Marine
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LR Foundation : Understanding Risk Global Forum 29 Novemer 2022
Hosted by Lloyd’s Register Foundation in partnership with the Red Cross Climate Centre and Anticipation Hub, in association with the World Bank, the London Satellite Hub of the Understanding Risk Global Forum (UR22) will take place at the Design Museum on 29 November 2022. This event will provide an opportunity…
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ABB to provide shaft generator systems for Cosco boxships
The systems will be supplied for six 14,000 TEU vessels and four 16,000 TEU vessels. Technology company ABB has received an order to supply its permanent magnet shaft generator systems for containerships of China-based Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou). Under the contract, ten Cosco boxships will be installed with the…
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IMO : MEPSEAS South-East Asian marine protection project concludes
Successful project to ratify and implement key marine protection treaties draws to close The conclusion of a successful five-year initiative to protect the marine environment in South-East Asia from the negative effects of ships and shipping has been marked at a high-level meeting (25-27 October) in Viet Nam with the…
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ICHCA – Day 5: Lithium Battery Guide for Shippers: A Compliance Tool for All Modes of Transportation
Today is the final day of our battery fire safety week, but it is far from the end of the journey. We set out to put a spotlight on the hazards associated with transporting principally (but not exclusively) Lithium Ion batteries. Through the week we have seen the work of…
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ICHCA – Day 4: Failure to Properly Disconnect and Secure Vehicle Batteries Led to Fire Aboard Vehicle Carrier Höegh Xiamen
Day 4 of our battery fire safety week and today it is a case study published by the US National Transportation Safety Board. The report itself provides a considerable amount of detail on the fire aboard the roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel Höegh Xiamen. Nine shoreside firefighters heroically responding to the accident…
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ICHCA – Day 3: Allianz Risk Consulting bulletin – Lithium-ion batteries: Fire risks and loss prevention measures in shipping
Day three of our battery safety week spotlighting learning, awareness raising and debate around Li-Ion battery fire safety, features the bulletin produced by Allianz Risk Consulting. We were privileged to have Captain Randall Lund from Allianz speak at our October webinar (see link to video below) and the bulletin complements…
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Port of Rotterdam : ‘The energy transition is like a rubber band’
“We need to start paddling in time. That way we’ll get to ride the green energy wave”, says Nico van Dooren, Director of New Business Development & Portfolio at the Port of Rotterdam Authority. On the 11th floor of Rotterdam’s World Port Center, Nico uses quite a few metaphors in…
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ICHCA Battery Safety Week – Day 2: Fire Industry Association Guidance on Li-Ion Fires PDF
Continuing our week of sharing learning, raising awareness and encouraging discussion around Li-Ion battery safety, today’s spotlight is on guidance produced by the Fire Industry Association Although not directed at the cargo supply chain per se, this document provides interesting background information. [pdf id=’82061′] It discusses gas detection (providing potential…
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ABS : Importance of Pilots and Training to Accelerate Safe Maritime Decarbonization
A new heatmap report from MTF assesses the level of current readiness of fossil LNG, bio-methanol and green ammonia compared to fossil MGO. HOUSTON : The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has today released a comprehensive assessment to compare the feasibility and readiness of alternative marine fuels. The assessment applied MTF’s…
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DNV and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore extend maritime R&D MOU
DNV and Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) have agreed to continue their collaboration on decarbonization and digital innovation in the maritime industry. Kenneth Lim, Assistant Chief Executive (Industry and Transformation), MPA and Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria, Regional Manager South East Asia, Pacific & India, Maritime at DNV, signed…
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