Nor-Shipping has announced that its 2023 event, taking place in Oslo and Lillestrøm, 6-9 June, will feature a dedicated offshore wind pavilion for the very first time. Hosted by specialist…
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Wärtsilä to focus on decarbonisation and collaboration at Nor-Shipping 2022
The technology group Wärtsilä will be present at this year’s edition of Nor-Shipping, which will take place from 4-7 April 2022 in Oslo, Norway. Wärtsilä’s President and CEO Håkan Agnevall…
https://gcaptain.com/wartsila-to-focus-on-decarbonisation-and-collaboration-at-nor-shipping-2022/
Editorial: Clusters For ONE Blue Ocean Economy
Editorial by Joshua Berger (Washington Maritime Blue) “There is just ONE Ocean”, Sir Peter Thompson, the UN’s Special Envoy to the Ocean reflected at this past February’s OECD Environmental Committee session on the topic. All of the globe’s ocean waters, resources, tributaries, impacts and...
Samsung Heavy debuts revolutionary VLCC design
South Korea’s top shipyards are busy developing the next generation of VLCC designs. At yesterday’s Nor-Shipping exhibition on the outskirts of Oslo, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) was awarded an approval in principle from British class society Lloyd’s Register for a novel LNG-fuelled VLCC design,...
https://splash247.com/samsung-heavy-debuts-revolutionary-vlcc-design/
K Line swoops for Seawing’s kite system
Announced on Thursday at Nor-Shipping, Japanese shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has decided to install a giant kite system onto one of its larger bulk carriers. The Seawing automated system, developed by Airseas, a company recently spun off from aviation major Airbus, will be mounted...
https://splash247.com/k-line-swoops-for-seawings-kite-system/
Fjord crossing another landmark en route to autonomous shipping
The path towards autonomous shipping has cruised passed another landmark moment this week during the Nor-Shipping exhibition near Oslo. Classification society DNV GL, automation systems vendor Høglund, ferry operator Fjord1, and the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) have completed the first...
https://splash247.com/fjord-crossing-another-landmark-en-route-to-autonomous-shipping/
IMO sets out to expose gender imbalance to drive change
Shipping’s gender imbalance has been a hot topic at this week’s Nor-Shipping event taking place in Norway with discussions centring on making the issue far more transparent to drive change. To this end, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) along with WISTA International has launched this...
https://splash247.com/imo-sets-out-to-expose-gender-imbalance-to-drive-change/
BHP Billiton chastises owners over carbon footprint ignorance
Dry bulk owners have received a public rebuke from one of the world’s largest miners for their ignorance of their own carbon footprint. Speaking during yesterday’s Asia session at the Nor-Shipping trade fair just outside Oslo, Rashpal Bhatti, a vice president at BHP Billiton, relayed how at another...
https://splash247.com/bhp-billiton-chastises-owners-over-carbon-footprint-ignorance/
Hyundai Heavy pushes ahead with LNG-fuelled VLCC with rotor sails
On Wednesday at Nor-Nor-Shipping Lloyd’s Register presented South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with approval in principle (AiP) for a very large crude carrier (VLCC) eco-tanker design, capable of using a combination of volatile organic compounds (VOC) mixed with LNG as fuel and...
https://splash247.com/hyundai-heavy-pushes-ahead-with-lng-fuelled-vlcc-with-rotor-sails/
Norway’s prime minister warns regulators will get tougher on shipping
Norway’s prime minister used the opening speech at Nor-Shipping today to urge shipping to pursue a more urgent, swift decarbonisation, warning regulators are going to get far tougher on the industry soon. Solberg, prime minister for the last six years, told delegates that it was vital to strike the...
https://splash247.com/norways-prime-minister-warns-regulators-will-get-tougher-on-shipping/