A team of European marine research institutes and companies have developed creative technologies for thruster solutions that are specifically engineered for ships operating in the Arctic.
Wave developer Carnegie Clean Energy has been given nine weeks to provide a detailed funding plan to the Western Australia state government to continue with its Albany project.
German wave developer SINN Power has agreed to take on a feasibility study on the potential of wave energy and other renewable technologies on behalf of an unnamed customer in Guinea.
Singapore plans to apply stricter control measures to the marine fuels sector, a move that industry sources say could boost transparency in a notoriously opaque industry.
In its 2018 edition of Maritime Transport Review, UNCTAD informed that in 2017, total newbuilding delivery amounted to 65 million gross tons, equivalent to 5.2% of the start-of-year fleet in 2017.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) approved a €195 million (USD224.7 million) financing to the Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority for the expansion of the port of Civitavecchia, in the Italian capital.
State-owned Finnish polar services company Arctia has tested the oil-recovery capabilities of its LNG-powered icebreaker Polaris at sea for the first time.