ClassNK and 22 industry players kick off studying ammonia as an alternative marine fuel

ClassNK and 22 industry players kick off studying ammonia as an alternative marine fuel

Industry players set up “Joint Study” framework for studying common issues on ammonia as an alternative marine fuel, to get ready to IMO’s decarbonization targets, including energy, mining, power utility, chemical, terminal, shipping, shipbuilding, manufacture, bunkering, and classification society.

Parties of total 23 companies including ClassNK have entered into a memorandum of understanding on joint...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/11/classnk-and-22-industry-players-kick-off-studying-ammonia-as-an-alternative-marine-fuel/

Marlink Group closes the transaction on ITC Global

Marlink Group closes the transaction on ITC Global

Within the Marlink Group, ITC Global will focus on Energy and high-end customers who need specific and complex managed network solutions.

ITC Global joins the Marlink Group, strengthening its leading position as provider of smart network solutions on land and at sea

Oslo/Paris/Houston TX, 03 May 2021: On Friday April 30, Marlink Group, the leading provider of smart network solutions, closed the transaction of acquiring ITC Global, strengthening...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/03/marlink-group-closes-the-transaction-on-itc-global/

Do Shipping Markets gain substance with today’s mini rise? Perplexed geopolitics amid Covid-19’s uncertainty.

Do Shipping Markets gain substance with today’s mini rise? Perplexed geopolitics amid Covid-19’s uncertainty.

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained 19 points and now stands at 1,134. In the Geopolitical arena everybody is preoccupied for a certain war. Coronavirus anathema is teaching us the harsh reality. John Faraclas’ brief daily recap:

The Capes’ BCI was up 16 points and now stand at 1,430…

The Panamaxes’ BPI surpassed the 1,300 points and now reads 1,326 – up 35!

Supras’ BSI “finally” did it and...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/11/20/do-shipping-markets-gain-substance-with-todays-mini-rise-perplexed-geopolitics-amid-covid-19s-uncertainty/

The International Marine Minerals Society’s 49th Annual UNDERWATER MINERALS CONFERENCE (UMC) 2020 Starts in 2 Days

The International Marine Minerals Society’s 49th Annual UNDERWATER MINERALS CONFERENCE (UMC) 2020 Starts in 2 Days

REGISTRATION FOR THE 5 DAY VIRTUAL EVENT IS NOW AT A SPECIAL LAST-MINUTE RATE OF $99 (MEMBERS), $159 (NON-MEMBERS)

World Ocean Council (WOC) is Collaborating with IMMS for This Year’s UMC, the World’s Oldest and Largest High-Level Gathering of Ocean Mineral Stakeholders 27 Sept – 2 Oct

25 September 2020

For more information and to register: https://www.underwaterminerals.org/
Program...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/25/the-international-marine-minerals-societys-49th-annual-underwater-minerals-conference-umc-2020-starts-in-2-days/

U.S. Plans To Legalize Mining on The Moon

  • American administration plans to mine the moon for valuable regolith.
  • Nicknamed NASA’s Artemis program U.S.-led international agreement about using the moon for materials.
  • Artemis Accords are meant to help cement both America’s plans to put a station on the moon.
  • It also identifies the role of space travel it will play in international diplomacy.
  • Plans to establish neutral zones to prevent diplomatic and commercial disagreements.
  • No one owns the moon and no one specific owner country can...

https://mfame.guru/u-s-plans-to-legalize-mining-on-the-moon/

TGP delivers pink modules to the red continent

TGP delivered 62 pink modules, weighing 68,000 freight tons, to a mining site near Newman, Australia


TGP delivers pink modules to the red continent
Paddock Wood, Kent, 15 August 2019: Over 60,000 freight tonnes of pink cargo – it’s quite a sight and not one heavy lift specialists are used to encountering. But the Trans Global Projects Group (TGP), a UK-based international project logistics specialist, welcomed the chance to recently deliver the uniquely coloured shipment to a mining site in...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/15/tgp-delivers-pink-modules-to-the-red-continent/

Fisheries and environmental organisations issue joint call for moratorium on deep-sea mining

NOAA stunning octopod: credits to Bruce Strickrott Expedition to the Deep Slope

Fisheries and environmental organisations issue joint call for moratorium on deep-sea mining

Seas At Risk and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) welcome the call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in international waters by the Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council (LDAC) of the European Union. In calling for a moratorium, the LDAC highlighted concerns by scientists, the fishing industry and environmental...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/28/fisheries-and-environmental-organisations-issue-joint-call-for-moratorium-on-deep-sea-mining/

Copper’s green future is brighter than diamonds for Canada and US explorer Dunnedin Ventures

Chief executive Claudia Tornquist.

Copper’s green future is brighter than diamonds for Canada and US explorer Dunnedin Ventures

By James Brewer

Claudia Tornquist heads a minerals exploration company with a diamond resource that could eventually yield sparkling results, but for now the business is switching the focus to drilling for one of the most basic of base metals: copper.

This is because copper has become an impressive performer in the commodity markets, thanks to its take-up for many of the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/10/coppers-green-future-is-brighter-than-diamonds-for-canada-and-us-explorer-dunnedin-ventures/

Chatham Rock Phosphate joins WOC

WOC – the Global Blue Economy Business Organization – Continues to Grow with the Addition of Chatham Rock Phosphate, a Leading Responsible Marine Mining Company

9 January 2019

Chatham Rock Phosphate is building on its commitment to responsible marine mining by joining the World Ocean Council (WOC), the international business leadership alliance for “Corporate Ocean Responsibility”.

Based in New Zealand, Chatham Rock Phosphate aims to be the premier supplier of direct application phosphate to the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/09/chatham-rock-phosphate-joins-woc/