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IRClass Academy Advances Port Security Capacity with Fourth CISF Training on Port Security Awareness

Cleaner Seas April 4, 2026

IRCLASS Academy, a premier maritime and security training institution, successfully conducted the fourth batch of its specialised training programme for personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), reinforcing its commitment to strengthening maritime security and capacity building

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Critical Undersea Infrastructure at Risk: Industry Warns of Repair Gaps in Europe’s Digital and Energy Networks

Cleaner Seas August 12, 2025

[11 August 2025] – Europe’s subsea cable infrastructure, the backbone of its digital economy and energy transition, is facing mounting risks from geopolitical tension, climate impacts, and lack of preparedness. In a joint position statement, the European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA) and the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) have warned that

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Ahead of 2020, VeriFuel Urges Cooperation and Transparency Across The Marine Fuel Supply Chain

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

To mitigate the risks of an increasingly fragmented and complex bunkering marketplace, VeriFuel is calling on the industry to work together more effectively to find solutions that support the smooth transition to new fuels.

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Adoption of Green Technologies Can Slash Ship Operation Costs

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Thordon Bearings will present a paper at a major conference in Copenhagen, next week, where the polymer bearings specialist will emphasise how the adoption of green technologies can slash ship operation costs.

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Thordon Bearings Joins International Windship Association as a Full Associate Member

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Thordon Bearings has joined a growing number of organisations to have signed up as a full associate member of the International Windship Association (IWSA), the organisation established to facilitate and promote the economic and environmental advantages of wind propulsion across the shipping industry.

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Hull Biofouling: Subsea Industries Welcomes Tau Research

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

According to recent research published by Tel Aviv University’s School of Zoology, half the ships passing along the Mediterranean coast of Israel are carrying invasive ascidians, presenting a global threat to ecosystems around the world.

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MITAGS-PMI Gap-Closing Training, STCW Manila

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Linthicum Heights, Maryland-Glen Paine, Executive Director of MITAGS-PMI announced that the institute has published its STCW Gap-Closing Schedule, which goes through March 2017.

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Part of Believed Tsunami Shipwreck Found Off Oregon Coast

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Part of believed tsunami Shipwreck sighted near the Oregon Coast.

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Wreck Removal Convention Enters into Force

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

The Nairobi International Wreck Removal Convention enters into force.

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CO2 Emissions And The False Solutions

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

The rising levels of CO2 emissions that are within the planet’s atmosphere are beginning to cause something known as ocean acidification.