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Egyptian freighter ran onto coral reef, Gulf of Aqaba
General cargo ship LOTUS ran aground on a coral reef in marine reserve in Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan, Red sea, while approaching port of destination Aqaba, though in a rather strange manner. The ship ran aground at 0320 UTC Sep 13, was refloated about an hour and a half later,…
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IMO : Safety, legal and facilitation aspects of autonomous shipping discussed
Regulating Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) has implications for safety, legal and facilitation instruments under the purview of the international Maritime Organization (IMO). The first session of a joint IMO working group to address common high-priority issues across various instruments was held in September (7-9), in remote session. The session…
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IMO-CARES Project gathers pace ( Video )
The foundation phase of a project to bring stakeholders together from the global north and global south to tackle maritime emissions is moving towards its final stages, following a series of technical workshops across the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific. IMO Coordinated Actions to Reduce Emissions from Shipping (IMO CARES)…
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IMO : Marine biosafety alliance gets a new member
The Japan Ship Technology Research Association (JSTRA) is the latest entity to join the Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety, a platform for industry collaboration set up under IMO’s GloFouling Partnerships project. The GIA brings together committed leaders from maritime, shipping, ocean energy, aquaculture and other ocean-based industries, to…
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TT Club : Workplace fatalities – height is the issue
Falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of injury and fatalities in the workplace. The distance of the drop need not always be as great as imagined to cause harm. Freight transport liability insurer, TT Club is debunking some common perceptions, offering advice on risk mitigation. UK regulations…
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Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) last week launched the first in its regular series of ‘talk shows’ entitled Connecting Ports.
The first interactive forum was headlined “Decarbonisation – On Our Way to a Climate-Neutral Port Industry” Aimed at bringing together port and transport stakeholders around the world to share initiatives in tackling the challenges of the modern industry, Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) last week launched the first in its regular…
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ABS Issues Approval in Principle for Autonomous System On Board Tug
(HOUSTON) ABS collaborated with Sea Machines and Foss Maritime to advance adoption of autonomous operations at sea by issuing approval in principle (AIP) to their vessel autonomy system, the SM300, that provides autonomous navigation and collision detection and collision avoidance (CDCA). Foss is to install Sea Machines’ SM300 system on…
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Wartsila’s strength in fishing vessel sector enhanced with propulsion orders for four new vessels
The technology group Wärtsilä’s experience and track-record in delivering efficient and sustainable solutions for fishing sector vessels has again been recognised with another important order. The Danish shipbuilder Karstensens Shipyard has awarded Wärtsilä the contract to deliver the main propulsion machinery for an 89 metres long pelagic purser/trawler being built…
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Eni has chartered a gas carrier for 10 years
After acquiring the Tango liquefaction plant, the major has chartered a unit destined to be reconverted in FSU and used in Africa After having acquired the LNG Tango liquefaction plant from the Belgian shipowner (for an amount of around 600 million dollars), Eni closed another deal with Exmar for the…
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Sea-Intelligence : Empty container problem intensifies in US ports and in Europe
According to Sea-Intelligence in the transpacific routes there could be an excess of 4.3 million TEUs Analyst John Fosse : Increase by 3.6 million Teu in 2023 and by over 3.9 million Teu in 2024″ For sea freight, empty container shipping continues to be a problem. Now, however, the crisis…
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