The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods that swept through mountain towns in Europe and inundated subway systems in China and the U.S., to heat waves and wildfires. Typhoon Rai killed over 400 people in the Philippines; Hurricane Ida caused an estimated $74 billion in...
NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a coalition campaigning for clean and safe ship recycling, has joined K'ómoks First Nation (KFN) and the local residents in calling on the authorities to look into...
Sea Shepherd has renamed its patrol vessel Sam Simon after the environmental foundation Age of Union, which has announced a $4.5 million grant to support Sea Shepherd's environmental conservation work. The funds are sufficient to cover the vessel's cost of operations for three years and...
Singapore has retained the number one spot in the Leading Maritime Cities (LMC) report conducted by Norwegian classification society, DNV and Norwegian consultancy Menon Economics AS. The post...
[By: MariApps] MariApps Marine Solutions will provide its flagship product smartPAL to BOURBON Marine & Logistics to support the company in its digitalization efforts. The French company offering a wide range of support services to the offshore industry was looking for a solution that would help it...
Building a sustainable future in a pandemic-ridden world is no easy feat as it brings out many challenges to the fore, however, the energy and maritime industries have shown a great determination to...
In a blog post published Wednesday, the South African Maritime Safety Authority announced that there has been a change of plans for the disposal of the "problematic water-reactive cargo" aboard the bulker NS Qingdao. Instead of lightering, chemical neutralization and shoreside burial, it is being...
The European Commission has adopted a decision to prohibit a merger that would combine two South Korean shipbuilding companies, Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings (HHIH) and Daewoo Shipbuilding &...
Seeking to establish a rapid pace of development for offshore wind power generation, the U.S. Department of Interior announced plans to conduct an auction for six leases in the New York Bight, which will be the most leases offered in a single auction. The auction,...
Danish container logistics giant A.P. Moller - Maersk has set ambitious targets for the entire group to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2040 - one decade ahead of its initial 2050...
