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India: ONGC eyes offshore wind energy projects
India’s largest oil and gas producer ONGC (NSE 3.00 %) is eyeing generating electricity from wind at its vast offshore acreage as it looks to augment its renewable energy portfolio, its chairman Subhash Kumar said. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has oil and gas fields both in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. That experience of operating in shallow and deep-sea is now being tapped to set up wind turbines to generate electricity that could be wired to land... -Economic TimesPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement looks to slash shipping emissions through behavioural science
Hamburg-based ship manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has stepped up its decarbonising efforts by exerting behavioural science and the latest technology to improve the fuel efficiency of its managed fleet. BSM has teamed up with London-based software startup Signol to explore how giving personalised performance feedback to its masters and chief engineers can positively impact their behaviour in selecting the optimum speed for the vessel and ultimately lead to more fuel-efficient voyages... -Splash 247Posted On:31-Aug-2021
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Philippines: Manning group asks Duterte to lift travel cap for seafarers
Licensed manning agencies (LMAs) have elevated their appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to help bring home thousands of Filipinos seafarers, many of them already fatigued from serving beyond their contracts on board international vessels. The Association of Licensed Manning Agencies or ALMA Maritime Group made the urgent appeal to the Chief Executive after its earlier letter—requesting an increase in inbound flight passenger limits as well as in quarantine facilities—had fallen largely on deaf ears... -manilastandard.netPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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World’s Largest Containership Transits Suez Canal -Photos
The world’s largest container ship based on capacity completed its first transit on the Suez Canal on August 28. Because of her large size and because it is the maiden voyage of the vessel, it garnered extra attention and special handling from the Suez Canal Authority. With a rated capacity of 23,992 TEU, she has the largest carrying capacity of any containership, approximately 30 more TEU than the HMM Algeciras and her sister ships which have been transiting the canal since 2020... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:31-Aug-2021
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Singapore to offer Covid-19 vaccines to non-resident foreign seafarers
Eligible, non-resident foreign seafarers will have the option of receiving Covid-19 vaccinations in Singapore starting on Monday (Aug 30), said Senior Minister of State for Transport Chee Hong Tat. The Sea Crew Vaccination Initiative (Seavax) will offer Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty or Moderna vaccines to crew who stay for more than 30 days and who work in the supply of essential goods or ferrying passengers... -The Straits TimesPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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Record-breaking 44 container ships stuck off California coast
Forty-four freight ships are stuck awaiting entry into California’s two largest ports, the highest number recorded since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Marine Exchange of Southern California reported on Saturday. The queue is a result of the labor shortage, COVID-19-related disruptions, and holiday-buying surges... -Business InsiderPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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Japan to first test autonomous maritime vessel in 2022
In just two decades from now, half of all domestic ships that ply Japan’s coastal waters could be piloting themselves. That is the ambitious goal of the Nippon Foundation. Its goal is for unmanned ships to make up 50% of Japan’s local fleet by 2040. Japan’s largest shipping company, Nippon Yusen KK, plans to own a container ship. pilot from Tokyo Bay to Ise in February. The 380-kilometer trip will be the world’s first test of an autonomous ship in an area with heavy maritime traffic... -Market Research TelecastPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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Australia: Landing a dream job in naval shipbuilding
Wessels Botha has found his dream job, working as part of the Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Enterprise as an integrated logistics specialist engineer for Luerssen Australia. Combining his love for the ocean and passion for design, Mr Botha studied Marine and Offshore Systems Engineering at the Australian Maritime College (AMC)... -Defence NewsPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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71% of 2021 s Large Container Ship Orders Will Come With a Scrubber
Some 71% of the large container ships ordered so far this year will be equipped with a scrubber. Of the 168 ships of 11,800 TEU or more ordered in 2021, 117 will have a scrubber equipped directly by the shipyard, shipping industry body BIMCO said in a note on its website last week, citing data from Clarksons. "Fitting a scrubber to your newbuild proved popular," Peter Sand, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO, said in the statement... -Ship & BunkerPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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Port of Rotterdam: Checks on lashing at sea from 1 September
From 1 September, the Harbour Master’s division of the Port of Rotterdam Authority will effectively enforce in the event of violations of the new regulations of the Port Regulations regarding lashing at sea. This means violators may be booked. Since April, it has been prohibited for all seagoing vessels to lash or release containers and other goods while at sea. Until now, the Port Authority limited itself to providing information... -Bunker Ports NewsPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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Hurricane Ida Slams Critical U.S. Oil Port As It Makes Landfall
Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday as a Category 4 storm near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, lashing critical U.S. oil infrastructure with winds up to 150 miles per hour (240 km per hour). The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), the largest privately-owned crude terminal in the United States, paused deliveries ahead of the storm after forecasts indicated possible impacts to its operational areas... -gCaptainPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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EVER container ship accident in Rio de la Plata, Uruguay
Container ship EVER LIFTING contacted Uruguay MRCC in the afternoon Aug 29 and reported man overboard, some 12 nm south of Pirapolis Uruguay, east of Montevideo. SAR was launched with deployment of helicopter, boats from nearby ports including Navy minesweeper, and EVER LIFTING. Understood lost crew wasn’t found, but as of morning Aug 30, search was still under way... -FleetmonPosted On:31-Aug-2021
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