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Russian state-backed Sovcomflot’s fleet is fully insured for internation trade, its CEO said last week.

At the Posidonia trade fair today, classification society DNV presented Pleiades Shipping with a certificate recognizing their new vessels as the first delivered to a Greek owner with the Cyber secure vessel notation. The presentation was a fitting milestone as DNV also celebrates 100 years of operation in Greece and topping 100 contracted vessels for ...

A new industry working group established with the purpose of updating the existing Industry Standard on Software Maintenance of Shipboard Equipment has kicked of its work and aims to submit its recommendations to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The work can help ensure that shipboard software updates happen in a standardized, secure, and systematic way, ...

China Classification Society (CCS) says China will ramp up the building of fully electric battery powered ships to operate on the country’s extensive inland waterways network following the successful maiden voyage of the CHANG JIANG SAN XIA 1, a 100m length cruise ship with the largest battery power in the world. The CHANG JIANG SAN ...

A new report from the MTF’s ‘Project Ammonia’ examines MTF members’ views on the applicable international safety regulatory framework for ammonia as a marine fuel and its future development MAY.04.2022. Houston. The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has today released a new report on the use of ammonia as a marine fuel. The preliminary discussion report ...

The club previously published a news item on the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) recommendation on cyber resilient ships. On 21 April 2022, IACS adopted two new Unified Requirements (URs) on the cyber resilience of ships. UR E26 aims to ensure the secure integration of both Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) equipment ...

INTERCARGO has launched the thirteenth edition of its Benchmarking Report, providing a unique and real time insight into safety standards in the dry bulk sector. A highlight of the Report was the finding that INTERCARGO members demonstrated improved performance compared with the industry both in terms of deficiencies and detentions, with nonmembers reporting more than ...

NEW YORK, N.Y., (April 27, 2022) –– Bureau Veritas today announced that the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) had approved its nomination as Certified Verification Agent (CVA) for the US Wind, Inc.

Korean Register (KR) Senior Surveyor, HA Seungman, has been awarded the prestigious Denny Medal from the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST). The renowned Denny Medal is awarded to the best paper published in the Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology (JMET) and the Journal of Operational Oceanography (JOO). Ha won the award ...

As part of its role in regulating the maritime sector in the UAE, the Maritime Administration at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Croatian Register of Shipping (CRS). As per the agreement, MOEI will recognise CRS to issue maritime statutory certificates and carry out all necessary survey ...