UK-based ship management company V.Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and launched a dedicated ‘Sustainability & Decarbonization’ department.
CrewSmart, the end-to-end management system for maritime operations, has secured Type Approval from class and certification society DNV for its Planned Maintenance System (PMS).
Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a non-profit group established to further digitalisation of container shipping technology standards, has published interface standards and messaging application programming interface (API) specifications for all 50 event timestamps.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä revealed plans to commercially launch its Two-Stroke Future Fuels Conversion platform during the first quarter of 2022.
Identifying data constraints that impede the flow of ocean cargo and add to supply chain inefficiencies will be the focus of a new effort by the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC).
After two weeks of intense negotiations, COP26 closed over the weekend and the final outcome is a document known as the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Logistics and transportation company Bahri has added its first gas-ready vessel to its Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) fleet.
India continues to have a smaller share in the international shipping sector and has been forced to become a net importer of shipping services especially ship finance, a new report shows.
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has raised concerns about the planned acquisition of Ports America by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), which has previously been a minority investor in the company.
Russia’s largest shipping company PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has signed a new $110 million credit facility to finance two new ice-class shuttle tankers.
The €20 million EuropeWave project has selected independent specialists who will provide technical expertise during the assessment of applications as part of the five-year collaborative programme.
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) under Bureau Veritas’ (BV) Cyber Managed Prepared notation for its smart ship solution.
North America’s port operator QSL has become the very first Canadian maritime company to adhere to the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.
In this week’s In Focus, we put spotlight on COP26 and energy transition updates which include biggest polluters pledging to joint action against climate change, oil majors joining forces for decarbonisation of energy and industry, and governments proposing phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies
