Maritime Magazine

Record de 107 transits en une seule journée au canal de Suez

Le canal de Suez a enregistré aujourd’hui un record pour le nombre de passages dans la voie navigable internationale, avec 107 navires passant dans les deux sens. Cela représente une augmentation de 15 % par rapport au mois précédent. L’Autorité du canal de Suez a transité le canal avec 7,3 millions de tonnes, 56 navires en direction

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World’s oceans polluted by estimated 170 trillion plastic particles

  According to a new study published on the plos.org research platform, the world’s oceans contain an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles which if assembled would weigh about 2.3 million tons. As well as the environmental disaster, there is the huge harm caused to marine life. International scientists examined data collected between 1979 and 2019

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HaiSea Marine celebrates naming of its green tug fleet

  HaiSea Marine, majority owned by Haisla Nation in partnership with Vancouver-based Seaspan ULC, has celebrated the official naming and blessing of its tug boat fleet – which includes the world’s first fully electric harbour tug boats, along with dual fuel (LNG and Diesel) escort tug boats. Once delivered, the green fleet will provide ship-assist

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AAPA rejects scenarios of Chinese ‘spy cranes’ at U.S. ports

  The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA has issued a statement rejecting  recent media reports that giant cranes sourced from China at U.S.  ports pose a national security threat. “There have been no known security breaches as the result of any cranes at U.S. ports, despite alarmist media reports,” the AAPA said. “Further, modern

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Ocean space occupied by offshore wind installations to grow five-fold by 2050

  Høvik, Norway – The collaboration between ocean industries will need to intensify for the rapid buildout of offshore wind and aquaculture to coexist sustainably with other industries and the ecosystem. According to DNV’s Spatial Competition Forecast, the amount of ocean space occupied by installations will grow 5-fold by 2050. This will be driven by

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Wärtsilä to deliver first CCS-Ready scrubber order for carbon capture

  The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä today announced it has received its first order for carbon capture and storage-ready scrubber systems – CCS-Ready scrubbers. The order was booked in Wärtsilä’s order intake in November 2022 and the delivery is expected to take place in 2023.  Four 8,200 TEU container vessels, being built at undisclosed Asian

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