Apple released a “Mother Nature” ad touting its 2020 promise to bring its entire carbon footprint to net zero by 2030. The ad shows the Apple environmental team giving Mother Nature a status report. In one moment, an Apple team member says, “I’m proud to report that we’re shipping more products by ocean rather than …
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The Genoa based shipping group Ignazio Messina & C. records today the acquisition of a new full-container vessel, already renamed “Jolly Oro”, that will operate side by side with the recently acquired sister vessel “Jolly Argento”, thus confirming the strategy of a progressive strengthening on the market of the full container units. The “Jolly Oro”, …
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UKSA is reporting its Further Education student intake for September 2023 is its highest on record, increasing 20 per cent on 2022 figures, with 71 per cent from those living on the Isle of Wight. The world’s largest RYA centre and UK maritime charity has 56 students enrolled on its Maritime Foundation course alongside 28 …
Maritime digitalisation leader calls for greater data integration and analytics in the offshore sector as new white paper showcases opportunities for substantial fuel savings and emissions reductions. Marseille, France – 21 September 2023 – A new white paper published by maritime performance management expert Opsealog has shed light on the central role of data in …
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The dust has yet to settle after the UK’s Prime Minister laid out changes in net-zero policies with the aim of lessening the alleged burden imposed on British people by costly vehicle and home upgrades. The amended approach to net-zero and incoming reactions to it open up a whole new can of worms. Did Britain …
General trading company Itochu Corporation and marine fuels supplier Peninsula Petroleum have executed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the joint development of ammonia bunkering in Spain. Illustration only; Archive; Courtesy of Peninsula Petroleum Itochu stated that, together with Peninsula and future partners, it aims to establish a global ammonia supply chain by promoting the …
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Wintershall Dea Norge, a subsidiary of Germany’s oil and gas company Wintershall Dea, has secured a drilling permit from Norway’s authorities to spud a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs. Transocean Norge; Source: Transocean The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) disclosed on Friday, September 22, 2023, that it had granted Wintershall …
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El barco atracado el 17 y 18 de septiembre en el Moll de Catalunya tiene instalada una tecnología basada en el ahorro de combustible y emisiones CO2 El barco tiene instaladas 3 velas mecánicas compuestas de cilindros altos que, cuando se giran, aprovechan la energía renovable del viento para propulsar el barco El sistema que …
In a show of collective dissent, hundreds of employees of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) rallied on Tuesday to protest against the proposed partial sale of the company to the Swiss container shipping giant, MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company). HHLA / Thies Rätzke The demonstrators marched from the HHLA headquarters in the historic Speicherstadt district …
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Norway’s energy giant Equinor, on behalf of Aker BP, is in the process of concluding the drilling of an exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea after the well turned out to be dry. Deepsea Stavanger rig; Source: Odfjell Drilling The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) gave Aker BP consent for exploration …
