09 MAY 2022 The European Union is set to soften its sanctions package on Russian oil exports after a weekend of wrangling, though it aims to keep a key shipping provision that will hinder Moscow’s ability to export its crude. The bloc will drop a proposed ban on EU-owned vessels …
Read More »CLIMEON INTRODUCES NEXT-GEN WHR TECHNOLOGY: HEATPOWER 300 MARINE
08 MAY 2022 Climeon’s latest waste heat recovery solution, HeatPower 300 Marine, received a positive reception when it was introduced to the industry at Seatrade Cruise Global in April. The low-temp waste heat recovery system (WHR) is designed by marine engineers for application in the maritime industry and heralds a new era …
Read More »HALF OF ALL KNOWN BIRD SPECIES ARE GRAPPLING WITH POPULATION DECLINES
06 MAY 2022 Thousands of wild bird species are growing ill or dying from habitat loss, climate change, and overexploitation, according to new research. A new estimate from researchers around the world has found 48 percent of living bird species are known or suspected to have declining populations. That’s more than …
Read More »12 YEARS LATER: THE DEEPWATER HORIZON SPILL
05 MAY 2022 On the evening of April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up at the Macondo well site, 45 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana. The explosion resulted in the deaths of 11 workers and, within two days, the loss of the rig. The resulting spill …
Read More »DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT? YOU MIGHT BE USING IT WRONG
04 MAY 2022 The Dunning-Kruger effect is a purported bias in human thinking that leads us to misjudge our abilities in contrast to our actual skill level. It is named after American social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, who since the late 1990s have conducted a series of investigations into our ability to self-assess our own performance at …
Read More »HAPAG-LLOYD LAUNCHING REAL-TIME MONITORING FOR ITS ENTIRE FLEET OF 3 MILLION TEU CONTAINERS
03 MAY 2022 Germany container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has announced plans to equip its entire container fleet with real-time tracking devices as it looks to become a “first-mover” in the use of the technology. Hapag-Lloyd first introduced real-time monitoring of its approximately 100,000-unit reefer container fleet in 2019. With the …
Read More »SIMPLE STEPS TO TAKE IN A COMPLEX CYBER THREAT ENVIRONMENT LIKE MARITIME
02 MAY 2022 As the war in Ukraine drags on, the maritime industry will continue to feel mounting pressures, not least of which is the exploitation of the environment by cyber threat actors. Russia knows how critical the maritime sector is to both its own survival and the effectiveness of …
Read More »SINGAPORE OFFERS FLAG STATE INCENTIVES FOR SHIPS ADOPTING GREEN TECH
01 MAY 2022 Singapore has become the first of the major ship registries to announce significant financial incentives to encourage shipowners to accelerate decarbonization efforts that meet or exceed the emerging IMO standards. The program, which offers reductions on initial and annual fees ranging between 20 and 100 percent, is …
Read More »RUSSIA CUTS OFF GAS TO POLAND AND BULGARIA, HIGHLIGHTING VALUE OF LNG
28 APR 2022 Russian state gas company Gazprom has informed its utility customers in Poland and Bulgaria that it will be shutting off their supply, penalizing them for refusing to pay in rubles. The political decision sends a signal to Gazprom’s larger customers in Germany, France, Italy and the rest …
Read More »CAN “GREEN CORRIDORS” HELP CUT SHIPPING’S CARBON FOOTPRINT?
30 APR 2022 At last year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, 22 countries, including the UK, US, Germany and Japan, signed up to the Clydebank Declaration, announcing their intention to establish various zero-emissions shipping routes known as “green corridors”. By 2025, the aim is to have set up at least six …
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