18:00 It’s a wrap Thanks to all participants, partners, sponsors and media partners for making this event such a great success! See you next year on 28 & 29 November 2023! 17:30 Drinks at Navingo stand Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference is almost coming to an end. The best way to celebrate thes
Turkish Cemre Shipyard has launched the construction of a zero-emission double-ended car and passenger ferry that will run on battery-electric power. The construction start was marked with a keel laying ceremony at the yard held on Tuesday, November 29 jointly with Norwegian ferry company Torghatten
At the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022, Kommer Damen, Chairman of Damen Shipyards Group, and Arjan van Stee of Van Stee Offshore have signed a contract for the delivery of an 80-metre Multibuster 8020 ultra-shallow draught, multi-purpose workboat. To be delivered next year, Van Stee’s M
Danish shipowner Celsius Tankers has ordered a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier from South Korean shipbuilding company Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).
In the Hydrogen Perspectives session of today, Lise van der Plank, Amber Peters and Abel van Beest, three members of hydrogen-focused student teams, will share and discuss their latest developments in green mobility. Take a look at the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team who develops foiling hydrogen-powered
A preliminary agreement has been reached between the EU’s top three institutions to include greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime sector in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). The tentative deal was struck on Tuesday evening, and it leads to several milestones such as the inclusion of methan
Classification society ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for a dual-fuel generator engine using hydrogen gas as fuel for a liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI).
South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French software corporation Dassault Systèmes to create a “smart yard” based on new digital transformation technology. The smart yard is designed to optimize the shipyard operations’ scheduling and
Swedish shipping company Terntank is continuing its journey towards fossil-free operation with an order for two plus two new wind assistance and methanol-ready tankers. On 29 November, the company said it placed an order for the 15,000 dwt tankers at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, Yangzhou. The v
Approximately £75bn ($89.9 bn) of investment over the coming three decades will be required for the UK’s domestic maritime sector to transition to net zero, a report produced by Marine Capital with the support of UMAS and Lloyd’s Register (LR) estimates. Hence, attracting new sources of capital to i
The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) in Canada has teamed up with Cross River Infrastructure Partners, a U.S.-based project development company focusing on climate-positive technologies, to pursue the use of advanced small modular reactor (aSMR) technology. The development proposes to use aSMR from AR
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won a contract to construct one LNG carrier for KRW 331.3 billion ($250 million).
Danish container shipping major Maersk and IBM have decided to withdraw the TradeLens offerings and discontinue the platform. The blockchain-enabled shipping solution was created in 2018 with the aim of promoting more efficient and secure global trade, bringing together various parties to support in
Ivo Muller, quizmaster of Young IRO, hosts a pub quiz on The Stage. Young professionals are key in IRO’s mission to contribute to a future-proof and sustainable industry, which is why they are embracing the Young IRO initiative: a platform where the next generation of our industry can connect, learn
