General News – Page 18
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NewsUK Naval/Commercial Tanker Interaction
Replenishment at sea (RAS) operations were recently completed between a UK-owned handysized tanker and a unit of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). The trials saw fuel exchanged in both directions with the ships under way, and were conducted off the south coast of England by James Fisher Tankships’ 35,200dwt product carrier Raleigh Fisher and the 32,000dwt RFA fleet tanker Tideforce.
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NewsMOL inks decarbonisation deal with GCMD
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have signed a five-year strategic partnership to explore decarbonisation.
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NewsInvestment fund acquires RINA minority stake
RINA brings Fondo Italiano d’Investimento on board to help the multinational grow its business internationally
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NewsFincantieri signs MoU with underwater vehicle developer
Fincantieri has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Italian underwater vehicle designer and supplier, C.A.B.I. Cattaneo (CABI), to cooperate in the potential development of underwater vehicles and their integration with larger vessels for civil applications.
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NewsCorvus announces leadership change
Corvus Energy has announced that Geir Bjørkeli has decided to pursue other opportunities and will leave his role as Chief Executive Officer before the end of 2023.
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NewsNorden takes stake in biofuel developer
Tanker operator Norden has acquired a minority stake in a biofuel developer, with the intention of helping the renewable fuel producer to bring its biofuel to the maritime market.
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NewsStep Change For UK Shipbuilding?
An initiative to help stimulate orders for UK-built vessels has been launched by the UK Government. The Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme (SCGS) is designed to help owners or operators access finance for newbuild contracts and also for upgrade projects undertaken at UK yards, whereby the government will act as guarantor for lenders.
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NewsDoes seaborne thermal coal’s future depend upon CCUS or NH3 co-firing?
Rumours of seaborne coal’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain, but shipowners should eye proposed restrictions on new projects in Asia.
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NewsShell and Houlder team up on decarbonisation
A new partnership aims to ‘cut through the noise’ of the myriad decarbonisation solutions
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NewsIMO elects first Latin American as new secretary-general
Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco has been elected the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
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NewsFirst Damen air lubrication retrofit contract agreed
Estonian-based shipping company Amisco has placed the first commercial order for Damen’s new air lubrication system, DACS. DACS, which was developed by a collaboration between Damen and the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), will be installed aboard the general cargo vessel Danita in Tallinn, Estonia, the company confirmed.
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NewsBoxship Lines Adopt Slower Speeds
Whereas average sailing speed in the containership sector increased by up to 4% during the Covid-19 pandemic on the back of strong demand and in the face of widespread port congestion, the trend now has reversed.
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NewsGerman Equipment Makers Sustain Business Growth
Germany’s marine equipment and systems sector achieved a further advance in order volume and a recovery in turnover last year on the back of rising, global fleet investment. While contract intake has continued to increase significantly in 2023, with future positive prospects attributed to the energy transition, industry association VDMA pointed to the lack of skilled workers as a possible restraint on growth.
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NewsFalling container CO2 emissions – dip or trend?
Container industry carbon emissions are falling but is it too soon to say whether this will be sustained?
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NewsMercator to launch new conference to break down silos between ports and shipowners
Mercator Media is launching a new conference, Green Ports & Shipping Congress, to bring together shipowners, suppliers and port operators to encourage and promote collaboration. The conference recognises that many of the problems related to decarbonising the maritime sector, and their solutions, overlap.
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News£34 million available in latest round of CMDC funding
A fourth round of funding brings the UK government support for maritime decarbonisation to £129 million
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NewsDNV plans to launch VTI to help industry’s decarb drive
DNV has decided to launch a Recommended Practice (RP) offering that aims to produce a method to measure and evaluate the technical performance of ships and to address some of the shortcomings that have emerged with the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) index.
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NewsP&O Ferries renews North Sea contracts
P&O Ferries is strengthening its position in the North Sea with two key contract renewals
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NewsRevised GHG reduction strategy for global shipping adopted
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a revised strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping.
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NewsHapag-Lloyd and Seaspan ink 15+45 MeOH retrofit deal
Seaspan Corporation (Seaspan), the containership owner and manager, in collaboration with Hapag-Lloyd, have signed a Conversion Commitment Agreement with MAN PrimeServ. The deal covers the retrofit of the main engines aboard 15 container vessels equipped with MAN B&W S90-type main engines to dual-fuel MAN B&W ME-LGIM types capable of operation on green methanol. The Agreement includes 45 optional engine retrofit solutions.
