DENMARK CALLS FOR RENEWED ACTION ON PIRACY AS HUNT FOR TANKER GOES ON
There are renewed calls for attention and further action on the piracy problem in West Africa in the wake of this week’s ongoing hijacking of a product tanker off Congo. Danske Rederier, the Danish...
U.S. MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH MARINERS AVAILABLE TO MOBILIZE SEALIFT FLEET
The readiness of U.S. sealift capability has been in decline for years, but it is beginning to reach a critical point, U.S. Maritime Administrator Rear Adm. Ann Phillips (USN, ret'd) told a House subcommittee...
EU ‘FIT FOR 55’ – EU ETS AND UPDATES TO EU MRV
Applicability: shipowners, ship operators, ship managers, ship masters, designers, shipbuilders and manufacturers.
To accelerate the decarbonisation of shipping, the European Union (EU) is in the final stages of completing an update of Regulation EU 2015/757...
DNV ADDS LOW-CARBON FUELS TO ITS AFI DATA PLATFORM
As part of an effort to accelerate the decarbonisation of shipping, classification society DNV has enhanced its Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) data platform by adding new low-carbon fuels, including methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, and LPG.
DNV...
WÄRTSILÄ WILL ADAPT ENGINE TO TRI-FUEL METHANOL FOR CELEBRITY CRUISES
Wärtsilä has agreed to adapt its engines to make Celebrity Cruises’ future newbuild cruise ship one of the first cruise ships to be delivered methanol-ready in anticipation of later adoption of the emerging alternative...
“SMARTIZING” SHIPPING: SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES DEVELOPS A CHATBOT
South Korean shipbuilding company Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has developed SBOT, an artificial intelligence-based chatbot, and applied it to a ship design, stepping up efforts to strengthen its digitalisation.
Chatbots, which have been recently introduced...
DIGITALIZE YOUR BUNKERING TRANSACTIONS WITH MOORIO
Bunker suppliers and vessel operators have used emails and phone calls to conduct business for decades, and while these manual processes have their place, they consume a considerable amount of staff time and provide...
SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE RIG KICKS OFF ITS DRILLING GIG IN NIGERIA
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has disclosed that one of its semi-submersible rigs has started its drilling assignment in Nigeria.
Following a letter of award (LoA) for the Blackford Dolphin semi-sub rig from September 2022,...
29 DEAD AS MARITIME MIGRATION FROM TUNISIA ACCELERATES
Migrant fatalities are on the rise again in the Central Mediterranean crossing zone, and the route is beginning to shift to the shores of Tunisia.
On Sunday, the Tunisian coast guard reported that 29 migrants...
INTER-ARRAY CABLE INSTALLATION SOON TO START AT NEART NA GAOITHE OFFSHORE WIND FARM
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has announced that it is planning to conduct a pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) and commence cable lay out for the first campaign of six inter-array cables...