NORWAY ESTABLISHES MARITIME AI CENTRE
A newly-formed Norwegian Maritime AI Centre is to receive a total of NOK 100m from the Research Council of Norway over five years and is planned to start up in the beginning of 2026. The Norwegian Maritime AI Centre has been granted the status of a national research...
SCRUBBER AND OCCS COMPANY APPOINTS AGENT IN CYPRUS
Value Maritime is pleased to appoint MIE Group as its new commercial agent in Cyprus, reinforcing its commitment to expanding across the Mediterranean region. This marks Value Maritime’s fourth commercial agency agreement in 2025, underscoring its strategic focus on...
DNV AiP FOR HD KSOE NUCLEAR-POWERED CONTAINERSHIP CONCEPT
Classification society DNV has awarded HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) an approval in principle (AiP) for a new 15,000 TEU container vessel design powered by small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The design demonstrates the application of...
ClassNK GIVES H2-READY CONTAINERSHIP THE HIGHEST FINANCIAL RATING
Under the zero-emission accelerating ship finance programme, jointly operated by the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and ClassNK, the Japanese classification society has evaluated the hydrogen-fuelled demonstration oil tanker ‘Kikou Maru’, owned by Uyeno...
EU INLAND SHIPPING FACES INSURANCE COVERAGE GAP
Maritime risk and insurance solutions specialist FDR has warned that inland shipping operators face vast financial exposure due to outdated insurance policies that fail to reflect new European Union (EU) climate regulations. Without swift reform, vessel owners risk...
EUROPE PATENT GRANTED FOR FUEL RECLAMATION TECHNOLOGY
Greentech company Sulnox, which claims to deliver lower fuel costs and emissions at zero capex, is pleased to announce that it has secured an important patent for Europe covering 39 countries in the significant fuel oil reclamation market. The intellectual property...
BIO-SEA CONTAINERISED BWTS FOR EFGL PROJECT
Bio-UV Group has completed the first commercial deployment of its containerised Bio-Sea ballast water treatment system (BWTS) at Port-la-Nouvelle in southern France, supporting the installation of the EFGL floating offshore wind project in the Mediterranean. The...
DNV SEES NUCLEAR PROPULSION AS A VIABLE ANSWER TO DECARBONISATION CHALLENGE
According to a new paper by DNV, shifting environmental requirements are reigniting interest in nuclear propulsion as a long-term solution for maritime decarbonisation. This renewed attention comes despite the absence of any civilian commercial nuclear-powered vessel...