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NewsCoronavirus: operators advised on liabilities
Disruption to freight transport services and global supply chains resulting from the coronavirus will continue to evolve and companies should be alert to how they can legally protect themselves and minimise their liabilities, an insurance company has warned.
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NewsUK ports seize freeports opportunity
UK port organisations have welcomed the launch of a 10-week consultation by the government which aims to establish up to 10 new freeports across the UK.
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Software could help shipbuilder double revenues
A French shipbuilder and repairer aims to double its revenues over the next five years and digital transformation is central to its plans.
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NewsSecurity focus for new Installation Standard
Educational information about preventing theft and improving vessel security has been added to the next version of a voluntary standard that clarifies and defines competent installation practices.
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NewsNew Kattegat ferry route opened
Stena Line’s new ferry route between Halmstad in Sweden and Grenaa in Denmark was officially opened in February.
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NewsDark vessel detection technology launches
New Dark Vessel Detection technology will enable users to have access to both location information and radar satellite images of all detectable vessels - even when they do not have their Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders turned on.
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Cyber risks for marine electronics vendors
The Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM) has released the ‘CIRM Cyber Risk Code of Practice for Vendors of Marine Electronic Equipment and Services’, and a supporting document which provides guidance on implementing the Code.
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NewsSuspension for hulls not seats
Yanmar has signed a technology transfer agreement with the aim of commercialising its vessels by utilising marine suspension technology.
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NewsJames Morfee: MacKay Marine Engineering
You might assume that vessel design would present the steepest challenge for a new type of electric ferry to be launched this spring, but no, for James Morfee of McKay, New Zealand, “it”s the charger”.
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NewsDutch money for short-sea shipping sector
The Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, has inaugurated the €250 million NesecShipping Debt Fund.
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NewsToolkit helps improve accessibility at sea
Journeys by sea for thousands of disabled passengers in the UK are set to be improved with new government guidance for operators on improving accessibility.
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MJ News Briefs
Industry appointments, awards, and any other interesting European commercial marine industry stuff that comes across our desk. Send your Maritime Journal News Briefs to editor@maritimejournal.com
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NewsMaritime skills appointment
Professor Graham Baldwin will lead the UK’s Department of Transport Maritime Skills Commission, which is being set up to better understand the existing and future skills needs of the maritime industry both on land and at sea.
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NewsCall for fair shipbuilding measures
A maritime association has called for unilateral measures to enforce a level playing field in shipbuilding.
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Iridium GMDSS authorisation
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced that on December 19, 2019 a Letter of Compliance was signed by the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO), stating it has positively verified the operational and technical requirements as requested by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for Iridium to ...
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NewsWindfarm support fleet addition
A key player in Aberdeen’s marine renewable and Oil & Gas support scene has added a tenth boat to its growing fleet of workboat vessels.
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LNG transfer acquisition
Trelleborg has, through its Industrial Solutions business area, acquired engineering group Signum Technology Ltd and its subsidiary companies Gall Thomson, KLAW LNG, KLAW Products, and Vee Bee Filtration.
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NewsRare opportunity for Tidal Transit CTV charter
A rare opportunity has arisen for the offshore wind industry to charter one of Tidal Transit''s purpose-designed crew transfer vessels (CTVs).
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Merger creates heavy lift giant
A recent merger has created industry’s largest global provider of engineered heavy lifting and transport services.
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NewsMarine biotechnology could solve plastics crisis
New advances in marine-based biotechnology involve algae, crabs and prawns could help tackle the global plastic crisis according to an ongoing EU study.
