singapore and founder of Assentiri, with some advice for shipping on the industry’s digital path. Earlier this month I discussed some key obstacles to digitalising shipping transactions: the complexity of the shipping industry, the human element and security concerns. These are all valid reasons for why …
https://splash247.com/three-approaches-to-making-shipping-transactions-more-digital/
https://splash247.com/three-approaches-to-making-shipping-transactions-more-digital/The Japanese are leading the charge to get robots working on ships at sea. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) with a number of other local companies has just conducted a trial of a remote-controlled robot that scrapes wood chips in the hold of a wood-chip carrier. NYK said in a release the new scraping robot aims …
https://splash247.com/nyk-unveils-scraping-robot/
https://splash247.com/nyk-unveils-scraping-robot/Canada’s minister of transport, Pablo Rodriguez, has outlined a steep increase in fines for violations under the Canada Shipping Act whereby the maximum penalty has been raised from C$25,000 to C$250,000 ($181,351). The revised penalties are structured into three levels: minor, medium, and serious. Minor violations are administrative in nature and pose no threat to …
https://splash247.com/canada-hikes-shipping-fines/
https://splash247.com/canada-hikes-shipping-fines/A Japanese feeder line has embarked on a zero-emission boxship project. Imoto Lines, together with compatriot tech firm Marindows, is aiming to produce ships that achieves zero CO2 emissions not only during operation but also within ports and while docked. State funding has been granted for the development. Imoto intends to create a hybrid ship …
https://splash247.com/japanese-feeder-operator-goes-hybrid-with-latest-order/
https://splash247.com/japanese-feeder-operator-goes-hybrid-with-latest-order/