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Organisations
7 green milestones in 2021
The Coalition for the Energy of the Future, of which technology group Wärtsilä was a founding member, has identified seven…
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Digitalisation
Supporting Greek shipping
Maritime technology company ZeroNorth has today announced it has opened a new office in Piraeus, Greece, to further its…
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Scandinavia
The ship of the future
The transoceanic shipping industry is the most carbon efficient mode of transport, yet it accounts for nearly 3% of…
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MARPRO
Where to go next?
Despite the borders’ closures, Danny Van Eijk, Recruitment Consultant and Branch Manager Netherlands, will take you once a month…
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Shipowners
Collaborating for the decarbonisation agenda
NORDEN has signed a partnership agreement with the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. Based in Copenhagen,…
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Offshore
30 years without any incidents
It is a significant anniversary that ESVAGT celebrates this Sunday, February 21st, as the standby vessel ‘Esvagt Preserver’ reaches…
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Digitalisation
Clubhouse – just another app ? Why could the maritime industry benefit from it ?
By Marco Wetzel After getting a lot of LinkedIn DMs with questions about Clubhouse from people of our industry, I…
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Sustainable Shipping
The world’s first carbon neutral liner vessel
Fast-tracked by advances in technology and increasing customer demand for sustainable supply chains, A.P. Moller – Maersk accelerates the…
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Covid-19
Coordinating a seafarers vaccination programme
The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has formally proposed a practical, global approach to delivering COVID-19 vaccinations to seafarers…
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Ports & Terminals
In the capture of CO2
Porthos, the project for CO2 capture and storage in Rotterdam, is on schedule to store an annual amount of…
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Education
Maritime fires and response guidelines
Guest blog of the week – by Mark Lerche Lower vessel utilization but not less fires The maritime insurance industry…
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Blog
Reaching Carbon Neutrality or Net Zero?
Guest blog of the week – By Roger Hansen Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions from your own sources (fossil…
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America
Joint venture to combat invasive species
The spread of invasive species is now recognized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and others as a significant…
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Asia
Crucial medical equipment from China to Poland
On 23rd January 2021, A.P. Moller – Maersk’s 41-container-long block train left the Chinese city of Yiwu (Zhejiang province)…
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Europe
First steps towards a mandatory due diligence
Legal Affairs commitee MEPs pave the way for a new EU law that requires companies to comply with human…
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Shipowners
150 years sailing the seven seas
Today, NORDEN celebrates its 150th anniversary, being one of the world’s oldest international shipping companies. Over its 150-year history,…
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America
Wärtsilä boosting Mexico’s wind power
The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide a project-critical energy storage system for the 50 MW Eolica…
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Sustainable Shipping
The climate implications of LNG
Working paper by By Nikita Pavlenko, Bryan Comer, PhD, Yuanrong Zhou, Nigel Clark, PhD, Dan Rutherford, PhD More and more ships,…
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South America
How Central and South America can lead the way
With the rapidly melting Arctic polar ice habitat, rising sea levels, and increasing number of extreme weather events, the…
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Education
Why wait when you can go LNG?
