Coast Guard News
December 14, 2021
International shipping event Nor-Shipping has decided to postpone its upcoming exhibition and event programme due to increasing coronavirus infection rates, driven by the Omicron mutation.
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December 14, 2021
The world's first methanol propelled pilot boat has been launched by the Fastwater project, a consortium of Europe’s maritime research and technology leaders set to demonstrate the feasibility of retrofit and newbuild vessels to operate on methanol.
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December 14, 2021
Airseas, a French pioneer in wind propulsion solutions for shipping, has completed the first installation of its automated kite Seawing on a commercial vessel, marking an important milestone in the deployment of wind-assisted technologies to curb emissions from shipping.
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December 14, 2021
Norway-based LPG shipping firm Avance Gas Holding has entered into a time charter agreement for its first dual fuel VLGC Avance Polaris to French energy major TotalEnergies.
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December 14, 2021
A Maersk containership has been equipped with a heat power system provided by Climeon, a Swedish product company within energy technology.
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December 14, 2021
Manilla-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and Société de Gestion du Port Autonome de Toamasina (SPAT) signed a 15-year extension of the concession for the Madagascar International Container Terminal.
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December 14, 2021
A containership owned by South Korean shipping company HMM has been bunkered with sustainable […]
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December 14, 2021
French shipping major CMA CGM has taken delivery of CMA CGM Kimberley, the second in the series of five 15,000 TEU LNG-powered ships built at the Chinese Jiangnan Shipyard.
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December 14, 2021
Cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has completed its nearly $200 million, multi-year investment in exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) on certain ships across its fleet with the commissioning of EGCS onboard Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway.
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December 14, 2021
Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS has taken delivery of its newbuilt passenger vessel Aura Seaways.
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December 13, 2021
Capture & storage (CCS) technology is technically feasible on a large tanker, tanker shipping company Stena Bulk said, announcing the results of a recent partnership with the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI).
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December 13, 2021
Two cargo vessels collided between the southern Swedish coastal town of Ystad and the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, according to the Swedish Sea Rescue Society.
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December 13, 2021
Russia’s Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex held a keel-laying ceremony for the third ARC 7 icebreaking LNG carrier that will be servicing the Arctic LNG 2 project.
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December 13, 2021
The EU, together with countries from around the Mediterranean Sea, have agreed to support the designation of a sulphur emissions control area (SECA) in the Mediterranean Sea region.
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December 13, 2021
The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has elected the Members of its Council for the years 2022-2023.
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December 13, 2021
Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto and Shell-Led LNG Canada have opened a newly extended wharf that will increase the capacity of Rio Tinto’s port facilities in Kitimat.
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December 10, 2021
Although the year draws to a close and embraces the holiday spirit, the global energy transition shows no signs of slowing down. In the week behind us, we witnessed that governments spare no expense to support clean energy projects and step up the energy transition game.
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December 10, 2021
Although the year draws to a close and embraces the holiday spirit, the global energy transition shows no signs of slowing down. In the week behind us, we witnessed that governments spare no expense to support clean energy projects and step up the energy transition game.
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December 10, 2021
Although the year draws to a close and embraces the holiday spirit, the global energy transition shows no signs of slowing down. In the week behind us, we witnessed that governments spare no expense to support clean energy projects and step up the energy transition game.
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December 10, 2021
Yara Birkeland, the world's first autonomous and fully electric containership, will soon commence commercial operations while beginning a two-year test period, prior to entering full autonomous operation on a route off the coast of Norway.
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