23 MAY 2023 BIMCO is forecasting that as emission regulations tighten on the shipping industry the rate of ships sold for scrap is likely to more than double in the coming decade. The trade group says while reducing carbon emissions out of the smokestack will be a motivation along with …
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22 MAY 2023 As the latest batch of environmental regulations come into force, the pressure’s on for ship owners and operators to reduce emissions. From clean fuels to innovative emissions reductions technologies, the maritime industry is finding new ways to lower CO2 outputs and decarbonize the shipping sector. A proven …
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21 MAY 2023 New Zealand ro/pax ferry operator KiwiRail will be the first passenger vessel owner to install and use a new form of lifesaving device, the Viking LifeCraft. KiwiRail carries about 800,000 passengers per year across the Cook Strait between New Zealand’s North Island and South Island. It is …
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20 MAY 2023 Last summer, we travelled to the remote Arctic Hausgarten observatory area in the eastern Fram Strait (west of Svalbard, Norway) on a research ship. The samples we collected there included ice cores, sea water and ice algae from large packs of floating ice called ice floes. These form …
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19 MAY 2023 From January 1, 2023, the IMO’s new Carbon Intensity Calculator (CII) Regulation requires all ships over 5,000 gross tonnage to calculate and report their carbon emissions. The aim is to reduce shipping’s carbon footprint. BASS Software has over 25 years’ experience developing best-in-class maritime ERP software. The company’s end-to-end BASSnet software suite enables …
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18 MAY 2023 Deep sleep could be key to forestalling slow declines in brain health that may one day lead to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Based on their investigation involving 62 older, cognitively healthy adults, researchers from the University of California (UC) Berkeley, Stanford University, and UC Irvine …
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17 MAY 2023 A Norwegian naval officer was found guilty on Monday and sentenced to a two-month suspended jail sentence for negligence leading up to the 2018 collision between a warship he navigated and an oil tanker in which the military vessel sank. Building a replacement for the lost Helge Ingstad frigate would have …
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16 MAY 2023 The White House on Friday said the U.S. Navy would “begin to bolster its defensive posture” in the Arabian Gulf region in response to actions by Iran continuing to harass commercial vessels in the region. At the same time, Iranian state media was widely reporting that they …
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17 MAY 2023 Clarksons, a leading shipping consultancy, is urging its clients to reassess their decisions related to Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) compliance and the calculation methods being used. The operational measure, adopted by the IMO, came into effect at the start of the year and is expected to lead to a …
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16 MAY 2023 The first block for a new class of Russian domestic containership that is also capable of carrying dry bulk cargo was laid down at the Lotos Shipyard, part of the state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation. In addition to the unique design, the shipbuilding corporation is reporting the ships …
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