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Singapore-based shipowner Peninsula International Shipping PTE Ltd has appointed the Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) as the Flag for a chemical tanker newbuilding.

Marine scientific and technical consultants and surveyors, Brookes Bell LLP, has announced that acquisition of the UK-based tribology consultancy Neale Consulting Engineers.

Carnival Corporation has carried out a joint pilot project with Wärtsilä to reduce the amount of plastic being used in marine operations. The aim of the project is to boost maritime sustainability…

Damen has developed a vessel concept, the FLOW-SV, which is specially designed to install ground tackles for offshore turbine floaters.

The UK government has launched a zero-emission vessel competition with co-funding of up to £77 million ($92.6m) for successful applicants. The ZEVI fund is offering funding to demonstration projects across three separate categories (or strands) including full-electric…

Steven Forsberg, Managing Director at Marinetrans, welcomed the initiative, which is aligned with Marinetrans’ own efforts to reduce its carbon emissions footprint, including a CO2 Offset Programme. Forsberg added: “Since we formulated our…

The new company, Lehmann Marine, will also employ all 19 employees working in the COBRA division at Becker Marine. The managing directors of Lehmann Marine are Godehard Gauf and Alexander Lehmann.

Eitzen Group, a family owned shipping group based in Oslo, has acquired a majority stake in Norway-based Høglund Marine Solutions after agreeing an investment deal on 18 January 2023.

The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) completed the launch of the world’s first digital ship register on 16 January 2023.

ABS has launched Custom Rule Book, a new tool which allows users to create vessel or project-specific rule sets in moments.

Damen Engineering has announced the completion of its first vessel design to be entirely created, reviewed and class-approved using 3D models in collaboration with Bureau Veritas (BV) and NAPA, the maritime software supplier.

The release of the US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization on Tuesday 10 January provided a greater insight into the Biden administration’s plans for reducing greenhouse emissions from the transportation sector by…

DNV has shut down access to the IT servers hosting its ShipManager service in response to a cyber-attack on the evening of Saturday 7 January.

P&O Ferries has announced that it achieved a 9% reduction (equivalent to 85,000 tons) in its carbon emissions in 2021, by optimising its sailings and improving the efficiency of its operations. 

CIMAC has unveiled the draft programme of the 30th edition of the CIMAC World Congress, which is due to be held in Busan in Korea in June 2023.

A feasibility study is being carried out into the development of a commercial framework for orders of green-fuelled newbuilds in the Baltic and North Sea areas.