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Only nine shipyards of the 26 on the EU list of approved recycling facilities are realistically open for ship recycling – and only three of those are capable of recycling a Panamax size vessel, according to the findings of a…
Tuesday, 09 April 2019
The UK oil and gas exploration company Corallian Energy says it has found "substantial oil reserves” beneath the Dorset coastal site. The firm began assessing the area – known as the Colter Prospect – within the bay in February. After…
Monday, 08 April 2019
Special police and military units have taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by more than 100 migrants – days after it had rescued them from the sea off the Libyan coast. The intervention took place as the Turkish-registered…
Monday, 08 April 2019
Groupe Beneteau has confirmed its interest in the Neoline project for the transatlantic transportation of its boats to the US. Neoline is currently developing an energy-efficient transatlantic transport line which will use cargo sailing ships specialising in rolling and oversized…
Thursday, 04 April 2019
A German-owned cargo ship has been detained off Australia after the crew complained of poor working conditions, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Anna Elisabeth is owned by the German shipping firm Johann MK Blumenthal, and union…
Thursday, 04 April 2019
Marine technology company ABB is to supply integrated power and electric storage solutions to the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration’s new ferry that will take 3,600 annual trips in the rough waters between Landeyjahöfn on the mainland and the Westman…
Wednesday, 03 April 2019
Enormous concrete storage units that Shell wants to abandon in the North Sea contain radioactive waste which campaigners fear will eventually leach into the surrounding water, according to a report in The Independent. The newspaper says that European authorities are…
Monday, 11 March 2019
Estonia-based shipping company Tallink Grupp is set to form a partnership with Fleetrange, researchers from the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) and Aalto University to develop autonomous ship navigation techniques. Funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), the research project…
Wednesday, 06 February 2019
The Netherlands based offshore services provider Vryhof and its mooring business Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) have announced the signing of a multi-year agreement with offshore drilling company Diamond Offshore. Under the terms of the deal, DSM says it will provide…
Monday, 04 February 2019
China says it has built the world's first robotic, partially submersible boat for launching sounding rockets — a technology that will help meteorologists better understand the atmosphere over Earth's oceans. Officially classified as an ‘unmanned semisubmersible vehicle’, the new vessel…
Friday, 01 February 2019
Turkey, one of the five major ship recycling countries in the world, has acceded to the IMO Hong Kong Convention, the treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling. The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound…
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Marine Professional is the IMarEST’s membership magazine and is available in print and online.
With a strong news analysis focus, each issue looks at the trends emerging within the marine sector and aims to enhance understanding of the complex technical intersections between the maritime, offshore and science agendas.
