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ABS Holds Annual Sustainability Summit
At the third annual ABS Sustainability Summit, industry leaders discussed shipping’s most pressing questions about carbon economics and the hydrogen and carbon value chains. The summit brought together representatives from Boston Consulting Group, Hapag Lloyd, Berenberg, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility & Transport, and Maersk to discuss how carbon…
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One crew knifed another and jumped overboard
Fight erupted between two crew members of tanker ELANDRA CORALLO in the afternoon Nov 1 in Coral sea. Seaman stabbed his opponent, and jumped overboard afterwards. Tanker turned back and searched for him, but for a short time, because stabbed seaman needed urgent medical assistance. In the afternoon Nov 2…
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Two largest Container Ships in the World launched from a Port in Taichung, China
The world’s largest container ship, the first of its kind made by China, undocked at the shipyard of Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Taixing City of east China’s Jiangsu Province on October 29. Each with a capacity of 24,346 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), the two container vessels mark a…
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Ships sail from Ukraine despite Russia suspending grain deal
Yesterday’s caravan of 15 or more grain ships safely reached Bosphorus zone. On Nov 1 at least 3 ships left Ukrainian ports, including 2 ships operated by UAE-based companies, and 1 Turkish ship. it seems highly likely, that all the ships presently docked at Ukrainian ports (at least 13 AIS-visible),…
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TT Club : Transport of lithium-ion batteries – a continuous threat
Insurers TT Club and UK P&I Club have teamed up with scientific consultants, Brookes Bell, and issued a whitepaper highlighting the continuing safety threat created by the transportation of lithium-ion batteries. The publishing of a whitepaper by insurance providers TT Club along with its fellow Thomas Miller managed business, UK…
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Israel-Lebanon maritime deal juggles region’s security
Israel and Lebanon are expected to sign on to a Washington-mediated maritime border deal at a ceremony in Israel as early as Thursday, after the country’s highest court turned down a petition by right-leaning groups to block the pact. The agreement, brokered with help from U.S. State Department energy advisor…
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ABS and Rotoboost Collaborate on Groundbreaking Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture System
(COPENHAGEN) ABS has issued New Technology Qualification (NTQ) for a first-of-its-kind, pre-combustion carbon capture system based on the thermocatalytic decomposition process (TCD) from Rotoboost, a global hydrogen company based in Norway. Rotoboost’s TCD allows for continuous hydrogen production and carbon capture onboard marine vessels. The system converts natural gas into…
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