ABERDEEN EXPLORES UNDERSEA HYDROGEN STORAGE FOR OFFSHORE PRODUCTION
One of the innovation projects being funded by a Scottish government initiative to support the development of hydrogen as an energy source will explore the concept of subsea storage as a means to support...
MELBOURNE EXPLORES METHANOL BUNKERING HUB WITH MAERSK AND CMA CGM
A project to explore developing a methanol bunkering hub at Australia’s Melbourne port is being supported by shipping companies including Maersk and Svitzer as well as CMA CGM’s ANL subsidiary. It is the...
SEABED SURVEY COMPLETED FOR 1 GW IRISH OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT
XOcean has completed a seabed survey for SSE Renewables at the proposed Setanta Wind Park site, formerly Braymore Wind Park, off the coast of Ireland using its fleet of Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs).
The survey,...
UK GOVERNMENT GRANTS £3.8M FOR WORLD’S FIRST LIQUID HYDROGEN AUTONOMOUS VESSEL AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
The Hydrogen Innovation – Future Infrastructure & Vessel Evaluation and Demonstration (HI-FIVED) consortium led by vessel provider ACUA Ocean in partnership with infrastructure provider Unitrove has won a £3.8 million UK government grant to...
ENGINES DRIVEN BY SOUND WAVES FOR BOTTOM-CYCLE MARITIME APPLICATION
Thermoacoustic engines are based on tubes that convert heat into resonant sound waves, which in turn drive pistons inside cylinders. A discovery from several hundred years ago involved the bottom end of a vertical...
NEXANS INKS RESERVATION AGREEMENT FOR EUROASIA INTERCONNECTOR
Nexans Norway has signed a reservation agreement for the HVDC cable systems for the Cyprus – Greece link of the EuroAsia Interconnector.
EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal high-voltage, direct current scheme which will comprise three...
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...
VIKING ACQUIRES HYDROPEN™ CONTAINER FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM
The acquisition fully integrates container fire-fighting innovation into VIKING’s one-stop portfolio of maritime safety solutions.
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has acquired HydroPen, the company behind the unique HydroPenTM container firefighting solution supplied to hundreds of ships.
HydroPens...
EAGLE BULK CONFIRMS 3 SEAFARERS ARE MISSING FROM ITS BULKER IN GABON
Three seafarers have been reported missing from Grebe Bulker, a bulker vessel managed by Eagle Bulk Ship Management Singapore.
The vessel is believed to have been boarded by pirates whilst in the inner anchorage of...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION MULLING BAN ON FILIPINO SEAFARER DEPLOYMENT FOLLOWING EMSA AUDIT
Deutsche Welle reports that the European Commission is considering imposing a ban that will prohibit EU-registered ships from employing Filipino crews after a European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) audit found the country’s maritime training...