Innovation & technology
New Propeller Technology Developed for Reducing Underwater Radiated Noise
The patented Oscar PressurePoresÔ system reduces propeller tip vortex cavitation by applying a small number...
Events
Climate Change
Climate Change: Plastic to be Replaced By Paperboard to Reduce Climate Impact
Replacing plastic with a non-fossil material is a clear trend, not...
Oil spill
Oil Spill: Containment, Recovery and Consequences
Oil spills are considered one of the major forms of pollution,...
Environmental compliance
Heddle Marine And Thordon Bearings Team Up to Convert Ships to Pollution Free Propeller Shaft Lines
The agreement will create an action plan in which a specialist...
Anti Piracy
Sea Piracy: The Impact on Seafarers and Their Families
Modern-day pirates may not wear an eye patch or wave a sword in your face,...
Ballast water
To Verify Ballast Water Treatment Systems Commissioning, MEPC73 Places Luminultra’s B-Qua in Pole Position
Until now, there was no requirement to prove that treated waters were compliant with the...
Marine Pollution
Towards A Clean Future With Green Shipping
Low-sulphur ship fuel, decarbonisation, ballast water management: Stricter international emission limits have moved environment protection...
News
New Propeller Technology Developed for Reducing Underwater Radiated Noise
The patented Oscar PressurePoresÔ system reduces propeller tip vortex cavitation by applying a small number...
Threatened Bat and Marine Species Granted Protection under CMS
Good news for the bats and some marine species because the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) has recently granted them protected...
Support Wildlife and Marine Conservation Efforts by Volunteers
Over the past 40 years, the Earth has already lost half of its wildlife, according to WWF. The planet is in...
Climate Change: What Does It Mean For Marine Life?
Climate change has had a startling effect on the rising temperatures of the oceans. Scientists predict that water temperatures will hit...
Living Underwater: A Possibility?
For years people have looked up at the sky and wondered what it would be like to travel into space. The...
MacGregor to Deliver Another Eight Complete Hatch Cover Sets to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
These build on contracts secured earlier this year to supply 18 hatch cover sets for the same series of containerships, bringing...
Thordon Retrofits Solves Navenor’s Bearing Problems
Thordon Bearings has completed a range of water-lubricated and grease-free bearing installations to a third salt lugger in the Salinor/Navenor fleet,...
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen Supporting Construction of Offshore Substation
The Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm, owned by Northland Power, will be an impressive wind farm with 33 turbines, situated 95...
HullWiper In Partnership With SCAMP Expands Into Gibraltar
The agreement marks the latest expansion under HullWiper’s global leasing programme, introduced in 2017, to work with partners worldwide to offer...
Sea Piracy: The Impact on Seafarers and Their Families
Modern-day pirates may not wear an eye patch or wave a sword in your face, but they are more real and...
Piracy: The Face Of A Modern Pirate
Say the word pirate to anyone these days and many would automatically think of Captain Hook, arch nemesis of Peter Pan,...
Anti Piracy: Seychelles – Paradise Under Attack by Pirates
By Lilly Black Seychelles has long had a reputation for being a honeymooner’s paradise. Beautiful beaches, palm trees, year round sunlight...
Panel Proposes New Jobs to Root Out Piracy
Piracy is the by-product of unemployment and disregard faced by entire generations of young men and women in Somalia, according to...