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Shipping’s singular focus on alternative fuels to lower costs and GHG emissions ignores the most immediate renewable energy solution: Wind. New technologies make this established solution the best short term propulsion answer, says Diane Gilpin, CEO of Smart Green Shipping. The ongoing climate emergency makes the need to reduce emissions from shipping more urgent than …
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https://splash247.com/shippings-green-bullet/The maritime industry is urging the United Nations to help free hundreds of seafarers and dozens of ships that remain trapped in Ukrainian waters a year after Russia's invasion.In a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres, an international…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/shipping-industry-urges-un-help-free-503176The crane for the first ever U.S.-built wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) is on its way to America.The 2,200mt Huisman leg encircling crane has been loaded onto BigLift Shipping's Happy Star for shipment to the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/crane-usbuilt-wtiv-charybdis-heads-texas-503183TB Waterwerk has placed an order with Werft Shipbuilding for a new Werft Hybrid Cat 2411e workboat scheduled for delivery at the end of 2023.With dimensions of 23.85m LOA by 11.45m beam, the newbuild Leon H will be an ultra-shallow draft cat-type…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/tb-waterwerk-orders-new-workboat-werft-503184Virginia McVea has been named as the next chief executive officer of the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) effective April 3, 2023.Damien Oliver has been serving as the MCA's interim CEO since October 2022, following the retirement of the agency's former head Brian Johnson.U.K.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/mcvea-tapped-lead-uk-maritime-coastguard-503186Italy’s Saipem and Oslo-listed offshore wind service specialists Seaway 7 have teamed up to jointly identify, bid on, and execute fixed offshore wind projects. The two companies stated that they will pursue projects in which the combined use of their assets, technologies, products, and competencies will result in “significant synergies” and “improve project economics.” The …
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https://splash247.com/saipem-and-seaway-7-join-forces-on-fixed-offshore-wind/Hong Kong-based blockchain platform Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) will collaborate with Kaleris, a provider of supply chain technology solutions. Kaleris’ premier brand of terminal operating systems, Navis, is deployed by more than 500 terminals around the world. By connecting GSBN to the Kaleris Execution & Visibility Platform, a cloud-based logistics solution that optimises the …
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https://splash247.com/global-shipping-business-network-collaborates-with-kaleris/Oslo-listed Gram Car Carriers (GCC) landed three-year charter contracts with a leading European operator for its 2,000 ceu vessels City of Oslo and Viking Odessa. Gram said the dals are at $27,750 per day for each vessel and add approximately $61m of future revenue to the contract backlog. The new contracts are set to start …
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https://splash247.com/gram-car-carriers-clinches-three-year-double/Canadian owner Teekay Tankers has given notice that it will exercise purchase options on nine vessels under sale and leaseback agreements. The New York-listed firm is paying $164m for the transactions that will be funded using cash on hand and executed in March of this year. Earlier this month, the company signed a term sheet …
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https://splash247.com/teekay-tankers-takes-purchase-option-on-nine-ships/The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced in a joint statement on February 23 that they continue to negotiate and “remain hopeful of reaching a deal soon.” The parties have agreed not to discuss negotiations in the media as collective bargaining continues. Negotiations for a new collective bargaining …
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