Every year tourists flock to a remote archipelago in Norway to see its unique wildlife – walrus, puffins, seals and a variety of whales. Now, Volvo Penta is running a pilot project with Svalbard’s oldest tourist operator, Hurtigruten Svalbard, to test a state-of-the-art hybrid Marell M15 vessel called Kvitbjørn (’Polar Bear’ in English) that will …
A new offshore wind vessel broke records for the region’s offshore wind industry when it sailed into Middlesbrough. The 171-metre ship, named ‘Leonardo da Vinci’, set a new record as the largest offshore wind vessel ever to pass under Middlesbrough’s famous Transporter Bridge when it completed its recent voyage to AV Dawson’s Port of Middlesbrough. …
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Marine engineering and propulsion specialist Royston has secured Government funding for a collaborative project to examine the potential of new technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of river ferry services. The move will see the UK-based firm working in local partnership with Newcastle University and ferry operator Nexus to look at ways to decarbonise the …
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AD Ports Group today announced that Mugharraq Port, a strategic port located in the Al Dhafra Region, has been recognised as an international port facility. Issued under the provisions of the International Code for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities (ISPS Code) by the UAE’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, the port has …
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A Green Award certificate is issued only to ships and ship managers that go ‘above and beyond industry standards in terms of safety, quality and environmental performance’. Synergy Group, one of the world’s leading ship managers, has demonstrated its commitment to best-in-class operations and environmental performance by successfully securing the first ever Green Award for …
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Swedish solar energy leader Midsummer provides lightweight thinfilm solar panels to a Dutch government-funded floating photovoltaic project called Solar@Sea II. The Dutch Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) is coordinator of the PV project, funded by the Dutch government. The aim of the project is to develop an offshore floating PV concept based on lightweight …
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A 5m zero-carbon uncrewed boat was welcomed to Penzance on the weekend of Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th November, after 16 weeks in the Atlantic, where it has spent time at the edge of the continental shelf gathering scientific data on surface currents that govern Europe’s weather. “Such long endurance in that extreme environment proves …
The technology group Wärtsilä has launched a new series of power limitation solutions that enable compliance with the IMO’s Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) regulation. These latest Wärtsilä innovations mean that the company now has a complete range of solutions for environmental regulatory compliance, covering both newbuild and retrofit projects. The EEXI regulation comes …
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The eighth annual The Maritime Standard Awards, held on Monday November 22nd at the World Trade Centre Dubai, raised the bar higher still for events of this type as it provided an outstanding, high-profile showcase for individual and organisational excellence in the shipping, ports and maritime industry sectors. As always, the Awards celebrated the achievements …
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The maritime industry accounts for the movement of 90% of world trade, making it very attractive for cyber criminals. Over the past three years cyber-attacks on shipping have increased by 900%. The digitisation of the maritime sector and the development of autonomous vessels means the cyber security risk to shipping is likely to increase and …
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