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  • Expedition Cruise Operators Agree on Voluntary Arctic HFO Ban

    13 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators approves a self-imposed ban on the use of HFO in the Arctic. 

  • Wave and tidal energy to reach $1.85B by 2032, commercial deployment by 2031, report finds

    18 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The wave and tidal energy market is projected to grow to $1.85 billion by 2032, with ocean-based renewable power expected to move beyond pilot installations and enter early commercial deployment by 2031, according to a report by market research firm DataM Intelligence. The global wave and tidal energy market reached $983.11 million in 2024 and will […]

  • First Ship Bunkered with LNG at Copenhagen Malmo Port

    1 June 2018

    Copenhagen Malmö Port starts offering LNG bunkering services as the first ship was successfully bunkered with LNG.

  • Cemre Shipyard Splashes Another for Havyard

    6 March 2014

    Turkish shipbuilder, Cemre Shipyard launched a state-of-the-art platform supply vessel (PSV), the Polarsyssel a few days ago. The vessel is being built for the Norwegian Havyard Group based on the order of Icelandic oil service company Fafnir Offshore. Polarsyssel is a PSV of Havyard 832L L WE design, specially built for operations under extremely harsh […]

  • Huawei Marine to Deploy 100G Network in Arctic

    28 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Huawei Marine will partner with Tele Greenland for the deployment of a 100G network along the Greenlandic west coast as well as a capacity upgrade of the existing Greenland Connect which connects Greenland with Iceland/Europe and North America. According to the company, when completed, the new system will create a record – the world’s most […]

  • Eimskip is taken over by creditors

    2 July 2009

    The struggling Icelandic shipping company Eimskip has launched a financial re-organisation plan. The plan proposes to create a new and strong shipping and logistics business and to leave the cold storage business. The new business will be owned by the financial creditors of Eimskip;

  • Salmon campaigner lands top award

    21 April 2007

    An Icelandic businessman’s fight to save Atlantic wild salmon from being wiped out by overfishing has been awarded a top environmental prize. Orri Vigfusson, 64, won a Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts, which have led to a resurgence in salmon numbers in the North Atlantic.

  • Multihull: Maxi Multi Race / Vannes – Vannes

    7 December 2005

    The idea of a very first short-distance race aimed exclusively at maxi-multihulls first saw the light of day one year ago. It is intended that in June 2007, the fleet will line up on the start in Le Morbihan, bound for Iceland and run a course of around 3200 miles / 6000 km.

  • Naming ceremony for rescue liner Celebrity Eclipse

    26 April 2010

    A £500m cruise ship which postponed its inaugural celebrations to rescue people stranded by the volcanic ash cloud has been named at a rescheduled ceremony. The Celebrity Eclipse returned from Spain on Friday carrying 2,200 tourists whose flights had been cancelled because of the Icelandic eruption.

  • Two Eimskip boxships sent to dirty scrapyards in India, investigation reveals

    25 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    Icelandic transportation Eimskip has reportedly sold two of its containerships to dirty and dangerous scrapyards in India.

  • Eimskip chooses Star Information Systems to improve fleet-wide efficiency

    20 August 2010

    Following a lengthy evaluation of a broad range of fleet management software providers, Eimskip, Iceland’s oldest shipping company, has chosen Star Information Systems. Under the terms of the agreement, Star Information Systems (SIS) will provide a fully integrated software package, including systems to manage maintenance, purchasing, work planning, guarantee claims, messaging, insurance policies and claims, […]

  • Dan-Unity, Victrol team up for CO2 one-stop shop

    21 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Shipping companies Dan-Unity CO2 and Victrol are collaborating to offer end-to-end seaborn CO2 transportation by rivers and sea from mainland Northern Europe to utilisation and storage facilities.

