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Foreship scrubber enquiries surge as owners clear the air

Independent naval architect and marine engineering specialist Foreship reports a growing number of owners are reviewing their decisions on the best way to meet...

ABS awarded $2.1 million for safety research in the offshore oil and gas industry

ABS has been awarded more than $2.1 million for two projects focused on strengthening safety culture in the offshore oil and gas industry. The money...

Solis Marine launches global Fire and Chemicals emergency response consultancy

Solis Marine has introduced a global Fire and Chemicals emergency response operation. The new division will be led by global expert Sander Loef who...

New recommendations for enhanced battery safety on vessels

In collaboration with the Norwegian, Danish and US maritime authorities, battery manufacturers, system integrators, suppliers of fire extinguishing systems, shipyards and shipowners, DNV GL...

ClassNK releases amendments to class rules for the сonstruction of steel ships

Leading classification society ClassNK has announced that it released amendments to its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships on...

SOLAS amendments entering into force 1 January 2020

​Measures aimed at preventing accidents with lifeboats enter into force on 1 January 2020. The SOLAS amendments address maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul...

PICT became the first container terminal with ISO certification in Pakistan

Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) subsidiary at the Port of Karachi, recently became the first container terminal in...

Risk Intelligence is raising the visibility of cargo theft

Risk Intelligence A/S announces today that they have partnered with the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) to substantially enhance the visibility of cargo theft...

VIKING to supply its container firefighting system for V.Ships

Container firefighting across the V.Ships Hamburg container ship fleet has been entrusted to the HydroPenTM system, after VIKING Life-Saving Equipment secured a contract to...

Iceland announces stringent sulphur regulations

The Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources has issued a regulation tightening fuel requirements, which effectively bans the use of heavy fuel oil...

Kongsberg and NSSR join forces to develop new SAR solutions

Collaboration aims to improve access to sonar equipment for maritime emergencies faster and easier Kongsberg Maritime has signed an agreement with the Norwegian Society for...

DNV GL developed new class rules and a class notation “Gas fuelled LPG”

As the maritime industry looks to reduce emissions to air and work towards the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) greenhouse gas reduction strategy, alternative fuels...

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