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A new study by Scope3 emissions tracking specialist VesselBot reveals that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at major global ports continue to rise despite technological advancements and sustainability investments. The report shows Shanghai port recorded the highest emissions (see chart below) at 140,000 tons, surpassing Singapore despite handling fewer vessels, highlighting that vessel numbers don’t directly …
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https://splash247.com/shanghai-port-pollution-in-the-spotlight/One of China’s top shipyards, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, has commissioned a giant new facility to boost its production of LNG carriers. The new $2.5bn, 432 ha yard on Changxing Island north of Shanghai will boost the state-run company’s annual LNG carrier output from six to 10 vessels once fully operational. Hudong-Zhonghua is a flagship site of …
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https://splash247.com/hudong-zhonghua-commissions-giant-new-shipbuilding-facility-north-of-shanghai/The Japanese government will issue a major new shipbuilding directive next month, aimed to revive an industry it used to lead the world in, as well as using the nation’s yards as a bargaining chip in trade talks with the Donald Trump administration in the US. Using the 2022-promulgated Economic Security Promotion Act, Tokyo will …
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https://splash247.com/japan-us-shipbuilding-revitalization-fund-under-discussion/ABS awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), the parent company of Aptamus Carbon Solutions, for its preliminary design of a liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) barge.The development of the barge design is a…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/first-kind-lco-barge-design-approved-us-526086Estonia has launched a €25 million ($28 million) government grant designed to encourage the reconstruction and greening of passenger and cargo ships, tugboats and other port and auxiliary vessels in Estonian ports.This makes Estonia one of the…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/estonia-help-finance-green-retrofits-526087A pilot of a towing vessel on the Mississippi River left the helm unattended for several minutes, leading to a grounding near Thebes, Illinois, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded.While the towing vessel City of Louisville…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/unattended-helm-leads-grounding-towing-526088The threat that AI and quantum computing pose to cyber security is already here, even before these technologies are mature enough to crack today’s encryption methods. Bad actors are taking a “harvest now decrypt later” approach to cyberattacks.Classical…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/harvest-decrypt-later-526089Poland is looking into whether any explosive devices were planted where a ship from Russia's "shadow fleet" was seen moving suspiciously near a power cable linking Poland with Sweden on Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.NATO…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/poland-checking-explosives-near-subsea-526070Hungarian oil and gas group MOL and state-owned energy company MVM will jointly charter tankers to ship up to 160,000 metric tons of crude oil a year from Azerbaijan to further diversify energy supply for Hungary and Slovakia, MOL said on Thursday.The companies will both transport crude oil to the C
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/mol-mvm-jointly-charter-oil-azerbaijan-526071China and the Philippines traded accusations on Thursday following a confrontation between two of their vessels in contested waters of the South China Sea, the latest incident in a long-running maritime standoff in the strategic waterway.The…
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