Peter Keller, Chairman of SEA-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition advocating for LNG as a marine fuel throughout the entire value…
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Shipowners
Keep ‘boots on deck’ for better inspections
Idwal, the leading provider of ship inspection services, is calling on the industry to recognise the positive contribution that…
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Blog
The untold side of being a seafarer
By Tineke Zoet Two weeks after I was relieved as a Junior Officer from a multipurpose vessel, the ship collided…
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Scandinavia
Denmark to build world’s first energy island
Denmark has introduced cutoff date of 2050 for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea and canceled all…
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Worldwide
When seafarers don’t rest
New research from a team at the World Maritime University (WMU) underlines systemic failures in the implementation of the…
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Scandinavia
The world’s most sustainable energy company
Corporate Knights’ 17th annual Global 100 index of the world’s most sustainable companies has ranked Ørsted as the world’s most sustainable…
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Blog
Investigating autonomous ship accidents
By Mads Friis Sørensen During my long term work on the autonomous ship solutions and on board intelligent system…
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Worldwide
9 questions answered about IMO 2020
Known as “IMO 2020”, the rule limits the sulphur in the fuel oil used on board ships operating outside…
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Africa
Raising security in the Gulf of Guinea
The Danish government is now taking a very concrete step in the fight to curb piracy. In particular, the…
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Europe
Flower turbines covering Rotterdam
They are flower-shaped, stand 1, 3 or 6 metres tall and come in any colour. Put them on your…
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Suppliers
The world’s most powerful dual-fuel engine
Since the first 12X92DF engine was built in 2019, WinGD has been confident in calling it the world’s most powerful…
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America
Real time carbon intensity monitoring
International shipping carries around 90% of world trade by volume, but as a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG)…
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Worldwide
Over 450 industry leaders join forces
Hundreds of thousands of seafarers from across the globe have been left stranded working aboard ships beyond the expiry…
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Ports & Terminals
World’s first BWMS to serve entire fleet
Herbosch-Kiere tested the world’s first Mobile BWMS from Bawat in the spring of 2020 and found it worked so…
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Suppliers
Zero North + Spire Maritime = vessel optimisation
Maritime technology company ZeroNorth and leading global satellite and data company Spire Maritime have today announced a new partnership…
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Scandinavia
The future of long-distance shipping
The technology group Wärtsilä, as part of a consortium led by the University of Vaasa in Finland, will play…
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Africa
Record maritime piracy
The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s annual piracy report recorded an increase of piracy and armed…
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Africa
The human side of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
By Bem Ibrahim Garba As old as the concept of piracy is, there is a lot about it that…
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Blog
What are the 4 shipping trends driving 2021?
by Ben Merrell With 2020 finally in our rearview mirror, shipping professionals everywhere are turning their attention to the…
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Suppliers
A virtual meet and greet
2020 was not a year to meet and greet, but 2021 brings our first virtual gathering on the SMM…
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Worldwide
Small steps, big impact
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published today by The Mission to Seafarers, reveals that small investments can make…
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Worldwide
World Bank bets on maritime digitalisation
A new report launched today by the World Bank and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) shows…
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Scandinavia
Big maritime players pursue decarbonization
The project, SOFC4Maritime, will target optimal utilization of future green fuels via application of SOFCs for power production on…
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Asia
Singapore prioritise maritime personnel
Singapore became one of the first countries to prioritise COVID-19 vaccinations for frontline maritime personnel. These workers go onboard…
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Europe
Optimising the ‘human element’
In recent years the shipping industry has started to recognise the importance of the human element. However, despite the…
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Worldwide
The phone as a useful weapon
Cyber-crime connected with fraudulent demands for payments continue to plague the maritime sector as a large claim handled by…
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MARPRO
Welcome to the new Maritime Professionals
We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new website! After months of hard work and dedication, we…
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Video
Ships keep moving
The shipping industry is as much the world’s key industry as it is an invisible industry. Most consumers cannot…
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Africa
A call to all the ship agents
2020 was a very tough year for global trade and the shipping industry. Shipowners, ship managers, and cargo owners…
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Blog
What can you do beyond ship improvements and green fuels?
What can be done in the near term? While vessel design for reduced fuel consumption and other supportive technological…
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Events
Biden for seafood
On Tuesday, 5 November, 2020, Joe Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States of America. As…
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Ports & Terminals
How green is your port?
Reducing maritime transport emissions To reduce the emissions of the entire maritime transport chain, we stimulate investments in sustainable…
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Shipowners
Tomorrowland, an outlook of 2021
After a highly volatile 2020, leading shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) looks at the next 12 months and highlights…
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Events
Nor-Shipping postpones
Faced with the possibility of a scaled down, socially distanced exhibition due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Nor-Shipping has…
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Digitalisation
Save tonnes of CO2 and millions of dollars
Before Wallenius Marine IT started to work with remote software, upgrades and installations in 2010, our technicians made an average of…
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Suppliers
Repair or replace
Investigating the emission savings potential below the waterline Rudderstock refurbishment The maritime industry is under pressure from both local governments,…
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Scandinavia
An outsider to succeed in maritime innovation
The race for autonomous ship solutions, intelligent ship systems and energy efficiency operation is on. Major players in the…
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Sustainable Shipping
What could transform the shipping industry?
