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ABS : MEPC 79 Brief PDF
The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) held its 79th session from December 12 to 16, 2022. This Brief provides an overview of the more significant issues discussed at this session, which include matters pertaining to new amendments to the MARPOL and the Ballast Water Management Conventions, establishment of an…
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LR: The year we turned ten -2022
With Lloyd’s Register Foundation celebrating a decade of impact in 2022, we reflect back on key highlights from across the year, each designed to progress and support our mission to engineer a safer world. A new CEO As Richard Clegg stepped down and Ruth Boumphrey took on the mantle of…
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EMSA : [deadline extended] Preliminary Market consultation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for RPAS
The objective of this preliminary market consultation is to enable the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to gather knowledge of available market solutions for the effective integration of AI systems within RPAS services at EMSA, with focus on enhancing the surveillance capacity of the RPAS by analysing payload data. Solutions…
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Royal Caribbean Group Announces Strategic Agreement with Meyer Turku Oy, Finnish Government
TURKU, Finland — Today, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) announced it has signed a maritime declaration with the Finnish government, represented by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEAE) and Meyer Turku Oy, to chart the way forward for innovative and sustainable shipbuilding in Finland. The commitment is set…
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Barbara Muckermann : President and CEO of Silversea Cruises
Martinoli to assume senior advisor role to Royal Caribbean Group President and CEO Jason Liberty, after building Silversea Cruises into the world’s leading ultra-luxury cruise line Muckermann becomes the second woman to lead one of Royal Caribbean Group’s three wholly-owned brand Silversea Cruises President and CEO Roberto Martinoli has elevated…
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Shipping industry, unions welcome action from President Marcos Jr on key seafarer issues
Yesterday, global leaders from organisations representing seafarers, shipowners and other maritime employers, met with His Excellency President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr, as part of his foreign policy tour in Brussels. President Marcos ordered the Department of Migrant Worker to create an advisory board be made up of employers, shipowners and…
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World’s fish biggest aquarium EXPLODES in Germany Hotel ( Videos + Photos )
The 82ft-high fish tank, located in the foyer of Radisson Blu hotel in Berlin, burst Incident at AquaDom aquarium left two people suffering injuries from glass All 1,500 tropical fish housed in the aquarium were killed in the explosion A huge aquarium exploded inside a German hotel today, unleashing…
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A.P. Moller – Maersk and SunGas Renewables sign strategic green methanol partnership
Copenhagen, Denmark – As part of its strategy to decarbonize customers’ supply chains, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has entered a green* methanol Letter of Intent with U.S. based SunGas Renewables, Inc., a spin-out of GTI Energy, and a leader in providing technology and equipment systems for large-scale production of…
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Port of Rotterdam : Decarbonisation innovators complete 7th edition of PortXL acceleration program
The PortXL community gathered at the RDM Innovation Dock to celebrate the achievements of the 2022 cohort. The solutions of the 13 start-up companies vary from flywheel designs originally meant for space operations to offshore wind turbine floaters that double as hydrogen storage. The goal of the PortXL acceleration program…
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CMA CGM and the Port of Shanghai Accelerate their Decarbonisation Journey
The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, and Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (SIPG) signed today a long-term strategic collaboration to develop the mass scale use of “cold ironing” technology, the use of onshore power supply for containerships at the Port of…
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