SCANDLINES WRAPS UP INVESTMENT IN LOW-NOISE THRUSTERS FOR HYBRID FERRIES
Danish ferry operator Scandlines has completed a more than EUR 13 million investment project in upgrading the Fehmarn ferries and at the same time significantly reduced its environmental impact.As the last of the four...
AIRSEAS KITE SYSTEM TAKES TO THE AIR DURING SEA TRIALS
France-based wind propulsion developer Airseas has revealed the first pictures and video footage of its automated kite system Seawing in flight during ongoing transatlantic sea trials.
The material is being revealed following the completion of...
HUTCHISON PORTS COMMITS TO NET-ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2035 ACROSS THREE UK PORTS
Global port developer and operator Hutchison Ports has set a target of 2035 for its three UK ports to achieve Net-Zero for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.
The three ports are the Port of...
CHINA CONNECTS DEEPWATER FLOATING WIND PLATFORM TO WENCHANG OILFIELD
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has grid-connected its Haiyou Guanlan deepwater floating wind turbine and integrated it into the power grid of the Wenchang oilfield.
Earlier this month, CNOOC announced the 5-kilometre dynamic subsea...
STATKRAFT’S UPGRADED 2MWP FLOATING SOLAR PLANT STARTS COMMERCIAL OPERATION
The 2MWp floating solar plant in Albania, developed by Europe’s largest renewable energy generator Statkraft, has started producing renewable energy and injecting it to the Albanian electricity grid following the installation of three new...
MICHELIN RECEIVES DESIGN AIP FOR FIRST INFLATABLE WING SAIL
France’s Michelin Group has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) for its design for a wing sail system designed for commercial ships and pleasure crafts. Unlike other sail concepts, the Michelin design is...
SYDNEY VESSEL CAPTAIN FINED $5,000 FOR BREACHING CERTIFICATE OF OPERATION
A Sydney commercial vessel master was convicted earlier this month for breaching a condition on a vessel’s certificate of operation and fined $5,000, after a successful prosecution by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions,...
CMA CGM LAUNCHES €200 MLN CALL FOR DECARBONIZATION PROJECTS
French container shipping major CMA CGM Group has invited start-ups and businesses working on concrete solutions to submit projects that aim to speed up the decarbonization of the French shipping industry.
The company has committed...
WWII JAPANESE TRANSPORT LOST WITH 1,080 PEOPLE LOCATED IN PHILIPPINES
An expedition team led by an Australian maritime archaeology foundation is reporting that they have located the wreck of Australia’s worst maritime disaster, a ship that was being used by the Japanese as a...
INDIA’S PROPOSED PLAN TO REVIVE DOMESTIC SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
India is exploring a plan to subsidize its shipbuilding industry in its latest push for industrialization as part of an India first campaign. The details emerged as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is preparing to...