MARITIME INDUSTRY NEEDS REGULATORY ACTION TO MEET DECARBONISATION AND DIGITALISATION GOALS
Lloyd’s Register’s Global Maritime Trends 2025 Barometer warns that fragmented regulation is undermining progress in decarbonisation and limiting investment.
The global shipping industry risks falling short of its net-zero and digital transformation ambitions without sufficient...
NEL TO PROVIDE 2.5 MW PEM ELECTROLYZER FOR HYDROGEN PROJECT IN SCOTLAND
Nel Hydrogen US, a subsidiary of Norwegian company Nel, has received a purchase order for one 2.5 MW containerized proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer for the Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub project in the north-east of...
WATERKING UNVEILS WORLD’S FIRST ELECTRIC AMPHIBIOUS DREDGING SET
Waterking, a Dutch manufacturer of dredging equipment, has presented the world’s first electric amphibious dredging set.
In collaboration with Staad Groep, Waterking assembled a 35-tonne electric amphibious excavator – the WK 350 NG-E, while Damen...
ON ANNIVERSARY OF BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, STUDY SAYS MORE HITS COMING
Days after the National Transportation Safety Board took state highway agencies to task for unassessed bridge strike risks, a team at Johns Hopkins University has published a comprehensive list of the bridge spans that...
FOBAS FUEL INSIGHT: FUEL QUALITY REPORTS
The FOBAS Fuel Insight Programme is the cornerstone of our commitment to advancing fuel quality standards in the maritime industry. This series leverages the extensive expertise of our Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis and Advisory...
SOO LOCKS OPENS EARLY FOR HEAD START ON 2025 UPPER GREAT LAKES SEASON
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers celebrating the opening of the Soo Locks on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this morning, March 21, providing an earlier-than-anticipated start to the 2025 shipping season on the Upper Great...
NEW WATER ON DECK DAMAGE STABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RO-RO PASSENGER SHIPS
The European Union has adopted Directive 2023/946, which amends the “water on deck” damage stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships in Directive 2003/25/EC. This new Directive is intended to align the EU’s stability requirements...
DIGITAL PIPE TECHNOLOGY IN SPOTLIGHT OF ODFJELL TECHNOLOGY’S INVESTMENT IN NORWEGIAN FIRM
The UK’s Odfjell Technology, a spin-off of Odfjell Drilling, has purchased a 10% stake in a Norwegian well construction and well intervention solutions provider, supporting the firm’s digital pipe technology.
Odfjell Technology made a strategic...
NEW CATEGORIES OF SERVICE SUPPLIERS: UNDERWATER BIOFOULING INSPECTIONS AND HULL CLEANING ACTIVITIES
To provide a globally consistent approach to biofouling, on 7 July 2023 the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) adopted the non-mandatory Resolution MEPC.378(80) “2023 Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships' Biofouling to Minimize...
UK CALLS FOR SAFETY RULES, TRAINING AFTER STEVEDORES DIE IN ENCLOSED SPACE
Nearly three years after an enclosed space incident that claimed the lives of three stevedores, the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch issued a detailed report while calling for enhanced training and safety rules incorporating...