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  • The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Live panel will bring together a panel of industry heavyweights
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    Panel to provide insight into EU ETS as consultation extended

    2020-11-19T11:28:00Z

    The Motorship Propulsion and Future Fuels is hosting a high-level forum to examine the impact of the proposed extension of the EU''s Emission Trading System (ETS) to cover emissions from the maritime sector. The session will be chaired by Lars Robert Pedersen of BIMCO and will include Bo Cerup-Simonsen, Bud ...

  • The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Live panel will bring together a panel of industry heavyweights
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    Experts to analyse the impact of ETS extension

    2020-11-04T23:45:00Z

    EU proposals to extend the scope of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) to encompass shipping are potentially far reaching. The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Live is bringing together a panel of industry heavyweights to provide their expert views on this latest development and how they see it affecting ...

  • “We have achieved as much as we could,” believes the WG’s chair, Sveinung Oftedal (credit: IMO)
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    ISWG-GHG 7 delivers document to MEPC 75

    2020-11-04T23:10:00Z

    ISWG-GHG 7 sent MARPOL amendments brokered by chairman Sveinung Oftedal to MEPC 75 despite difficult discussions about EEXI and uncertainties over the legal status of CII

  • BIMCO is urging the EU not to include shipping in its emissions trading scheme Photo: BIMCO
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    Emissions scheme will scupper CO2 reduction

    2020-10-05T07:59:00Z

    BIMCO is concerned that the inclusion of shipping in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will inhibit global action on reducing CO2 emissions.

  • LR anticipates that eCerts could eventually consolidate certification for an entire vessel into one document tracked through one LR number.
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    LR to extend eCerts system from late August

    2020-08-18T11:31:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has announced that it will be extending its electronic certificates (eCerts) capability for new and existing vessels from late August.

  • An LNG carrier (Image: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, RS)
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    RS INTRODUCES NEW GUIDELINES ON FATIGUE ASSESSMENT

    2020-08-12T14:04:00Z

    The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has issued Guidelines on Fatigue Assessment of Ships to underpin the distinguishing marks FTL (years) and FTL (years) Spectral North Atlantic, both introduced last year.

  • Harald Solberg, ceo of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, (pictured with Norway's prime minister Erna Solberg), noted NSA members will only order vessels with zero-emissions technology after 2030.
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    European Green Deal spells more hurdles for shipping

    2020-07-30T13:36:00Z

    The IMO’s hard-won 2018 agreement on shipping’s greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 and 2050 have now been superseded by more ambitious requirements set forth in last December’s European Green Deal. Once again, the European Commission has forced shipping’s hand, risking the creation of separate emissions regimes in different geographies.

  • A narrowly restrictive EEXI approach would risk penalising early adopters, such as ForSeas' battery-powered 'Aurora' (pictured in Helsingborg). (Image: ForSea Ferries, Photographer/Anders Ebefeldt)
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    EEXI approach poses challenges for ferry segment

    2020-07-29T11:13:00Z

    If the IMO adopts the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) approach, the new rules will have a particular impact on the ferry sector, Kari Reinikainen hears.

  • Vistrato guide
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    COVID-19 guide to bulk handling

    2020-07-28T17:45:00Z

    Vistrato Limited has produced a guide for ships and terminals handling solid bulk cargoes that focuses on minimising physical interactions between ship and shore personnel during loading/unloading operations as required by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • The EU emissions trading scheme was initially focused on heavy industry and power generation but has recently been expanded to cover aviation within the EEA.
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    European ETS for shipping moves one step closer

    2020-07-07T18:50:00Z

    The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has given the go-ahead today for shipping to be included in the trading bloc’s emissions trading scheme, a move that many in shipping fear will lead to a series of regional regulations and potential disruption to the global supply chain.

  • The project will see "Knowledge Packets" linked into SSI's ShipConstructor CAD design software for direct use in 3D design model workflows. (Image courtesy of Auros)
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    ABS Rules Digitised for Automatic Application in CAD Designs

    2020-06-22T10:11:00Z

    ABS rules and guidelines are being digitised and linked to CAD modelling software to automatically verify designs developed for shipbuilding and ship repair.

  • RINA's first statutory and class intermediate survey with remote technologies was conducted on a d'Amico Group bulk carrier in June.
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    RINA completes statutory and remote surveys remotely

    2020-06-12T16:59:00Z

    Classification society RINA has announced that it has successfully completed its first statutory and associated class intermediate surveys with the use of remote technologies.

  • The drone used LiDAR to navigate inside the 19.4 meter high oil tank as GPS-reception was not available in the enclosed space.
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    DNV GL successfully concludes autonomous drone inspection test

    2020-06-09T18:55:00Z

    Classification society DNV GL has announced that a drone has successfully inspected an oil tank on board an FPSO, and that the live footage streamed by the drone was interpreted in real-time by an algorithm to detect cracks in the structure.

  • Aron Sørensen, BIMCO’s Head of Marine Environment, heads a working group of shipowners, paint manufacturers and service companies that has produced a first draft of a hull cleaning standard.
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    First tests of emerging industry-led standard for hull cleaning due in 2020

    2020-05-27T14:42:00Z

    BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, has moved a step closer to finishing a global set of guidelines covering in-water hull cleaning. A first draft of a standard drawn up by an industry-led working group is being circulated to government regulators and scientific experts, while practical tests of the standard ...

  • A deadline for a SoC to be available for inspection onboard falls on 31 May 2020.
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    Deadline to obtain SoC for IMO DCS looms

    2020-05-21T15:16:00Z

    The 31 May deadline for shipowners to obtain and display onboard a Statement of Compliance (SoC) to demonstrate compliance with IMO DCS reporting requirements is looming.

  • The Paris MoU has amended its COVID-19 guidance, recognising that a limitation of three months in the guidance may be too short to address the challenges currently being faced.
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    Paris MoU revises COVID-19 guidance

    2020-05-08T16:18:00Z

    The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) is amending its previously drafted guidelines in response to COVID-19 in view of the continuing effects of the crisis. The full guidance is also available for download.

  • The protocols also received the support of the two largest Flag States, Liberia and Panama. Photo: IMO
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    IMO backs protocols to facilitate crew changes

    2020-05-08T14:23:00Z

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has sent a recommended framework of protocols to ensure safe ship crew changes and travel during the Covid-19 pandemic to all IMO member states, the UN and other stakeholders.

  • Commenting on the launch of IACS unified Recommendation on Cyber Resilience, Robert Ashdown, IACS Secretary General, identified network design as the basis for a reliable and robust network.
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    IACS publishes unified cyber resilience recommendation

    2020-05-05T18:20:00Z

    The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published a single, standalone Recommendation on Cyber Resilience (No. 166), consolidating 12 previous recommendations on the issue.

  • Port State Control regimes
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    Pragmatic approach for PSC regimes

    2020-04-14T21:15:00Z

    Port State Control (PSC) regimes have reported that while the number of physical onboard ship inspections have reduced considerably during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, high-risk ships which may be substandard continue to be targeted.

  • MSC is trialling a new thermal camera based fire detection system aboard the MSC Febe, a sistership of the MSC Gulsun (pictured).
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    DNV GL awards new fire safety notation to Gulsun series

    2020-02-19T15:25:00Z

    Speaking at a press conference in London yesterday, DNV GL – Maritime ceo Knut Orbeck-Nilssen announced that class society DNV GL had updated its class rules and launched a voluntary ‘FCS’ notation for container vessels.