Industry News – Page 73
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NewsPorts press on as COVID-19 impact spreads
Global ports and maritime organisations have said they are striving to maintain normal operations despite the economic and financial challenges presented by coronavirus (COVID-19).
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NewsThe COVID-19 crisis and maritime security threats
According to a prominent maritime security consultancy, the Coronavirus emergency will be the defining threat trend of the year with simultaneous impacts in a number of areas.
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NewsSEA-KIT gets major Fugro partnership
Netherlands-headquartered Geo-data specialist, Fugro, has announced a strategic partnership with SEA KIT International, winner of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.
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NewsHow will COVID-19 impact on marine insurance?
The impact of coronavirus on marine insurance isn’t clear cut and a key issue is the extent to which policies respond where there is no physical damage, an insurance professional has stressed.
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NewsGrant Brown: Sterling PBES
“It’s unfortunate… but I really think that the Norled ferry battery fire is significant in that it’s bringing additional scrutiny to safety systems,” Grant Brown of Sterling PBES told ”MJ”.
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NewsHospital boat solution to Coronavirus crisis?
Given the Covid19 outbreak, world governments are looking at how fast a pandemic can lead to a severe shortage of isolation beds. Could the answer be a quickly deployed, modular and expandable hospital vessel?
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NewsSeawork exhibition rescheduled due to coronavirus concerns
Seawork International commercial marine exhibition and conference, along with the Speed@Seawork sea trials event and Marine & Coastal Civil Engineering Expo (M&CCE) are all to be rescheduled until a later date, to be announced in due course.
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NewsRefit due after busy 20 months at sea
Manor Renewables’ CTV ‘Manor Venture’ has returned to the company’s Portland site for the first time since July 2018, after 20 months at sea and the successful completion of four temporary power projects.
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NewsEngineering firm furthers APAC ambitions
A Netherlands-headquartered engineering company has taken an important step in executing its growth strategy in APAC.
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NewsExpedition cruise call: a Harbourmaster writes
Ben McInnes, Harbourmaster and Pilot at the UK’s Portsmouth International Port shares his experience of the recent port call of expedition cruise vessel ‘MV Fridtjof Nansen’.
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NewsOffshore engineering firm acquired
A major provider of subsea cable installation and maintenance services to the telecommunications, offshore renewables, utility and oil & gas markets worldwide has been acquired.
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NewsShipping initiative promotes collaboration
A new initiative will tackle key global issues in international shipping and help promote sustainable development.
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NewsAlbert Ten Busschen: Windesheim College of Technology
Albert Ten Busschen is passionate about making wind energy truly green. He pointed out that at the moment, “turbine blades are made from materials that can’t be returned to their original components”. But, he added “they can be reused”.
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NewsStabilization partnership
A Japanese company best known for its diesel engines is further moving away from total dependence on internal combustion engines with its partnership with and investment in an Italian stabilizer company.
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NewsForce majeure and the coronavirus
According to William Cecil, Partner at law firm Haynes and Boone, the coronavirus outbreak has already caused a major downing of tools at far east shipyards.
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NewsMaritime decarbonisation efforts shared
Decarbonisation measures being implemented by the European maritime sector have been shown to EU and national policymakers who visited a Belgian port as part of European Shipping Week activities.
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Nordic Marine Insurance
The West of England P&I Club has announced that it will acquire a significant stake in specialist marine insurance provider Nordic Marine Insurance.
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NewsMaritime-focused coronavirus advice
A freely accessible webpage will provide industry-specific guidance and updates regarding the coronavirus outbreak and its progression.
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NewsSanctions evaders slipping through the net
Over the last six months, twice as many vessels have demonstrated suspicious behaviour regarding sanctions as have been put on sanctions lists.
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NewsWind assist propulsion for ships is happening now
During the docking of the ‘MV Ankie’ of Jan van Dam Shipping in January 2020 at the Royal Niestern Sander shipyard, the first retrofit eConowind Ventifoil wind-assist system was installed, six months after signing the contract.
