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Maersk Drilling awarded a one-well exploration contract with OMV in Norway
Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well contract with OMV (Norge) AS, which will employ the low-emission jack-up rig Maersk Intrepid to drill a high pressure, high-temperature exploration well in the Oswig prospect in Block 30/5C of the Northern North Sea basin offshore Norway. The contract is expected to commence in…
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CMA CGM/Shell complete first bio-LNG bunkering trial in Rotterdam
France’s CMA CGM Group and Shell have performed the first Bio-liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering trial in Rotterdam. The 1,400TEU LNG-powered vessel Containerships Aurora was bunkered by Shell with a nearly 10% blend of low carbon Bio-LNG. The vessel received around 219 tonnes of LNG, 20 tonnes of which were…
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Maersk : Differentiated products that put customers at the center
To create great products means to listen, understand and rebuild constantly. In the current global market situation, affected by the pandemic and the severe capacity disruptions, the biggest challenge for our customers was to acquire the right agility and resilience in their supply chain. While talking to them, a key…
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WMU : President Doumbia-Henry Selected for Lloyd’s List Top 100
Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of the World Maritime University (WMU) has been selected for the 2021 Lloyd’s List Top 100 annual ranking of the most influential people in shipping. President Doumbia-Henry is the first female President of WMU, as well as the first from a developing country. Prior to joining…
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IMO : Pollution preparedness in Central and Eastern Mediterranean
A series of three workshops to help prepare countries in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean to respond to pollution incidents has been completed, with a final online workshop (23 November). Participants from 11 countries attended the final workshop, which followed an initial online workshop (7-8 September) and a series of…
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Autumn 2021 – Oyster Update
The pandemic has provided us all with a few challenges, but they’ve come through the worst, with build bays full and 22 builds in progress. Constant innovation and improvement mean we are now devoting more time than ever before to building better boats. In fact, they calculated it would take…
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ClassNK adds liquefied hydrogen carrier to its register-
World’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries- Tokyo – Leading Classification Society ClassNK has added the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to its register. Hydrogen is clean energy that does not emit CO2 when burned. The use of hydrogen is expected…
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Irish Ferries adds third Ro-Ro ferry to its Dover to Calais route ( video )
Irish Ferries has announced the addition of a third ro-ro ferry to its Dover to Calais route. The ship is expected to enter service in the first quarter of 2022, joining the ISLE OF INISHMORE and the recently announced ISLE OF INNISFREE. CIUDAD DE MAHON, to be renamed in the…
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FRSU Deal Between Norway’s Hoegh LNG and Australian Industrial EnergyFRSU Deal Between Norway’s Hoegh LNG and Australian Industrial Energy
A long-term charter deal has been signed between Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) and Norway’s Hoegh LNG regarding Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU). There is also a collaboration between them to use green hydrogen and the design and development of a new generation FSRU capable of operating on hydrogen. An…
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Chinese freighter aground, Japan
General cargo ship XING YUAN 7 ran aground at around 0510 Tokyo time Dec 3, while approaching Hekinan port, Japan, eastern Honshu, on arrival from Katsunan Japan. She’s probably hard aground, considering the speed at the time of the grounding, some 8 knots. The tug is spotted nearby as of…
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