Marine
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SVITZER’S ‘AIM FOR 8’ TUG SPEED INITIATIVE SAVES 1000 TONNES OF CO2
Svitzer, leading global towage operator and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has today announced that its Aim for 8 speed initiative – which asks tug crews to navigate at a maximum speed of eight knots during mobilisation and demobilisation – has successfully prevented 1,000 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into…
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K Line signs MOU with Penta-Ocean Construction
“K” Line Wind Service, Ltd. (KWS), a joint venture company between Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PENTA-OCEAN CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (POC), regarding future collaboration on vessel management etc., in the offshore wind construction and maintenance…
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Two new offshore wind farm projects in Sicily and Sardinia
Strong development for Hexicon in Italy – concession applications filed for several floating wind farms Two new applications for state-owned maritime concessions for offshore wind farms have been filed with the competent offices of the respective Port Authorities. Avenhexicon Srl, a joint venture between the Swedish company Hexicon and the…
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EMSA : CleanSeaNet – Detections and Feedback data (2015-2021)PDF
CleanSeaNet detections can be caused by mineral oil but may also indicate other pollutants (e.g. sewage, garbage) or naturally occurring features (e.g. algae blooms, areas of upwelling, etc.). Additionally, not all oil spills detected by CleanSeaNet are illegal (e.g., discharges outside of special areas, with oil content less than 15…
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‘Hydrogen-powered water taxi at Rotterdam World Port Days will be a world first’
‘Whenever I drive through the city of Rotterdam or the port, I spot opportunities for hydrogen everywhere; on the ground, on the water and in the air’, says Jonas Brendelberger, co-founder of zepp.solutions. He is currently working as one of the project leaders on the very first hydrogen-powered water taxi,…
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Stena Line reports 11% reduction of carbon emissions
Stena Line has decreased the carbon emissions by 11% per tonne of cargo carried over each nautical mile, as well as achieving a reduction of 4% total ship emissions compared to pre-Covid operations. The main contributor to the result is the significantly higher utilisation and thus efficiency of the company´s…
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DEME Offshore and Havfram sign Memorandum of Understanding to jointly provide offshore wind farm
DEME Offshore, the leading offshore marine engineering company, and Havfram AS., the international offshore wind and subsea contractor, have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly offer construction services to the offshore wind farm sector in Norway. Both DEME Offshore and Havfram plan to play an important role in…
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EU Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) Project to host conference at SMM 2022
Rotterdam : The EU-Interreg North Sea Region project ‘WASP: Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion’ will convene ship owners, wind-assisted propulsion technology providers and academia at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg on September 7. Participants of the WASP Conference 2022 will gain key insights into actual performances achieved by selected technologies…
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Bloomberg : The Future of Shipping Is … Sails?
When I was a child, I was riding a sailboat across the ٌRiver Nile to the eastern region of it. These Egyptian boats were led by boys who had strong knowledge of wind directions, wave speed and the movement of the Nile water by instinct. And here is the world…
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Royal IHC to provide new cable lay system for Boskalis
Royal IHC is delighted to announce the award of a significant contract from Boskalis for the delivery of an advanced modular cable lay spread (MCLS). The state-of-the-art cable lay system will be used for installation of inter-array power cables and its cable protection system (CPS) in offshore windfarms. The…
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