SHIP MANAGEMENT GROUP UNVEILS RESEARCH INTO ENCLOSED SPACE SAFETY
According to a study by ship management industry organisation InterManager, enclosed space deaths continue to be one of the biggest onboard occupational hazards. Following an initial survey, to which 5000 seafarers responded, a number of issues were raised, in...
MacGREGOR INTRODUCES SUSTAINABLE HEAVY LIFT CRANE
Cargotec company MacGregor has introduced a fully electrically driven heavy lift crane (HCE) to its heavy lift equipment family, in its drive to offer more environmentally sustainable products and solutions. The HCE is a result of combining MacGregor and NMF’s...
LR LAUNCHES DECARBONISATION FRAMEWORK FOR SHIPPING
The Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub has launched ‘First movers in Shipping’s Decarbonisation – a framework for getting started’, a methodology that enables a detailed comparison of different fuel transition pathways regardless of vessel type or...
DELTAMARIN PARTAKES IN EU-FUNDED GLOBAL SHIPPING DECARBONISATION PROJECT
Ship designer Deltamarin of Finland is playing a central role in Project CHEK – deCarbonising sHipping by Enabling Key technology symbiosis on real vessel concept designs – which is an EU Horizon 2020-funded project that aims at achieving zero-emissions shipping by...
DUTCH COMPANIES AIM TO ACCELERATE ROUTE TO METHANOL
Bakker Sliedrecht, RH Marine and 20 other partners in a project, known as MENENS, are representing the Dutch maritime sector across the board, from fleet owner to ship designer and from shipyard to (specialist) supplier, with the goal of accelerating the route to...
NO TRADE OFF BETWEEN SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY, WARNS DNV
A new analysis from classification society DNV and Lloyd’s List Intelligence concludes that although shipping has seen a significant improvement in safety over the past decade as higher standards of ship construction and operation have cut the number of...
LR AND INTERMANAGER SHARE LIFEBOAT SAFETY INSIGHTS
Working with InterManager, the international trade association for the ship management industry, Lloyd’s Register (LR) has used its SafetyScanner machine learning technology to identify new, previously unseen insights surrounding lifeboat accidents, which will help...
SUSTAINABLE HULL CLEANING SOLUTION COMES TO NORTHWEST AFRICA
HullWiper and Agemar have signed a lease agreement to meet a growing demand for safe, eco-friendly hull cleaning solutions for vessels calling in Guinea. Agemar Agency & Logistics is part of global maritime consultancy and maritime logistics solutions provider,...