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• 21 December 19 The EU’s goal for LNG terminals in all core ports included in the EU’s TEN-T before 2025 The market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is about to undergo a dramatic expansion. Today, there are about 30 LNG terminals in Europe and more are planned. This will increase the fuel supply and... Read more ›
• 20 December 19 The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA): the new 5-year strategy for 2020-2024 EMSA’s new 5-year strategy 2020-2024 has just been published.     The strategy hinges around five priority areas – sustainability, safety, security, simplification and surveillance – and the four key functions of service provider,... Read more ›
• 20 December 19 Lloyd’s Register’s Certification Validates Wärtsilä Marine’s Cyber-Security Measures The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded Lloyd’s Register (LR) system-level cyber certification for its network architecture relating to Wärtsilä’s integrated main and auxiliary machinery. Image Credits: wartsila.com The LR’s ShipRight SAFE AL2 certification,... Read more ›
• 13 December 19 The analysis of the European fleet size fueled by LNG   One of the Products of the TDI RETE LNG Project is the T2.1.2. concerning the analysis of LNG demand, within the Program area. In this regard, in the past few months, was carried... Read more ›
• 12 December 19 IMO at UN climate change conference – committed to cutting ship emissions IMO has presented its latest work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping to the UN climate change conference (COP 25) in Spain (2-13 December). IMO’s initial GHG strategy   It contains a commitment to... Read more ›
• 07 December 19 The Global project of Glolitter launched to tackle plastic litter from ships and fisheries A new global project to prevent and reduce marine plastic litter from shipping and fisheries has been launched today (5 December) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of... Read more ›
• 05 December 19 19th Vessel Efficiency & Fuel Management Summit was held on 27th and 28th November 2019 in London Over the two days, the event provided an in-depth look into fleet and fuel performance through case studies, interactive sessions and panel discussions led by other leading industry experts. This event focused specifically on... Read more ›
• 04 December 19 Boosting data-sharing to improve Short Sea Shipping Performance: Evidence from Limassol port calls analysis Written by: Mikael Lind et al.* Article No. 35 There is no standard, unequivocal definition of Short Sea Shipping (SSS). However, the European... Read more ›
• 03 December 19 Cyber-MAR EU funded H2020 project: WMU Contributes to preparing for emerging and future cyber-attacks Cyber-MAR EU funded H2020 project: WMU Contributes to prepare for emerging and future cyber-attacks. Cyber-MAR is an effort to fully unlock the value of the use of cyber range in the maritime logistics value chain via... Read more ›
• 02 December 19 The Annual Overview of Marine Casualties and Incidents – reported by the EU Member States in European EMCIP Platform With 3174 occurrences reported in 2018, the total number of occurrences recorded in the EMCIP database has grown to over 23000 representing an average of 3239 marine casualties or incidents per year over the past five... Read more ›