Industry News – Page 41
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NewsSeeking maritime insurance innovators
In a new challenge, UKHO is looking for participants to identify, trial and prove how its marine geospatial data can be used to enhance maritime insurance products.
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Legal adviser
The International Salvage Union’s (ISU) long-standing legal adviser, Rob Wallis, consultant to, and former partner of international law firm, Hill Dickinson, is to retire from the position in early 2021. The Executive Committee of the ISU has selected Richard Gunn, partner of international law firm, Reed Smith LLP, to take ...
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NewsOnline service connects owners and charterers
A newly launched online service has been designed to better connect vessel owners with prospective charterers.
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NewsMyton Law advises on GB£3m contract
Specialist shipping, rail and logistics firm Myton Law has advised a UK boat builder on a vessel build and export contract with an Irish fishing company worth over GB£3m.
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NewsPreparing for a 25-fold increase in EU offshore wind
The Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy presented by the European Commission today foresees 300GW of offshore wind in the EU by 2050.
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NewsJV offers renewable energy advisory services
A new joint venture has been established to provide renewable energy advisory services to the Nordic region.
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NewsOne craft conquers air, sea and subsea domains
SubSea Craft Ltd is partnering with IrvinGQ, to develop a parachute deployment option for its surface-submersible craft, VICTA.
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NewsFirst infectious disease mitigation notation
New guidance to help marine and offshore operators reduce the transmission of disease has been launched alongside the industry’s first infectious disease mitigation notation.
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NewsPost Covid safety service
Palfinger has successfully completed its first major refurbishment job since the outbreak of the COVID-19-pandemic.
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NewsBlyth bids for Boris bucks
The Energy Central partnership has submitted a bid for UK Government funding to support a package of infrastructure work.
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NewsSimulation centre aids safety and efficiency
A new pioneering maritime simulation centre delivers an immersive environment for crew learning that is boosting operational safety and efficiency.
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NewsDeeper channels at Thyboron
Plans to deepen the approach channel to the Danish port of Thyboron, which have been under discussion for the past 10 years have finally received an environmental permit to proceed.
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NewsNovel fuels: drop-in or not?
In the Commercial Marine Network’s first webinar in a new, free to attend five Webinar series, industry experts have begun the process of steering a course to decarbonising workboat operations.
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NewsAsbjørn Halsebakke: Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch
“Ask who wants a change? Everybody. But ask who wants to change – the answer is usually, ‘nobody’…” Asbjørn Halsebakke told MJ.
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Ammonia fuel guidance
US classification society ABS has published guidance on Ammonia as Marine Fuel, evaluating the challenges in design and operation of ammonia-fuelled vessels.
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NewsSeaweed industry worth €9bn to Europe
The economic potential of an expanded seaweed market in Europe could be worth €9 billion in just a decade, according to a new report released by the Seaweed for Europe Coalition.
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NewsGreen hydrogen export from Iceland to Rotterdam
Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to perform a pre-feasibility study of exporting green hydrogen from Iceland to Rotterdam.
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NewsClassic tourist boat electric conversion
Swedish tour operator Eco Sightseeing and electric marine specialists El & Marinteknik have revealed details of the retrofitting of a historic passenger boat with power supplied using Tesla second-life batteries writes Dag Pike.
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NewsDEME launches its first SOV
Belgian dredging and offshore contractor DEME has launched its first wind farm service operations vessel (SOV) based on a SWATH design at the CEMRE shipyard at Yalova in Turkey.
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€10m of economic activity per wind turbine
Wind energy provides 300,000 jobs in Europe and contributes €37bn to EU GDP every year according to WindEurope’s new report: ‘Wind Energy and economic recovery in Europe – How wind energy will put communities at the heart of the European recovery”.