Polluting industries Some industries are taking action to reduce their CO2 footprint coming up with several ingenious technologies. The…
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Organisations
New virtual platform represents Danish maritime suppliers during SMM Digital 2021
A lot of thought, work and time has been put into the Virtual Pavilion of Denmark prior to its…
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Australia
Save the cruise industry!
As cruisepassenger.com.au reported three weeks ago, the industry health regimes are being studied by the Australian government. Cruise Lines…
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Suppliers
Installation completed
Due to its small footprint, low power consumption, and simplicity in installation, the Hyde GUARDIAN system was deemed a…
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Covid-19
Prêt-à-porter?
The inclusive and efficient distribution of safe vaccines is imperative for restoring economic recovery protecting lives. And now that the…
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Sustainable Shipping
The rise of biofuel
Henrik Røjel, Head of Fuel Efficiency and Decarbonisation joined NORD BISCAY as it loaded in Ust-Luga, Russia, to prepare…
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Organisations
The battle for seafarers
Mr Shigeru Ito, Chairman of Maruha Nichiro, the largest seafood business in the world, and Chair of the Seafood…
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Worldwide
Plastic Fantastic
World Maritime University (WMU) students took part in a global clean-up effort as part of their Foundation Term studies…
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Ports & Terminals
Catastrophic vessel abandonment
This disaster brings even more misfortune to a country struggling under a severe financial crisis as well as the…
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Sustainable Shipping
The Race to zero emission
Here are some examples: 2015 In 2015, Swedish Stena Line ferry — the Stena Germanica — became the first ferry in the world to use methanol as…
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Europe
Brexit arrival
The European shipping industry has been urging policymakers on both sides to avoid a no-deal scenario at all costs.…
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Europe
Hidden figures
Purpose of the Taskforce for more women at sea Ensuring diversity in the workplace is important, both to the working…
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Europe
To the British future
Even if an exit deal is reached (including transitional provisions), the UK’s participation in the single European market, customs…
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Tank
An epic 2020
As we approach the end of 2020, we can see that the last few months have unfortunately been just…
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Sustainable Shipping
3 technologies to reach zero emissions
The IMO is putting increasing pressure on industry players to reach their climate goals and new technologies in vessel design,…
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Europe
Prepare for possible “no-deal”
The European Commission has today put forward a set of targeted contingency measures ensuring basic reciprocal air and road connectivity…
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Organisations
A big round of applause for…
It is estimated that 400,000 seafarers are currently stranded on ships beyond the end of their original contracts and unable…
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Sustainable Shipping
The tsunami of marine plastics
According to the University of Ghent, the annual dietary exposure for European shellfish consumers can amount to 11,000 microplastics per…
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Asia
Japan marks a historic moment
The law will help to bring Japan into alignment with the European Union (EU) and the United States of America…
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Sustainable Shipping
Seafood firms commit to a healthy ocean
For the first time in the history of seafood production, ten of the largest seafood companies in the world have…
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Digitalisation
Internet connectivity on vessels
For work or for pleasure, the captain and crew members all want a reliable internet connection when they set sail.…
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Offshore wind
Ørsted goes to South Korea
The announcement was made at an event joined by National Assembly members, South Korea’s Energy Agency, and key industry leaders…
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Sustainable Shipping
14 countries joined, did your country join?
Leaders put a healthy ocean at the top of the global policy agenda to accelerate economic recovery The High Level…
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Education
The pathway to a greener future
What will the shipping industry look like in 2050? For the marine industry, the course has been set: The regulations…
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Shipowners
Retrofitting your vessel
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a diverse impact on the maritime industry. While some shipowners struggle to maintain operations and…
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Digitalisation
New technology keeps seafarers safe
Teekay are always looking for new and innovative solutions to deliver operational excellence. In 2019, Teekay sought to transform the…
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Events
Live Webinar – Grow your business in a no-travel economy
Is your company venturing into new foreign markets, but you don’t know where to start in this no-travel economy? Do…
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