SCOTLAND RECEIVES BIDS FOR OFFSHORE WIND TO POWER OIL & GAS PRODUCTION
Scottish authorities are reporting that they received strong initial interest for their new program designed to support innovation in offshore wind development and to use offshore wind to decarbonize the North Sea oil and...
OVER 100 WOMEN HAVE JOINED IMO & WISTA INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS BUREAU
In less than a month, more than one hundred women leaders have registered as speakers on the new Maritime Speakers Bureau platform. The platform was launched by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Women's...
EARLY WORKS UNDERWAY FOR FIRST UK-GERMANY ENERGY LINK
Enabling works and access road works for the NeuConnect energy link are currently underway in the UK and Germany, ahead of major construction starting in 2023.
In November, works started on an access road that...
WÄRTSILÄ DRIVES DECARBONIZATION COLLABORATION AS MISSION AMBASSADOR
The technology group Wärtsilä’s ongoing project partnership with the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping has been further strengthened with the company signing as an official Mission Ambassador.
The not-for-profit research and development...
SAILORS RECOVER ORION SPACECRAFT AFTER MILLION-MILE SWING AROUND THE MOON
The post has been updated with a statement from NASA.
A team of sailors aboard USS Portland (LPD-27) recovered an Orion space capsule after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after a...
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...
U.S. HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO UPDATE MARITIME LIABILITY LAWS
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a reform to the maritime liabilities laws specifically designed to help victims of boating disasters similar to the 2019 fire aboard the dive boat Conception seek compensation....
WIND PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY HAS A BIGGER ROLE TO PLAY IN DECARBONIZING SHIPPING
Wind propulsion needs to be integrated into the regulatory process as soon as possible, and declassified from a ‘fuel efficiency measure’ to a ‘propulsive power provider’, according to a recently submitted paper by several...
FIRST US FLOATING WIND AUCTION CLOSES
Five developers selected to build the first floating wind farms in U.S. federal waters
To support the California Energy Commission’s planning goals of 2-5 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 25 GW by 2045...
WHY ARE OIL TANKERS STUCK IN TURKISH WATERS?
Turkey's maritime authority said on Thursday it would continue to block the passage of oil tankers that don't carry appropriate insurance letters, adding that insurance checks on ships in its waters were a "routine...