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Project Forward paves the way for meeting IMO’s reduction on CO2 emissions

The Project Forward initiative led by Athens-Based Arista Shipping, with Wärtsilä as one of the participants, demonstrates that with LNG as fuel.

The Ocean Cleanup arrives at Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Shortly after the Dutch foundation The Ocean Cleanup announced that its System is appropriate to conduct a cleanup operation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

UK works on zero emissions plan for shipping

On the occasion of the first day of Green Great Britain Week, clean shipping experts met on 15 October, to plot the route to zero emissions for the UK maritime sector. 

Machine-Learning Technique Speeds Extreme Event Analysis

Engineers at MIT in the U.S. have developed an algorithm based on machine-learning that quickly pinpoints the types of extreme events that are likely to occur in a complex system,

Fire at Gadani Shipbreaking Yard

On Sunday, another oil tanker caught fire on the beach at Gadani, Pakistan, injuring seven.

OOCL confirms 2020 low sulphur fuel surcharge

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has confirmed plans for a 2020 low sulphur cap bunker surcharge.

Availability of finance for consolidation and ‘green’ retrofits

The availability of capital, both equity and debt, is a perennial discussion and has two particular areas of focus at present - for consolidation and green loans for retrofits to meet environmental regulations.

Older Handy Product Tankers Could Soon be Scrapped due to IMO 2020 Rules

As the 1st of January 2020 is edging closer, the effects of the IMO 2020 rule on burning cleaner marine fuels are bound to be diverse, across all ship classes.

Fire On Southeast Nigerian State Oil Pipeline Kills 16 People

Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out Oct. 12 on an oil pipeline in southeast Nigeria, a spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC).

Italy, Austria support processing migrants on ships

Italy and Austria are cooperating to come up with a plan to process refugees on ships.

Congress Passes Key Harbors and Waterways Bill

This year's edition of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) has passed the U.S. House and Senate as part of a larger package, and now awaits the president's signature.

Scrubber numbers surge to 1,850 – ‘decision to invest should be made yesterday’

The popularity of scrubbers as a way to comply with the IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap has grown rapidly over the last six months with over 1,000 systems ordered in that period, according to classification society DNV GL.

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