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Faster pace of maritime digitalisation needed

From www.seatrade-maritime.com

The shipping industry needs to speed up its digital transformation to meet the challenge of decarbonisation, according to Roger Holm President, Wärtsilä Marine Power.
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India rides the green wave as EU, US buy its clean ships

From indiashippingnews.com

NEW DELHI : India has started supplying ‘green ships’ to traditional shipbuilding nations Norway, Germany and the US, like carrying coals to Newcastle and
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Norway Oil Fund: Norway's $1.4 -trillion oil fund to vote against climate resolution at BP, ET EnergyWorld

From energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com

Norway Oil Fund: While BP already aims to reduce emissions, the motion filed by activist group Follow This ahead of an April 27 shareholder vote calls on the company to align with the Paris climate deal's goal to limit global warming.
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The Energy Question, Episode 37: Todd Snitchler, President of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA)

From blackmon.substack.com

In Episode 37 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Todd Snitchler, President of the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) about issues currently impacting the independent power producers in the United States. EPSA Website: www.epsa.org
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IGC: Total grains ending stocks continue to slide | World Grain

From www.world-grain.com

If forecast is realized, it would mark the seventh straight year of declining global inventory.
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What The Ship (Ep 76) | Updates | ILWU/PMA Contract | Russia-Ukraine | Navy Shipbuilding | WW2 Wreck

From www.youtube.com

Updates on Past Stories | Container Sector and West Coast ILWU/PMA Contract Negotiations | Russia-Ukraine War and Impact on Bulk and Tanker Sectors | US Navy Shipbuilding Testifies Before Congress | Discovery of WW2 Shipwreck

What's Going on With Shipping?
April 23, 2023

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the Top 5 Maritime News Stories as of April 23, 2023.

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Podcast: In Focus - Regulatory update on greenhouse gas emissions

From www.seatrade-maritime.com

In this latest In Focus episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast listeners are brought up-to-date with what is happening with regard to greenhouse gas emissions
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Panama Canal enforces lower draught restrictions

From www.seatrade-maritime.com

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has enforced lower maximum draught of vessels transiting the expanded Panama Canal’s neo-panamax locks due to an ongoing drought.

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Kodiak Enterprise Dewatered and Defueled, But Ship's Fate Undecided

From maritime-executive.com

The U.S. Coast Guard has stood down the unified command for the fire aboard the factory trawler Kodiak Enterprise, and the initial response i
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New species - including the "Hoff crab" - at the world's southernmost known "blacksmoker" vents

From youtu.be

For more deep-sea creatures and video from the ocean depths, check out http://www.youtube.com/expeditionlog

This footage is from first ROV dives to deep-sea vents ~2.4 km down on the East Scotia Ridge, near Antarctica, from RRS James Cook Voyage 42 in January-February 2010.

This compilation was released to the media in January 2012, to coincide with publication of the vent discoveries in the open access scientific journal PLoS Biology:

Rogers AD, Tyler PA, Connelly DP, Copley JT, James R, et al. (2012) The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography. PLoS Biol 10(1): e1001234 - http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001234
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Russian Navy Eyes Early Retirement for Rare Nuclear Cruiser

From maritime-executive.com

The Russian Navy may retire the Cold War-era nuclear cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, despite previous plans to overhaul her and restore her to service. Th
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Forbes Piece: Why Texas, Louisiana Are Poised To Win The Carbon Capture Sweepstakes

From blackmon.substack.com

[Note: This story was also published at Forbes.com] A refinery near the Corpus Christi Ship Channel on Monday, March 11, 2019, in Corpus Christi, Texas. - To realize America's soaring energy export ambitions, the port of Corpus Christi in Texas is pulling out all the stops. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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UK's Vedanta Resources cuts gross debt by $1 billion, Energy News, ET EnergyWorld

From energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com

Vedanta Resources has paid all its maturing loans and bonds due in April 2023, the billionaire Anil Agarwal-led company said in a statement.
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Floating Wind Power Gains Traction But Can It Set

From www.marinelink.com

After a bumper year for floating offshore wind farm tenders, the nascent industry is poised for explosive growth in the coming decade…

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DC Update From the US Oil & Gas Association

From blackmon.substack.com

DC Update From USOGA, Week ended April 21, 2023 A win for natural gas from a surprising source When cities started banning natural gas hookups many questioned the legality. Well, it isn’t, and the best part is that decision comes from the Left’s favorite circuit court, the Ninth Circuit
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"I’m always in awe on how liberals ignore truths - pathological liars— lack self awareness"

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19K likes, 1,032 comments - Manny Montenegrino (@manny_ottawa2) on Instagram: "I’m always in awe on how liberals ignore truths - pathological liars— lack self awareness"
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Huisman and Siemens Gamesa develop load stabilising system for wind turbine installation

From www.projectcargojournal.com

Controlling the movements of the relatively light blades of a turbine when suspended from a crane, has proven to be an installation challenge due to wind load. To mitigate operational downtime and increase the integrity of the delicate wind turbine components, Huisman and Siemens Gamesa developed the Travelling Load Stabilising System, for universal application in […]
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Metsä Group and Wagenborg partner on reducing emissions in sea transport

From www.projectcargojournal.com

Metsä Group has agreed to cooperate with the Dutch shipping company Royal Wagenborg on reducing the climate impact of maritime transport. The goal the company has set it to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in sea transport of Metsä Group products by 30 per cent per ton/mil by 2030, when compared to 2021. “One of Metsä […]
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China approves coal power surge despite emissions pledge: Greenpeace, ET EnergyWorld

From energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com

Greenpeace: The world's second-largest economy is also its biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving climate change, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), and China's emissions pledges are seen as essential to keeping global temperature rise well below two degrees Celsius.
Mike O' Gorman:

I think China might have greenpeace(ish) on as background static. 287 coal power stations under contrstruction in China,  doesn't reflect an even mild concern for C02 rises

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Oscar L. Martin sur LinkedIn : It seems that the brilliant energy policy celebrated by Greenpeace 

From www.linkedin.com

It seems that the brilliant energy policy celebrated by Greenpeace and other anti-nuclear groups has deeper consequences for electric cars too.

if Germans are… | 128 commentaires sur LinkedIn

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Shortage of CO2 tankers predicted

From splash247.com

Shipyards ought to expect imminent signings of many carbon dioxide (CO2) tankers to match all the planned CO2 storage projects pencilled in around the world. Brokers Gibson has warned that if many of the CO2 projects currently undergoing feasibility studies get approved, there could be a shortage of shipping capacity. Currently, just two CO2 carriers …
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SFL ships out oldest suezmax     

From splash247.com

New York-listed diversified owner SFL Corporation has shipped out its oldest suezmax tanker at a profit. The John Fredriksen-controlled company said it had sold and delivered the 2010-built to an unrelated third party for net proceeds of around $41.1m. The ship, built at Jiangsu Rongsheng in China, was debt-free at the end of the first …

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Berge Bulk makes methanol retrofit move

From splash247.com

Singapore-based owner Berge Bulk has crossed another hurdle on its decarbonisation pathway by signing up one of its ships for a potential conversion to run on methanol. In what is being described as a pioneering joint development project, the James Marshall-led company, which owns and manages a fleet of over 80 vessels, has teamed up …
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