One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated?
The Electric Thames project, a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta, and Marine Zero, is assessing the viability of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s energy network.
Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting billions of dollars of losses on ..
People of my age were brought up to believe that the design of a ship was a sort of necessary compromise between the overall dimensions, speed and consumption, cargo capacity, seakeeping abilities, and, as a secondary afterthought (seafarers believed), habitability.
The recent bridge collapse incident in Baltimore in the US state of Maryland was a tragedy that I believe could and should have been avoided.
In an industry is awash with cash and record profits, it is tragic to see five people confirmed dead in an accident on a Perenco platform offshore Gabon, and one other worker still missing, presumed also killed, as per the most recent update.
Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.
MOL Energia, a Singapore-based subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has taken delivery of a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) constructed by Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding. Infineon Technologies and South Korean shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) as part of a broader project wherein the two companies will jointly develop applications for the electrification of marine engines and machinery using .. Belgium and the European Union haved signed the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, otherwise known as the Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) confirmed via a recent press release.
VESSEL REVIEW | Phoenix Harmonia – Large LPG/ammonia carrier for MOL gas transport arm
Partnership to develop semiconductor technology for integration in marine propulsion systems
Belgium, EU sign Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships
MOL Energia, a Singapore-based subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has taken delivery of a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) constructed by Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding. Infineon Technologies and South Korean shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) as part of a broader project wherein the two companies will jointly develop applications for the electrification of marine engines and machinery using .. Belgium and the European Union haved signed the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, otherwise known as the Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) confirmed via a recent press release.
VESSEL REVIEW | Phoenix Harmonia – Large LPG/ammonia carrier for MOL gas transport arm
Partnership to develop semiconductor technology for integration in marine propulsion systems
Belgium, EU sign Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships
Japan Marine United (JMU) has handed over a new container vessel to compatriot shipping company Shoei Kisen Kaisha for operation under a long-term charter contract with container line Ocean Network Express (ONE).
People of my age were brought up to believe that the design of a ship was a sort of necessary compromise between the overall dimensions, speed and consumption, cargo capacity, seakeeping abilities, and, as a secondary afterthought (seafarers believed), habitability.
Fifty years ago, the shipping “establishment” was plunged into angst and indignation by the publication of a book that opened up many of the mysteries of the modern maritime industry to critical public scrutiny.
One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated?
European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) Somalia, the European Union maritime counter-piracy task force deployed in the waters of the Indian Ocean off Somalia, has confirmed the release of a commercial cargo vessel and its crew 32 days after it was seized.
Terminal Portuario Jinzhao Peru, a subsidiary of Chinese construction company Jinzhao, has been awarded a contract for the design, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of a new large port in San Juan de Marcona in Nazca province in southern Peru.
The Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have initiated a bilateral program designed to assist the Australian and Singaporean maritime and port sectors in significantly reducing their carbon emissions.
The Port of Gdansk in Poland has awarded local company Porr a contract for the reconstruction of two quays.
WORK BOAT WORLD: Philip Malone has joined UK-based maritime nuclear energy company Core Power as its new Vice President of Engineering.
Japan Marine United (JMU) has handed over a new container vessel to compatriot shipping company Shoei Kisen Kaisha for operation under a long-term charter contract with container line Ocean Network Express (ONE).
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), via its Mitsubishi Shipbuilding business unit, has handed over a new liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier to Kobe-based shipowner Sanya Kisen Kaisha.
Dutch shipping company the Vertom Group has taken delivery of two new multi-purpose cargo vessels built by compatriot shipyard Thecla Bodewes.
Port towing service providers Groupe Ocean of Canada, Sulnorte of Brazil, and CPT Towage of Chile have established a strategic cooperation network with the aim of enhancing port towing operations.
The Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have initiated a bilateral program designed to assist the Australian and Singaporean maritime and port sectors in significantly reducing their carbon emissions.
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