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  • Clean Arctic Alliance calls for ‘rapid’ creation of Arctic green shipping corridors

    30 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The Clean Arctic Alliance, a global campaign made up of 20 international non-for-profit organisations, has written to the ministers from Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands to propose a number of domestic and international actions which would help to rapidly kick-start the establishment of green shipping corridors in Arctic waters.

  • Queen Mary 2 Celebrates 200th Transatlantic Crossing

    9 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2 is making her historic 200th Transatlantic Crossing, having sailed from New York on Saturday 6 July en route to her homeport of Southampton, England, arriving 13 July. To mark the beginning of the historic voyage from New York, Queen Mary 2 performed a sail-by of the world’s most iconic […]

  • EU-backed project to convert bulk carrier to sail on climate-neutral fuels

    1 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    A new e-fuels project has kicked off aiming to develop and convert a bulk carrier to run on climate-neutral fuels. Led by Icelandic engineering company Verkís, the European GAMMA project, initiated in January 2024, involves retrofitting a TOPIC Fleet bulk carrier with innovative technologies to demonstrate the feasibility of using e-fuels as an alternative to […]

  • Lloyd’s Register to class North Star’s two VARD-built methanol-ready CSOVs

    26 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Lloyd’s Register (LR), the UK’s classification society, has been awarded a contract to class two methanol-ready commissioning service operations vessels (CSOVs) being built by VARD, a global designer and shipbuilder of specialized vessels, for North Star, the UK’s offshore infrastructure support vessel operator. The classification society will conduct the design appraisal and survey of the […]

  • Swedish wave energy firm on the hunt for financial head

    4 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Following strategic backing as part of its Series B funding round, as well as a grant from the European Union (EU), Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean is on the lookout for a chief financial officer (CFO). Since its start in 2012, CorPower has raised around €115 million in funding in an effort to scale […]

  • Unique System FZE to Deliver Ship Performance Monitoring Solutions (UAE)

    10 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company and one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has been contracted by ADNATCO-NGSCO to deliver ship performance monitoring solutions that will help to optimize vessel performance and subsequently aim to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. The entire project will be carried […]

  • Nine Countries Share Experiences during IMRF European Lifeboat Crew Exchange Programme

    27 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Rescue volunteers from across nine European nations are to participate next week in a seven day Lifeboat Crew Exchange Programme sharing experiences and knowledge, to improve Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) responses and help to prevent loss of life in Europe’s waters. The volunteer crews involved, collectively commit thousands of hours of their time every […]

  • Panama tightens grip on STS oil transfers in crackdown on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

    26 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) has decided to strengthen the ship-to-ship (STS) oil transfer operation requirements for tankers flying the country’s flag to “shut the door” to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet. As disclosed, the decision was made to address two vital issues at once: the operations of Russia’s dark fleet and the need to ‘bolster’ […]

  • Atlantic Petroleum Acquires Volantis Exploration Limited (UK)

    16 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited, has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of the UK-based private exploration company, Volantis Exploration Limited. Volantis Exploration holds equity in a total of 15 licences in the Southern North Sea on the UK continental shelf […]

  • Ørsted, Aker Carbon Capture, Microsoft collab mulls use of Northern Lights

    10 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Aker Carbon Capture, Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted, and global technology colossus Microsoft teamed up in a project to capture emissions from biomass power plants and store them using the Northern Lights project.

  • Europe cranks up the heat on Russia’s shadow fleet with latest sanctions package

    24 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The European Council has adopted the 16th package of sanctions against Russia to ‘ramp up’ the pressure on the country’s so-called ‘shadow’ fleet as well as curb attempts to circumvent the measures. Now well into its fourth year, Russia’s aggression on Ukraine continues to disturb the balance of global geopolitics. Exploiting loopholes and opaque ownership […]

  • Unique System FZE to Boost Performance of ADNATCO-NGSCO’s Fleet

    10 September 2013

    Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company and one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has been contracted by ADNATCO-NGSCO to deliver ship performance monitoring solutions that will help optimize vessel performance and subsequently aim to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. The entire project will be carried out […]

  • All-Energy 2013: Post-Show Facts and Figures (UK)

