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Maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society is set to provide emergency care to thousands of seafarers and their families, thanks to grants from The Seafarers’ Charity and The TK Foundation. The grants will support Sailors’ Society’s Crisis Response Network, a free service supporting seafarers and their families following a traumatic incident such as abandonment, piracy, an …

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Harvey Gulf International Marine has announced that it has begun to operate one of its Tri-Fuel vessels exclusively on battery power and Renewable Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG), with diesel fuel as back up, moving one step closer to becoming the world’s first ESG certified oil and gas vessel operator. RLNG is recaptured swine and dairy …

Harvey Gulf Operates First Carbon Neutral PSV Worldwide and Orders 25 Electric F150 Lightning Trucks Read More »

Air Products and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have announced that they will work together, under a Memorandum of Understanding, to identify potential ways of establishing a comprehensive hydrogen value chain across the port of Hamburg. Both Air Products and the HPA are aligned in their intention to accelerate the production, supply chain and consumption …

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The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AIP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Panasia for their ‘Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage System (OCCS)’, a eco-friendly technology which captures the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the exhaust gases generated from the internal combustion engines of ships. Efforts are being made to reduce carbon …

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Survitec’s award-winning Seahaven Advanced Evacuation System has successfully passed heavy weather sea trials (HWST).    Seahaven was deployed from EDT Jane, an 80m offshore support vessel.  The test was carried out in line with the SOLAS requirements for Novel Appliances which requires the test to be performed in conditions that do not drop below six …

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Norside Wind AS has awarded SMST a contract for the delivery of a motion compensated gangway combined with an Access & Cargo Tower for the conversion of former platform supply vessel ‘Farland’. The contract is a continuation of their cooperation that was sealed last year with the first contract for supplying a similar set of …

Norside Wind again opts for SMST’s gangway solution Read More »

ABB power conversion technology ensures a stable power supply for the fast-charging units serving five new electric ferries on the round-the-clock services crossing Amsterdam’s North Sea Canal. The new ferries have been ordered by the city’s public transport company, Gemeentelijk vervoerbedrijf (GVB), as an important step in its strategy to become a sustainable, emission-free transportation …

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Kongsberg Maritime is excited to announce that it has just signed a sizeable contract with Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey to deliver high-performance, future-proof US205SFP and US255SFP thrusters for installation on new Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats. One of the tugs, a 60-ton Bollard Pull (BP) vessel, is the first of a game-changing, next-generation design by …

KM to supply state-of-the-art azimuth thrusters to Sanmar Shipyards Read More »

Furetank has signed a contract for a new dual-fuel tanker. It will become number nine in the Vinga series of globally top-performing sister vessels when it comes to energy efficiency and climate footprint. The 17,999 dwt vessel will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou (former AVIC). It is the latest contribution to …

Furetank orders new climate friendly tanker for a green fleet Read More »

A Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) icebreaker is helping to keep shipping moving on the Great Lakes throughout the winter with a set of Thordon Bearings’ propeller shaft bearings that were fitted more than 30 years ago. Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Griffon, the oldest vessel of the CCG’s Type 1100 series, was retrofitted with a …

After more than 30 years of service Thordon bearings still going strong on Coast Guard Icebreaker Read More »