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Taiwan’s government has cancelled the development rights for two offshore wind projects from the most recent Phase 3.2 auction. All five developers that were awarded capacity in the offshore wind round submitted their contracts to the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs earlier this month. The five tender winners were originally announced in August 2024, with …
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https://splash247.com/taiwan-cancels-two-offshore-wind-projects/Thousands of people are making their way to Oslo for next week’s Nor-Shipping gathering, a showcase of future technologies. Nick Chubb, founder of UK maritime innovation consultancy Thetius, takes readers into the future, imagining how ships will operate 10 years from now. May 30, 2035 – 0735 UTC Captain Khan: Good morning, Proteus. Proteus: Good …
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https://splash247.com/how-tomorrows-ships-will-operate/Spain’s Grupo Ibaizabal has emerged behind three newly contracted LNG bunkering vessels in China and South Korea. Shipbuilding sources report the company has lined up a second 18,600 cu m vessel at Chinese state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in a deal worth around $90m. The unit is estimated for delivery in 2027 and into a charter with …
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https://splash247.com/spains-ibaizabal-linked-to-trio-of-lng-bunker-vessel-orders/A new study from the UCL Energy Institute’s Shipping and Oceans Research Group and UMAS, commissioned by the Global Maritime Forum, concludes that the International Maritime Organization’s recently agreed Net Zero Framework (NZF) sends a strong market signal favouring ammonia dual-fuel ships—particularly from the mid-2030s onward. However, ongoing uncertainties in policy design are holding back …
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https://splash247.com/case-made-for-ammonia-in-the-wake-of-imos-net-zero-framework/Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), met with leading Greek shipowners on Thursday to explore the potential of nuclear-powered commercial vessels. The talks come as the UN agency launches ATLAS — Atomic Technology Licensed for Applications at Sea — an initiative aimed at creating a regulatory and safety framework …
A federal appeals court has reinstated one of president Donald Trump’s broadest tariff actions, just one day after the US Court of International Trade ruled the move unconstitutional and blocked its implementation—triggering renewed uncertainty across global shipping and supply chains. On Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a temporary stay …
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https://splash247.com/appeals-court-temporarily-reinstates-trump-tariffs/Work-related fatigue among cargo ship crews is growing worse, despite international regulations and onboard monitoring aimed at ensuring sufficient rest for seafarers, according to a new study from Cardiff University’s Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). The research, which draws on anonymous survey responses and interviews with over 2,400 maritime workers—including 1,240 from the cargo sector …
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https://splash247.com/fatigue-among-seafarers-on-the-rise/The number of vessel abandonments has soared nearly 33% year-on-year, with 158 cases already recorded by May 2025, compared to 119 at the same point last year, according to new figures released by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). These cases have impacted at least 1,501 seafarers—many of whom have been left unpaid, without food, …
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https://splash247.com/record-numbers-of-vessels-abandoned/Damen Shipyards Group has selected Corvus Energy to supply energy storage systems (ESS) for four new, fully electric capable passenger car ferries currently under construction as part of BC Ferries’ fleet of Island Class vessels.The ferries…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-island-class-ferries-electriccapable-526302Sempra Infrastructure has been issued a permit from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 development project which will allow the export of up to approximately 13.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of U.S.-produced…
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