    20 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    With two Ministers both making powerful and highly significant statements, All-Energy got off to a flying start when the thirteenth in the annual series was held 22 and 23 May at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Rt Hon Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was able to announce […]

  • UK: Atlantic Petroleum to Acquire Volantis Exploration Limited

    16 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited, has today signed a share purchase agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of the UK-based private exploration company, Volantis Exploration Limited. Volantis Exploration holds equity in a total of 15 licences in the Southern North Sea on the UK […]

  • Leading shipping nations press IMO to adopt more ambitious climate goals for shipping

    2 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Denmark, the United States, the United Kingdom and several other states have called on the IMO to introduce more ambitious climate goals.

  • UK: Worst Case Scenario for Potential Chevron’s Lagavulin Prospect Oil Spill

    8 December 2010

    An oil spill from a deepwater blowout near the Shetland Islands could reach the coastlines of Scotland, eastern England, Norway and Greenland, according to a company which began drilling there in October. Chevron, one of the world’s largest oil companies, made a worst-case forecast of the impact caused by a spill of 77,300 barrels a […]

  • All-Energy 2013: Post-Show Facts and Figures (UK)

    20 June 2013

    With two Ministers both making powerful and highly significant statements, All-Energy got off to a flying start when the thirteenth in the annual series was held 22 and 23 May at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Rt Hon Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was able to announce […]

  • Singapore awards 86 MWp floating solar project to Sembcorp

    3 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries, through its subsidiary Sembcorp Solar Singapore, has won a tender from PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, to develop an 86 MWp floating solar photovoltaic (PV) system on Pandan Reservoir. The scheme is said to represent Sembcorp’s third floating solar project in Singapore. In 2021, the company commissioned the 60 MWp Tengeh Reservoir […]

  • Havyard Group Records Solid Growth

    24 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Havyard Group ASA had yet another good year, recording an operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) of NOK 199 million for 2013. The pre-tax profit amounted to NOK 190 million (NOK 215 million in 2012), which means a net profit ratio of 10% on a turnover of NOK 1,987 million (NOK 1,427 million in 2012). In […]

  • Unique System FZE Delivers Ship Performance Monitoring Solutions to ADNATCO-NGSCO Fleet

    10 September 2013
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company and one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has been contracted by ADNATCO-NGSCO to deliver ship performance monitoring solutions that will help to optimize vessel performance and subsequently aim to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. The entire project will be carried […]

  • Arctic Summit Participants Debate Big Issues Concerning High North

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    “To those on the panel and those on the floor, I encourage the conversation to be vigorous. This is a debate,” said Dominic Ziegler, Asia Editor of The Economist when addressing 100 diners aboard the Polar Ship Fram on the eve of The Economist’s Arctic Summit in Oslo this week. The summit brought together over […]

  • Scotland: Marine Scientists Take Part in Ocean Currents Monitoring Projects

    11 October 2013

    Marine scientists in Scotland are part of an international team working on a newly funded multi-million pound project to monitor crucial ocean currents that shape Britain’s climate. The £20 million project will focus on the North Atlantic, in particular the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre—a system of ocean currents in the high latitude, deep-water basins of […]

  • Bay of Fundy tidal energy projects receive $10.7M federal boost

    22 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Safety, Vision

    Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has allocated $10.7 million in federal funding for two projects aimed at advancing tidal energy monitoring in the Bay of Fundy. The funding, delivered through the Energy Innovation Program, will support the Ocean Sensors Innovation Platform (OSIP) led by the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), and the “Reducing Fish-Turbine […]

  • The Expedition Market: Where Adventure Meets Comfort

    18 March 2019

      By Jiska Bazuin, Business Development Manager at Pronomar Going on a cruise to unique destinations such as Antarctica, the Galapagos Islands or Iceland to admire the wonders of nature is an emerging trend amongst adventurous people. The expedition market is growing fast and therefore an intriguing market to explore. In May 2018 Cruise Industry […]

  • Western nations decide to make things harder for Russian ‘shadow’ fleet

    24 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Twelve European countries agreed measures targeting Russia’s ‘shadow’ fleet at a recent summit in Tallinn, Estonia.