Next week the first part of an IMO scoping study should be completed. It is to determine which safety regulations preclude or exclude the development
Ports and terminals wishing to be part of the push to improve transport chain efficiency need to engage with all businesses involved in vessel port c
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Norway looking to expand UNESCO fjord environmental rules ar...
NEW environmental rules in Norway come into force on March 1st. They apply to vessels, mostly cruise ships, sailing into the country’s five protected
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Singapore joins list of ports banning open loop scrubbers
The Port of Singapore has joined a growing list of ports that are taking a cautionary approach to open loop exhaust gas scrubbers. In a wide rangin
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Can Ireland, France and UK agree on a new European ECA regio...
New proposals are emerging to create new emission control areas for sulphur emissions, while the number of ports and local waters refusing to let vess
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Insight: is there a compelling case to turn the Mediterranea...
Can and should the Mediterranean Sea, or part of it, become an emission contorl area for shipping? If so, it could mean vessels in the Mediterranea
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Row over EU ship recycling capacity
A fresh row has broken out over the European ship recycling regulation which comes into force at the end of this year. European shipowners say ther
The IMO has begin the scoping exercise to determine how regulations may need to be adapted to allow for autonomous, unmanned ships. The headline write
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ABB has just proposed that ships can sail without the crew o...
ABB, the industrial technology company, believes it is time to discuss letting some of today’s ships occasionally sail the oceans with unmanned bridge
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There are 132 class societies in shipping, 12 of them have 9...
THERE are as many as 132 classification societies in the shipping industry according to Robert Ashdown, secretary general of IACS as the body announce
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IALA strengthens support for port messaging standards
IALA, The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities, has backed the creation of a new data standard to support
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Cyber Risks in shipping: Industry is ignoring next monthR...
The maritime industry is in danger of ignoring the implication of the European Unions Network and Information Systems Directive which will be active o
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Sweden should export shipping decarbonsation agenda says OEC...
THE OECD has published what it says is the first of several reports on national efforts to decarbonise maritime transport. While it praises the eff
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PRESS RELEASE: US class society ABS achieves safety mileston...
PRESS RELEASE: ABS Continues Safety Leadership in the Marine and Offshore Industries with No Lost Time Incidents during 2017 (Houston) ABS announc
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The good and bad news for shipping from Brussels’ rece...
Last week the European Parliament agreed proposals to boost energy efficiency by 35%, and to increase the share of renewables in the total energy mix
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PRESS RELEASE: Boxship delivered with first Lloyd’s Re...
PRESS RELEASE: First ever container ship to receive cyber enabled ship descriptive note ‘Cyber AL3 SECURE PERFORM (Energy Management System)’ has been
PRESS RELEASE: ABS announced a major release of its Nautical Systems (NS) Enterprise fleet management software, including NS Insight, a new business
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PRESS RELEASE: Drone survey specialist RIMS gets further cla...
PRESS RELEASE: Drone and robotics specialist RIMS (Robotics In Maintenance Strategies) have received their fourth Classification Certificate as Recog
