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Grimaldi Group has placed an order valued at more than $400m with Chinese shipyard Jinling for the construction of six ro/ro vessels known as Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G), and...
Grimaldi Group has placed an order valued at more than $400m with Chinese shipyard Jinling for the construction of six ro/ro vessels known as Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G), and...
Vancouver is set for a cruise boom with Cunard, Viking Ocean and Azamara planning to offer Alaskan itineraries from the bustling west coast seaport in 2019. Frances Marcellin looks at...
More and more ships are turning hybrid or fully electric and increasingly rely on lithium batteries and energy storage as a power source. The technology has proven itself reliable and...
In this issue: The potential impact of a US China trade war on shipping, the Mayflower autonomous ship, the development of Nigeria’s shipping sector, Sweden’s efforts to decarbonise maritime transport,...
An average of 21 man overboard incidents occur on cruise ships every year. Up until now, there have been no internationally agreed requirements to evaluate the effectiveness of man overboard...
At the start of March, US President Donald Trump slapped a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% levy on aluminium shipments from China. With mounting fears of a...
The IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) has reinforced regulations requiring all ships to install ballast water management systems (BWMS). Dr Stelios Kyriacou, general manager of BALPURE® BWMS at De...
As the IMO presses on with the implementation of its 2020 sulphur cap, cruise operators need to ensure their fleets are prepared to adequately cut harmful emissions, either by implementing...
As the maritime industry is going through transformational change, it faces different risk exposures and a raft of new challenges. Sarah Stephens, partner and head of cyber at JLT Specialty,...
Nigeria’s Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has developed a comprehensive shipping industry forecast to help provide certainty to investors and identify future opportunities. But with piracy on the rise in...
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