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SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Based on a well-proven template, the latest short-sea ferry newbuild at Cantiere Navale Visentini in northeast Italy has been committed to Polish Baltic Shipping Company (PZB). Floated out last month from the…

9th May 2023

Italian Ro-Pax Design Attracts Polish Deal

9th May 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Providing the wherewithal for offshore windfarm construction projects around Japan, the self-propelled jack-up vessel Blue Wind is starting operations after an extensive testing and crew familiarisation programme following delivery by Japan Marine United…

9th May 2023

Seminal Japanese Delivery For Renewables Sector

9th May 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

A consortium of shipping stakeholders and research institutions is aiming to develop retrofit carbon capture solutions and other technologies for ships to reduce their emissions and fuel consumption.

5th May 2023

Joint UK-EU project to develop retrofit emissions reduction technologies

5th May 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Herbert-ABS Software Solutions has released a new regulatory wind and overturning moment calculation tool.

5th May 2023

Herbert-ABS unveils offshore wind design tool

5th May 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Havfram, a Norway-based offshore wind and services company, has ordered a second wind installation jack-up vessel to CIMC Raffles, taking up an option from December 2022.

5th May 2023

Havfram returns to CIMC Raffles for second WTIV

5th May 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Yinson Production, the FPSO contractor, has agreed a contract with Framo AS to use its new Submerged Turbine technology. The order was placed in Q3 2022 represents the first reference for the technology with…

5th May 2023

First reference for Framo’s new Submerged Turbine technology

5th May 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Italy-based Ecospray has developed an onboard carbon capture system based on molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) technology and is aiming for mass production by 2025.

5th May 2023

New Carbon Capture Technology Uses MCFC Tech To Generate Energy

5th May 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Shipowners are unlikely to welcome well-intentioned plans to promote domestic steel recycling chains in the EU. Outside Turkey, no large scale ship-based recycling chains exist in Europe, and yards cannot afford automation to…

4th May 2023

EU attempts to promote recycling risk perverse consequences: opinion

4th May 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

With simulation and data analysis tools, the technological groundwork has been built to enable shipowners and charterers to succeed in the CII era. And the sooner they start, the better off they…

4th May 2023

A Digital Foundation For CII

4th May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Design, engineering and risk management consultancy firm, BMT, has appointed a new chair.

4th May 2023

BMT appoints new chair

4th May 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

China’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered vessel “Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat No. 1” was launched in Guangdong on 17 March.

4th May 2023

China launches first hydrogen powered vessel

4th May 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The fuel mix in the maritime sector will change significantly over the coming decades, according to DNV’s latest ‘Transportation in Transition’ report. The report forecasts that it will likely transition from being almost entirely…

4th May 2023

DNV forecasts oil demand in transportation to halve by 2050

4th May 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

The extension of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) to cover EU shipping from April 2023 will create additional compliance for shipping companies, as Smith Reed’s Brett Hillis explains.

4th May 2023

Trading EU Emissions Allowances Could Create Compliance Risks

4th May 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Huisman has launched a new online client portal for equipment owners.

3rd May 2023

Huisman unveils equipment management portal

3rd May 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

TECO and Chart Industries have signed an agreement to extend the scope of their previous carbon capture and storage technology collaboration to include liquid cryogenic fuel storage and supply systems, as well as its recently…

3rd May 2023

Chart expands maritime carbon capture and hydrogen focus

3rd May 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Kongsberg Digital’s cloud infrastructure Vessel Insight has received the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Product Design Assessment Certificate for SMART (INF) for data infrastructure in accordance with the ABS Smart Functions Guide,…

3rd May 2023

Kongsberg Digital platform’s data infrastructure recognised by ABS

3rd May 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Wärtsilä has announced a digital partnership with DNV’s industry cloud platform Veracity to create secure and seamless connectivity between Wärtsilä’s Fleet Optimisation Solution (FOS) and Veracity. The integration will allow Wärtsilä to…

3rd May 2023

Wärtsilä and DNV cooperate to ease digital emissions reporting

3rd May 2023

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Purus Marine, a UK-based shipowner, has confirmed that it has placed an order for four 45,000 cbm medium-sized gas carriers from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Korea. The order includes an option for two…

2nd May 2023

Purus Marine confirms 4+2 NH3-ready ammonia carrier order

2nd May 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Singapore-based shipping company, Petredec, took delivery of the first vessel in a series of 93,000cbm gas carriers at Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co. Ltd on 26 April. The vessel, the Harzand, is the first of the 93,000cbm class…

2nd May 2023

First of Petredec’s 93,000cbm LPG carrier series delivered

2nd May 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

One of the enduring paradoxes of Nor-Shipping is how it manages to offer visitors access to the latest developments in a wide range of maritime sectors, while maintaining its welcoming collegiate atmosphere.

2nd May 2023

Positioning Nor-Shipping at the heart of the maritime economy

2nd May 2023