  • Hefring Marine and BluePass team up to improve maritime technology in the Arabian Gulf

    13 September 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Technology

    Icelandic marine technology and vessel intelligence systems provider Hefring Marine has entered a partnership with the UAE-based digital maritime and logistics platform BluePass aiming to introduce its solutions to companies and government entities and enhance environmental sustainability in the Arabian Gulf. As disclosed, under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), BluePass—developed and operated […]

  • Orbital Marine Power gets €8M investment boost for tidal energy development

    10 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Scottish renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power has secured a £7 million (around €8 million) investment to support its international commercial tidal stream projects, following new tidal energy licenses in Canada. Venture-focused investment firm PXN Ventures, the combined VC arm of Praetura Ventures and Par Equity, has joined existing shareholders, including Scottish Enterprise, to invest in […]

  • Top Stories of the Week (Mar 18 – Mar 23, 2013)

    31 March 2013

    Video: Discovery Channel to Air Construction of World’s Largest Ships Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo Shipyard, South Korea is building the world’s largest ships – Maersk Line’s 400m long Triple-E container vessels. Maersk and Discovery Channel have teamed up to bring you every stage of construction from design to maiden voyage. In this six […]

  • Crew of stranded ship rescued

    20 December 2006

    The crew of the ship that had run ashore off the Reykjanes peninsula yesterday morning was rescued by an Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter yesterday afternoon. Water had flooded the holds of the 3,600 ton ship and its engines were dead. It is feared that oil might leak from the ship and damage the surrounding environment, […]

  • UKHO Launches New Edition of ADP

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office has launched its latest edition of ADMIRALTY Digital Publications (ADP), Version 14. Free as an upgrade to existing users and available as a 3 month free trial to new customers, ADP v14 will provide onboard navigation teams with an array of new features that will help them to plan their […]

  • Norway: Shell Receives Approval for Use of Island Constructor for Draugen Works

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    A/S Norske Shell (Shell) has been granted consent for use of the mobile well intervention facility Island Constructor for maintenance of subsea facilities on the Draugen field. In September 2010, Shell was granted consent to perform maintenance on wells A55H and B2H . However, the work was postponed. The new consent constitutes an expansion and […]

  • Shipbreaking in full swing in South Asia despite COVID-19

    2 November 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    There were a total of 170 ships broken in the third quarter of 2020. Of these, 65% or 110 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia, according to the latest quarterly report released by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform.

  • Ernst Russ-Eimskip JV orders dual-fuel containership pair

    5 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    ElbFeeder, a joint venture (JV) of the Icelandic transportation company Eimskip and German shipowner Ernst Russ, has ordered two next-generation dual-fuel 2,280 TEU container vessels in China.

  • Norway: Shell Grant Consent to Use Island Constructor for Subsea Facilities Maintenance

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      A/S Norske Shell (Shell) has been granted consent for use of the mobile well intervention facility Island Constructor for maintenance of subsea facilities on the Draugen field. In September 2010, Shell was granted consent to perform maintenance on wells A55H and B2H. However, the work was postponed. The new consent constitutes an expansion and […]

  • Pharos’ Cable Recovery Spread Completes New Projects

    16 June 2017

    Pharos Offshore have paired their trenching and deburial systems with a rugged cable retrieval grab to aid the offshore industry with a solution for recovering damaged subsea products and out of service cables. Two of the company’s cable recovery spreads were sent out to work on the recovery of an array cable within an offshore wind […]

  • Vyborg Shipyard, Alasund Sign Cooperation Deal

    3 October 2013

    An Agreement on Cooperation was signed on October 2nd, 2013 between Vyborg Shipyard and the Icelandic company Alasund. Alasund specializes in design, sale and consulting in the field of shipbuilding for fishing industry, in particular for many Russian customers. Signing of the Agreement will enable the parties to develop and offer to the potential customers […]

  • TSHD Perla Sinks in Reykjavik

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Just after setting out to the sea this morning, the Björgun EHF owned trailing suction hopper dredger Perla sank in the Reykjavik harbor. According to the managing director of the Slippur harbor area, Bjarni Thoroddsen, everyone on board was rescued and the incident was declared to be a “human error”. Thoroddsen explains that shutters in the […]

  • LNG bunkering first for Copenhagen Malmö Port

    30 May 2018
    Vessels

    Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) completed the first LNG bunkering operation when the liquefied natural gas-fueled cement tanker Ireland unloaded cement in Malmö.