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Fire Detection on Offshore Platforms: Smoke, Heat, Flame, and Gas
Firefighting Systems On an offshore platform, detection has to work before there is a fire. The system is watching for gas, not flame, because by the time something is burning the useful window has already closed. That inverts how detection…
Workforce & TrainingFinding and Verifying Offshore TechniciansWorkforce & Training The hard part of staffing an offshore scope is rarely finding people who can do the work. It is finding people whose certific…
Trading & MarketsWhy Bunker Prices Differ From Port to PortTrading & Markets Two ships bunkering the same grade on the same day, in ports a few hundred miles apart, can pay materially different prices. Cru…
HSE & ComplianceIMO Compliance Advisory: Four Streams, Three AuthoritiesHSE & Compliance "IMO compliance" is sold as a single service, which is misleading. It covers at least four distinct regulatory streams with diffe…
DNV: Efficiency Measures Are Shipping’s Best Bet for GHG Reduction
The delay in adoption of the IMO's Net Zero Framework (NZF) has changed the outlook for low-emissions shipping, and DNV's annual Forecast to 2050 report reflects the new reality: fuel efficiency and…
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Photos: Russian Commercial Fishing Vessel Sinks at the Dock in Montevideo
The authorities suspect that an error while transferring fuel aboard the Russian-flagged commercial fishing vessel Alpa Crux caused it to lose stability and sink at its dock in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH’s Oceania
Fincantieri and Oceania Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, marked the float-out of the first of a new generation of cruise ships as NCLH moves forward with a strategy to…
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Another Tanker Struck in Strait of Hormuz
Reports say the attack caused a fire on the vessel transiting the Middle East waterway
Read more →Hanwha Shipping Takes Delivery of Tanker as Fleet Construction Accelerates
The U.S.-based Hanwha Shipping, established in 2024, marked its next key milestone with the naming and delivery of its first VLCC tanker.
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