General News – Page 39
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NewsPolluter-pays or Polluter-gets-paid?
European shipowners (ECSA) have welcomed the proposal of the European Parliament’s Rapporteur on the EU ETS, Peter Liese, for a binding clause in contractual agreements between shipowners and commercial operators to ensure that the latter pay for the costs of the EU ETS. The World Shipping Council disagrees and European ...
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NewsBV to certify Celtic Sea’s first windfarm
The new windfarm in the Celtic Sea is one of the largest floating offshore wind projects in the world
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NewsICS and IRENA partner to advance global green fuel transition
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has signed a Partnership Agreement with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to support the decarbonisation of the shipping sector.
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NewsA.P. Moller - Maersk accelerates Net Zero emission targets
A.P. Moller - Maersk aims to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2040 – one decade ahead of its initial 2050 ambition and has also set associated 2030 targets.
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News3D-printed fuel injection nozzle could reduce NOx emissions
MAN-ES_RCC-1_PEOPLE_EGL5234_web Source: DTU A fuel injection nozzle produced by additive manufacturing techniques has been tested one of MAN Energy Solutions’ test engines at Research Centre Copenhagen.
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NewsDanish Shipping Launches Toward Zero Strategy
Danish Shipping (Danske Rederier) has launched a new three-year strategy titled Toward Zero.
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NewsSeaspan finalises finance for its 70 vessel newbuild program
Seaspan Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp., has finalised financing for its 70 containership newbuild program.
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NewsHyundai Heavy Industries Partners with ABS on autonomous ship technology
Avikus, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group’s subsidiary specialising in autonomous navigation technologies, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ABS to obtain the Approval in Principle (AIP) for its autonomous ship technologies at the world’s biggest tech show CES 2022 in Las Vegas in January 2022. Source: ABS ...
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NewsCNOOC inks long-term charters for six LNGC newbuildings - reports
A subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed long-term charter agreements for six newbuild 174,000cbm LNG carriers with shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. (MOL), according to local social media reports. The six vessels will be built at China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group.
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NewsSouth32 inks sustainability linked CoA with Klaveness subsidiary
South32, the international mining company, has signed a sustainability-linked contract of affreightment (COA) with KCC Chartering AS, a subsidiary of Klaveness Combination Carriers.
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NewsMandatory simulator-based training
A new cloud based navigation platform has been certified for industry simulator-based training
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NewsClassNK to make e-certificates standard from January
ClassNK has announced that it will make electronic certificates and reports issued for ships as standard service from 30 January 2022.
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NewsNor-Shipping to be held in April 2022
Nor-Shipping will hold its 2022 exhibition and event programme on 4-7 April in Oslo and Lillestrøm, Norway. The announcement of the revised dates follows just two days after the organisers opted to postpone the event, which had been scheduled to be held between 10-13 January 2022.
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NewsOwners and operators expect Scope 3 rules to slowly change chartering landscape
While operators have not seen any direct effect of Scope 3 emission reporting on chartering of ships, analysts expect improved visibility to lead to improved performance becoming a minimum threshold for larger charterers
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NewsMarine insurers adopt principles to decarbonise shipping
Six leading marine insurers have launched a new initiative to provide transparency on carbon emissions and support the shipping industry’s green transition.
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NewsNor-Shipping to postpone January 2022 event
Nor-Shipping has announced that it postponing its upcoming exhibition and event programme, which was due to be held between 10-13 January 2022 in Oslo and Lillestrøm, Norway.
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NewsClassNK updates remote survey guidance
ClassNK has released a third version of its remote survey guidance.
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NewsBIMCO releases EEXI Transition Clause before IMO efficiency regulation
BIMCO has announced the development of a new clause intended to address the upcoming introduction of EEXI regulations from the IMO.
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NewsMachine learning offers insights into causes of lifeboat accidents
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has used its machine learning technology to identify new, previously unseen insights surrounding lifeboat accidents, which will help improve lifeboat safety at sea.
