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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.

Fuel savings promised by energy efficient technologies may not lead to similar EEXI and CII improvements, an expert has warned at a webinar organised by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). 

A joint declaration signed in Turku, Finland, is designed to strengthen sustainable shipping and shipbuilding in the Finnish maritime cluster.

The port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest, is testing a variety of low and zero-emission fuels and technologies in order to create a zero-emission port by 2050.

Schottel has attracted additional contractual partners in Spain and France as it expands its sales and service network around the world.

The integration of hybrid propulsion systems is now seen as a strategic investment in the shortsea shipping segment, according to a November 2022 Wärtsilä webinar Future proof solutions for short sea shipping…

Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO), one of the world’s leading copper producers and a Chilean state-owned company, and NYK Bulk & Project Carriers (NBP) have signed a memorandum of understanding…