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MAGPIE at the World Conference Cities and Port in Tangier
MAGPIE has the ambition to force a breakthrough in the supply and use of green energy carriers in the transportation from, to, and within ports. Reyer Will, Manager of the European MAGPIE project, was on stage this week at the AIVP World Conference cities and ports. In a discussion session…
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Port of Rotterdam : Feasibility study development 200-500 MW of green hydrogen in Chile
GASCO, HyNewGen, Linde, Vopak, and Port of Rotterdam are concluding a feasibility study for the development of a 200 to 500 MW green hydrogen project in Chile (Project TANGO), based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed in July 2021. The next steps in Project TANGO involve conceptual studies on the…
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Global player in battery recycling opens plant in Rotterdam
TES, one of the biggest battery and electronic waste recycling companies worldwide, is going to build a factory in the port of Rotterdam. European Commissioner Frans Timmermans symbolically gave the go-ahead for the construction It will be the first plant in the Netherlands for recycling lithium-ion batteries. In the next…
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Port of Singapore bunker sales in 4M’2022 fell by 12% YoY
In January-April 2022, bunker sales at the port of Singapore fell by 12%, year-on-year, to 15 million tonnes. According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore figures, sales of LSFO 380 fell by 16.3% to 7.3 million tonnes, MFO 380 fell by 8.8% to 3.7 million tonnes, LSFO 100…
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Abuja MoU: Harmonizing port State control and flag State implementation
Heads of Maritime Administrations in West and Central Africa have discussed port State control and flag State implementation during a three-day regional workshop in Lagos, Nigeria (9-11 May). The main objective of the workshop was to provide a platform to create awareness of the duties and responsibilities of the Heads…
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IMO : Supporting Kenya to develop National Maritime Security Risk Register
Identifying emerging threats to maritime security is key in developing the right tools to ensure sound maritime security governance. To address this, thirty participants from multiple Kenyan Government Ministries and Agencies with responsibility for maritime security policy and operational implementation are taking part in a five-day IMO-sponsored workshop (9-13 May).…
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HAVILA CAPELLA Put Out of Service as a Fallout of Russian Sanctions
HAVILA CAPELLA was put out of service when the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign affairs ruled against the application for getting it insured via an exemption. A planned voyage on May 15th along the Norwegian coast was canceled. Before this, an exemption of 6 months was granted for the ship’s operation…
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DNV provides concept certification for Fred. Olsen 1848’s floating wind turbine, BRUNEL
DNV has provided Fred. Olsen 1848 with a Statement of Feasibility (similar to an Approval in Principle) for their floating wind turbine concept, BRUNEL. BRUNEL is a floating wind turbine support structure designed to support a 15 MW wind turbine. The substructure is a column stabilized unit with three columns…
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Autonomous boxship trial concluded in Japan
The autonomous commercial ship Suzaku is powered by AI and deep learning technologies from Orca AI. A trial of Suzaku, a 749 gross tonne autonomous containership driven by Orca AI, has been completed in the congested waters off Japan’s east coast. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technologies from…
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CMA CGM partners with PSA on sustainable digital solutions
PSA’s Opt-E-Arrive will allow CMA CGM vessels to skip the anchorage stop and arrive at the berth just in time CMA CGM Group has entered a memorandum of understanding with PSA Corporation, a subsidiary of PSA International, for the deployment of new digital solutions to cut down its carbon footprint.…
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