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First STS LNG bunkering conducted in Port of Rotterdam

Shell recently delivered its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering from its specialised LNG bunker vessel ‘Cardissa’. This operation marked a number of other firsts, as it fueled the Russian Sovcomflot’s vessel ‘Gagarin Prospect’, the world’s first LNG-fueled Aframax tanker. It was also the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering to take place in the Port of Rotterdam.

The fueling of the Gagarin Prospect with LNG is the first operation under the LNG fuel supply agreement between Shell and Sovcomflot signed...

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Ocean Cleanup gets green light to proceed to Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Ocean Cleanup announced that it has the ‘go’ to continue its journey to the the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and start cleaning plastics, after two weeks of tests in the Pacific.

The trials showed that U-shape installation attained sufficient speed through water, something that means that it can move faster than the plastics, thus being able to capture it. What is more, it will be able to reorient if wind and wave direction change, keeping a steady state.

Another important conclusion is the...

https://safety4sea.com/ocean-cleanup-gets-green-light-to-proceed-to-great-pacific-garbage-patch/

First 10 MW wind turbine launched in offshore wind history

Danish offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas announced it has launched the wind industry’s first commercially available double-digit wind turbine –the V164-10.0 MW, breaking the long-anticipated, double-digit barrier.

At the Global Wind Summit in Hamburg, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind officially announced that its V164 turbine platform has achieved a power rating of 10 MW.

What was unreachable before has become the new benchmark. In launching the V164-10.0 MW today, MHI Vestas is proud to...

https://safety4sea.com/first-10-mw-wind-turbine-launched-in-offshore-wind-history/

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