USCG POLAR STAR STARTS FINAL PHASE OF LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM
The Coast Guard has initiated the final of five planned phases of the service life extension program (SLEP) for Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the service’s sole operational heavy icebreaker. Polar Star arrived at...
UK FIRM RAISES ALMOST $1.6M TO SCALE DOLPHIN-INSPIRED TIDAL ENERGY TECH
Porpoise Power, a tidal energy spin-out from the University of Oxford, has exited stealth with a £1.2 million (approximately $1.58M) pre-seed round led by Zero Carbon Capital (ZCC), alongside Creator Fund and Oxford Science...
STUDY: MAJORITY OF SCOTLAND’S COASTAL VESSELS UNTRACKED OPERATE WITHOUT AIS
Scotland is largely operating blind in the management of its marine resources according to new research published this week as part of a project designed to create a better understanding of the exposure of...
LR AND PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN LIQUEFIED HYDROGEN CARRIER TECHNOLOGY
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed an agreement with the Hydrogen Ship Technology Center at Pusan National University (PNU) in Korea, forming an international partnership aimed at advancing liquefied hydrogen carrier technology and cryogenic engineering.
The...
AFTERMATH OF IMO’S NET-ZERO FRAMEWORK: ‘HISTORIC’ AGREEMENT OR ‘TOTAL SHIPWRECK’?
With the global climate regulation agreement adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at the 83rd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83), shipping is on track to become the first industry...
LR-GN-015 GUIDANCE NOTES FOR LIQUID HYDROGEN SYSTEMS
The adoption of liquid hydrogen as a marine fuel offers a transformative step toward achieving low and zero-carbon shipping.
This Guidnace Note has been meticulously developed to serve as a guidance resource for stakeholders involved...
‘WORLD’S LARGEST’ LCO2 CARRIER HITS THE WATER
The first 22,000 cubic meter (cbm) liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier, dubbed the “world’s largest” and ordered by Greek shipping company Capital Clean Energy Carriers, has been launched in South Korea.
As disclosed, South Korean shipbuilder...
INDIAN CREW STRANDED WITHOUT PAY CALLS RENEWED ATTENTION TO ABANDONMENT
The crew aboard an offshore support vessel has taken to social media with the aid of the International Transport Workers’ Federation to highlight their plight. It comes after the union groups called 2024 the...
NORWAY’S LARGEST ZERO-EMISSION FERRY SETS SAIL
Construction of Norway’s largest zero-emission ferry has been completed at Cemre Shipyard in Türkiye, and the vessel has embarked on the voyage toward Norway.
The Turkish shipbuilder revealed the departure of NB1091 Hinnøy on April...
ITALIAN FERRY OPERATOR TIRRENIA INVESTIGATED ON BRIBERY AND FALSE DOCUMENTS
Italian prosecutors moved last week to seize three ferries in the fleet of Tirrenia-Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione on charges the company falsified documents regarding the environmental performance of its ships and presented the class...