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Monday, May 6, 2019
maid of the mist electric vessels
Environment

Niagra Falls Tour Boat Operator Orders Battery-Powered Vessels

Niagra Falls tour boat operator Maid of the Mist has placed an order for the first all-electric, zero-emission vessels to be built in the United States. The

May 6, 2019
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Thursday, May 2, 2019
deepwater wind block island wind farm
Environment

Seabury Secures Wind Farm Port Financing

The state of Connecticut has reached an agreement to develop an offshore wind facility at State Pier in New London. Seabury Maritime, the global maritime and

May 2, 2019
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
SSEADIS
Environment

Short Sea Distribution, New York’s $40+ Million Shipping Prize

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) A perfect storm of new challenges and spiraling cost for truck drivers in New York City has resulted in a tsunami of

April 30, 2019
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Friday, March 22, 2019
shipping container port
Environment

Interview: Royal HaskoningDHV’s Kris Kosmala Talks Smart Ports

Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Kris Kosmala is Director of Smart Port Operations Digital Solutions at Royal HaskoningDHV, an

March 22, 2019
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
North Sea Giant goes green
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Wärtsilä Helps ‘North Sea Giant’ Go Green

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä announced the installation of energy storage systems onboard the offshore construction vessel North Sea Giant which the

March 14, 2019
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aurora battery power ferry
Environment

Batteries Included: Sweden’s Emissions-Free Ferries Lead the Charge

By Ilze Filks HELSINGOR, Denmark, March 14 (Reuters) – A quiet revolution has taken place in the Oresund Strait between Sweden and Denmark where two of

March 14, 2019
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Shipping Containers stacked in the Port Of Barcelona, Spain.
Environment

Winners And Losers: Sulphur Switch May Be A ‘windfall’ For Charter Market

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) MSC, Maersk, Cosco and CMA CGM are among ocean carriers that expect to temporarily increase their capacity this year to mitigate

February 27, 2019
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ship emissions
Environment

Fujairah Offers Clean Fuel Well Ahead Of IMO Deadline

by Roslan Khasawneh (Reuters) – The port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has begun offering cleaner marine fuel oils that comply with

February 27, 2019
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Friday, February 8, 2019
Hagland Captain power conversion
Environment

Wärtsilä to Convert Short Sea Cargo Ship to Battery Power

The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide a hybrid battery system in the world’s first conversion of a short sea cargo ship to

February 8, 2019
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Friday, August 31, 2018
Rolls-Royce Helps Hoist The Modern Mainsail
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Rolls-Royce Helps Hoist The Modern Mainsail

by Ellen Milligan (Bloomberg) Hoist the mainsail — a thing that looks like a giant vertical pipe — and switch on your battery the size of a small

August 31, 2018
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Thursday, August 30, 2018
Gibraltar Eco Wave Power Plant
Environment

Wave Energy – Scientists Still Looking For A Killer App

by Sophie Hares (Reuters) – Energy from the ocean breakers that pound Mexico’s Pacific Coast could soon be turned into electricity as an Israeli joint

August 30, 2018
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Dead Pacific Sea Turtles
Environment

300 Pacific Ocean Sea Turtles Dead Off Mexican Coast

by Jose Cortes (Reuters) – About 300 endangered sea turtles were found dead off the southern coast of Mexico on Tuesday, trapped in fishing nets,

August 30, 2018
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Rotor Sails installation final
Environment

Maersk Tankers Tests Sails Aboard Ship

by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen (Reuters) – Maersk Tankers is testing the use of wind power to fuel its ships, a new technology it says can cut fuel

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 386

Tuesday, August 28, 2018
oil and gas refinery
Environment

Refiners Struggle As Low Sulphur Upgrade Costs Approach $1 Billion Per Plant

by Toby Sterling (Reuters) – Global energy trader Gunvor Group has put on hold plans to upgrade its Rotterdam refinery that intended to make the plant

August 28, 2018
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
All-Electric Ships on the Horizon as Rolls Launches New Battery System
Environment

All-Electric Ships on the Horizon as Rolls Launches New Battery System

By Áine Quinn (Bloomberg) — Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc has begun offering its own battery-powered ship engines in a move that signals the gathering

August 16, 2018
Total Views: 161

Monday, August 13, 2018
A dead a West Indian manatee, also known as sea cow
Environment

Mysterious Manatee Deaths Baffle Scientists

by Suman Naishadham (Reuters) – In the swampy wetlands of southern Mexico, officials and researchers are struggling to explain the deaths of dozens of

August 13, 2018
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Monday, August 6, 2018
Viking Lady eidesvik offshore
Environment

FellowSHIP Project Concludes 15 years of Maritime Battery and Fuel Cell Research

After 15 years of extensive research, project partners Eidesvik Offshore, Wärtsilä Norway and DNV GL have recently announced the closure of the FellowSHIP

August 6, 2018
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
First Offshore Wind Farm Battery Installed in Scotland
Environment

First Offshore Wind Farm Battery Installed in Scotland

Norwegian energy company Equinor has installed a battery that will for first time make it possible to store energy produced from an offshore wind

June 27, 2018
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Sunday, June 3, 2018
Tanker Scrappage To Hit Multi-Year High
Environment

Tanker Scrappage To Hit Multi-Year High

by Jessica Jaganathan (Reuters) – The shipping industry will this year scrap the largest number of oil tankers in over half-a-decade, driven by weak

June 3, 2018
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Sunday, April 22, 2018
hapag-lloyd ship
Environment

Hapag-Lloyd To Cut 20 Percent In CO2 Emissions By 2020

by Vera Eckert (Reuters) – German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd plans a 20 percent reduction in its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2020,

April 22, 2018
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