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Realistic, pragmatic, or jaded? Splash readers are a funny bunch. Despite the huge amount of articles and columns carried every week on decarbonisation, 49% of respondents to our survey for this magazine reckon that the majority of the global fleet come 2035 will still be using traditional bunker fuel. Arguably no single facet will shape …
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https://splash247.com/what-will-be-powering-ships-in-the-2030s/In a landmark announcement on the Blue Talks stage at Nor-Shipping, Höegh Autoliners and Nordic Circles unveiled a pioneering agreement that could revolutionise ship recycling and the construction industry alike. The NOK1.3bn ($128m) initiative will upcycle decommissioned vessels from Höegh Autoliners into certified, low-emission building materials—entirely within Norway, without melting, exporting, or heavy emissions. The …
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https://splash247.com/hoegh-autoliners-behind-groundbreaking-ship-upcycling-project-in-norway/Former US secretary of state John Kerry delivered a message of climate leadership during a high-profile panel at Nor-Shipping yesterday, sharing the stage with Andrew Forrest, chairman of Fortescue Metals Group, and Andreas Enger, CEO of Höegh Autoliners. The session focused on the intersection of energy policy and maritime decarbonisation, highlighting the sector’s crucial role …
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https://splash247.com/john-kerry-urges-shipping-to-take-climate-lead/The Red Sea shipping crisis – and the need to take the far longer route via the Cape of the Good Hope – has seen the proportion of containerships globally deployed on the industry’s top tradelane jump from a fifth to a quarter of all tonnage, according to a new study from Alphaliner. In just …
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https://splash247.com/quarter-of-all-box-tonnage-now-deployed-on-asia-europe-tradelane/The U.S. Navy will rename an oil tanker that had been named after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, the military's latest move under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to root out diversity, equity and inclusion.In 2016, the U.S.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/hegseth-rename-tanker-honors-veteran-526459A Florida-based federal emergency response team that reopens U.S. ports after storms and accidents is unstaffed this hurricane season largely due to widespread federal workforce reductions driven by the Trump administration, according to two…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/trump-hobbles-noaa-team-reopens-ports-526460When coast guard officers boarded junior seafarer Omkar Pawar’s ship off Trinidad and Tobago in 2020, one of them pointed a gun at his face.“They searched the ship. After two days, they found 450 kilograms of cocaine in the tank,” said Pawar.Pawar…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/inside-global-crisis-seafarer-526461Fishing companies and offshore wind opponents filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration's decision to reverse course and allow construction to resume on Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm project off New York's coast.Protect Our Coast New Jersey…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/wind-opponents-sue-block-empire-wind-526462Survitec has successfully completed extensive performance testing of new alcohol-resistant fluorine-free fire fighting foam concentrates.The results validate the compatibility of the new foam concentrates with marine foam mixing systems and…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/survitec-tests-new-alcoholresistant-fire-526463Severe weather caused an overwhelming towline force and unrecoverable heeling that led to the capsizing and sinking of a towing vessel near Galveston, Texas, last year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded.On May 13…
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