Japanese Shipping Giant Agrees To Jointly Investigate Offshore Floating Wind
Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has agreed with Edinburgh-based developer Flotation Energy to jointly evaluate floating offshore wind opportunities in Japan, which has set a 45 GW offshore wind by 2040.
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Will Immunization Protect Against Serious Illness?
The Omicron variant of Covid-19 appears to be reinfecting people at three times the rate of previous strains, experts in South Africa have said, as public health officials and scientists from around the...
Panama Canal To Charge GHG Emission Fee!
Panama Canal announces greenhouse gas emissions fee, reports Splash247.
About the emission fee
Speaking this week at the AAPA Latino conference in Colombia, Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales announced the authority’s plan to implement a...
What It Will Take To Make the World’s Ships Run On Time?
A recently published news article by James Stavridis, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist reveals about what it will take to make the world's ships run on time.
He is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former...
Artec Vida Launches A New Feeder Vessel Design
Small UK-based engineering firm Artec Vida has launched a feeder vessel design it believes will revolutionise the shortsea feeder market.
It would reduce vessel emissions by up to 85%, according to CEO Graham...
ABS Awards Sustainability Notations To Harvey Gulf OSVs
ABS has awarded the SUSTAIN-1 notation to two Harvey Gulf International Marine offshore support vessels.
The notation recognizes how the vessels’ design and operation is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).
A pair...
Omicron Outbreak Prompts Singapore To Impose Seafarer Restrictions
The outbreak of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, has now led Singapore's port authority, Maritime and Port Authorities (MPA), to impose new restrictions in connection with crew changes in the Asian shipping hub, the...
Omicron To Push Supply Chain Turmoil into Backsliding
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is concerned the Omicron coronavirus variant will exacerbate pressure on the already stressed-out global supply chain, reports CNN.
Shortage of workers
Raimondo pointed to the shortage of workers impacting a range of...
Why Is This COVID Antiviral Drug Blocked by The U.S. Health Advisors?
A panel of U.S. health advisors on Tuesday narrowly backed a closely watched COVID-19 pill from Merck, setting the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home...
MOL Spends Profits To Diversify Revenues
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Japan’s largest shipowner by fleet numbers, is investing some of its profits made during a bumper 2021, to diversify revenues, including upping its exposure to real estate, reads an official...