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Coast Guard News

June 18, 2020
A new digital company named ZeroNorth, a spin-off from Maersk Tankers, has been established, aiming to accelerate digitalization of shipping to address CO2 emissions and boost earnings. The company is making available the software Optimise (previously known as SimBunker) to vessel owners and operators, to reduce bunker consumption by determining the optimal speed of each vessel using multiple data points, such as market rates, bunker prices, weather and individual vessel performance. ... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
A new digital company named ZeroNorth, a spin-off from Maersk Tankers, has been established, aiming to accelerate digitalization of shipping to address CO2 emissions and boost earnings. The company is making available the software Optimise (previously known as SimBunker) to vessel owners and operators, to reduce bunker consumption by determining the optimal speed of each vessel using multiple data points, such as market rates, bunker prices, weather and individual vessel performance. ... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
A new digital company named ZeroNorth, a spin-off from Maersk Tankers, has been established, aiming to accelerate digitalization of shipping to address CO2 emissions and boost earnings. The company is making available the software Optimise (previously known as SimBunker) to vessel owners and operators, to reduce bunker consumption by determining the optimal speed of each vessel using multiple data points, such as market rates, bunker prices, weather and individual vessel performance. ... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
A new digital company named ZeroNorth, a spin-off from Maersk Tankers, has been established, aiming to accelerate digitalization of shipping to address CO2 emissions and boost earnings. The company is making available the software Optimise (previously known as SimBunker) to vessel owners and operators, to reduce bunker consumption by determining the optimal speed of each vessel using multiple data points, such as market rates, bunker prices, weather and individual vessel performance. ... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
The number of seafarers pending their sign-off at sea is increasing by the day as the industry awaits flag and port states to lift Covid-19 related travel restrictions and enable the unsung heroes of the sea to finally go home. The debate is heating up as unions vow to take matters into their own hands and start enforcing seafarers’ rights to leave ships and go home, which could lead to a massive disruption to global trade.... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
The number of seafarers pending their sign-off at sea is increasing by the day as the industry awaits flag and port states to lift Covid-19 related travel restrictions and enable the unsung heroes of the sea to finally go home. The debate is heating up as unions vow to take matters into their own hands and start enforcing seafarers’ rights to leave ships and go home, which could lead to a massive disruption to global trade.... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
The number of seafarers pending their sign-off at sea is increasing by the day as the industry awaits flag and port states to lift Covid-19 related travel restrictions and enable the unsung heroes of the sea to finally go home. The debate is heating up as unions vow to take matters into their own hands and start enforcing seafarers’ rights to leave ships and go home, which could lead to a massive disruption to global trade.... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
The number of seafarers pending their sign-off at sea is increasing by the day as the industry awaits flag and port states to lift Covid-19 related travel restrictions and enable the unsung heroes of the sea to finally go home. The debate is heating up as unions vow to take matters into their own hands and start enforcing seafarers’ rights to leave ships and go home, which could lead to a massive disruption to global trade.... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has developed a new design of recommended boat landing geometry for vessels working in the offshore wind sector.... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
Under the name 5G Blueprint, a three-year international research project is investigating how teleoperation can be used to make transport and logistics more efficient – including across borders. The Port of Antwerp and North Sea Port are taking part in the project. A public-private partnership made up of members from the Netherlands, Flanders, Switzerland and the Czech Republic has been granted a subsidy of €10 million by the European Union for this purpose.... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
Classification society DNV GL has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a concept of maritime Re-Fire fuel cell application, jointly developed by electric mobility solutions provider eCap and fuel cell technology developer Re-Fire Technology.... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
The Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has affirmed an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) decision to ban the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Fortune Genius from entering or using an Australian port for a period of twelve months. AMSA surveyors boarded the 2002-built vessel in Gladstone on 5 September 2019 after receiving a complaint via the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä’s has been contracted to design and equip two new zero-emissions ferries. Courtesy of Wärtsilä The pair is being built for Norwegian operator Boreal Sjö at Holland Shipyards in the Netherlands. ... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
Danish shipping major A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S revealed that it expects an EBITDA before restructuring and integration costs for Q2 2020 slightly above the level for Q1 2020 (USD 1.5bn). The forecast is being upgraded based as demand starts to pick up better than expected, combined with cost measures across the organisation and significant blanked sailings. ... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received a contract to install its fully integrated main propulsion system on a new Mauritius multipurpose cargo vessel.... [Read More]
June 18, 2020
Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) has today entered a guilty plea in the Federal Court to criminal cartel conduct, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said.... [Read More]
June 17, 2020
The massive consolidation drive in the container shipping market that dominated the narrative over the past four years seems to have brought about unexpected benefits during the coronavirus crisis. The driving force behind the phenomenon has been primarily achieving economies of scale, especialThe post Container shipping: Defying the odds during the pandemic? appeared first on Offshore Energy. ... [Read More]
June 17, 2020
Norway-based shipowner Grieg Star and its JV with Gearbulk, G2 Ocean, are joining forces with other maritime industry partners to research the feasibility of safe autonomous deep-sea ships.  On June 12, 2020, The Research Council of Norway announced that is awarding more than USD 20 million to Norwegian research project Safe Autonomous Ships (SFI Autoship), according to G2 Ocean. The strategic research project studies methods and technology for enabling safe and secure autonomous operations of maritime vessels.... [Read More]
June 17, 2020
US privately-owned firm Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (Q-LNG) is to take delivery of its first newbuild vessel from shipbuilder VT Halter Marine.... [Read More]
June 17, 2020
Ship manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) and the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch an initiative named ‘True North 72’ with an aim to encourage innovation across the maritime supply chain and logistics industries.... [Read More]

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