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Published Oct 17, 2024 1:48 PM by Jack O'Connell

  It’s a good year to be a cruiser. Or better yet, to own a cruise line. At the annual Seatrade Cruise Global convention back in April, the industry’s largest, the mood was celebratory with record attendance, a record number of exhibits and record enthusiasm. “Happy Days Are Here Again” was the unmistakable message, and we couldn’t agree more. The industry is on a roll. No more pandemic. No more masks. No more vax checks or Covid tests. No more...

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Fire aboard the aging LPG carrier Captain Nikolas, which was allegedly carrying a sanctioned Iranian cargo (Bangladeshi social media)

Chittagong Vessel Fires Raise Questions About Sanctions and Safety

Published Oct 16, 2024 11:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

After three fires involving four ships in two weeks, port stakeholders in Chittagong are having serious conversations about local firefighting capacity - and whether it makes sense to import sanctioned energy cargoes aboard questionable vessels.  Last weekend, a major fire broke out aboard two LPG carriers during an allegedly illegal ship-to-ship transfer off Kutubdia, Chittagong. The Captain Nikolas was offloading its cargo to a Bangladeshi lighterage vessel, the B-LPG Sophia, when a fire broke out aboard both vessels. All 31...

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UK Tries to Prevent "Fire-Rehire" Outsourcing of British Mariners' Jobs

Published Oct 16, 2024 9:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The United Kingdom government is cracking down on rogue employers with a new bill that is designed to protect seafarers from exploitation and unfair practices. The new Employment Rights Bill contains another attempt to prevent a repeat of the 2022 unilateral sacking of about 800 seafarers by P&O Ferries, among many other provisions. While it has many facets, the bill is particularly keen on protecting seafarers by introducing a measure that will end ‘fire and rehire’ practices except where...

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Singapore Wants to Buy a Battery-Electric, Autonomous Patrol Craft

Published Oct 16, 2024 9:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Singapore has unveiled a project to build a one-of-a-kind electric patrol craft (e-PC), a development that is part of efforts to decarbonize and digitalize operations. The country is implementing projects to ensure that by 2030, all new harbor crafts operating in its territorial waters are fully electric, capable of using B100 biofuel or compatible with clean fuels such as hydrogen. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has issued an expression of interest for the design and development of...

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Russia's USC Wants to Explore for Oil Under Arctic Ice Using Robots

  As Russia intensifies the development of its vast petroleum resources in the Arctic, the state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has revealed a proposed design for an advanced underwater robot system that is intended to operate under the ice. The design is part of USC’s Project Iceberg, which is intended to allow year-round development of offshore oil and gas in the Arctic. The underwater robot system consists of deep-sea geological drilling rigs, capable of drilling wells and obtaining core sample at sea...

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Singapore Wants to Buy a Battery-Electric, Autonomous Patrol Craft

  Singapore has unveiled a project to build a one-of-a-kind electric patrol craft (e-PC), a development that is part of efforts to decarbonize and digitalize operations. The country is implementing projects to ensure that by 2030, all new harbor crafts operating in its territorial waters are fully electric, capable of using B100 biofuel or compatible with clean fuels such as hydrogen. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has issued an expression of interest for the design and development of...

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Carbon Price for UK Shipping Could Raise $1.3B Per Year

  As the UK’s Labor government prepares to present its first budget on October 30, the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has traced out opportunities for new revenue from the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). In an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, T&E supported inclusion of all domestic and 50 percent of UK international shipping to the national ETS. The NGO says that the resulting revenues - in excess of $1.3 billion per...

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Younger vessels like this 2012-built bulker will be up for a RightShip inspection next year (Farid Mernissi / CC BY SA 4.0)

Intercargo Objects to RightShip Safety Inspections on Younger Bulkers

  Vessel quality platform RightShip has decided to start requiring physical inspections of bulkers much sooner in a vessel's lifespan if owners wish to qualify for the firm's benchmark rating. The company cited the rising average age of the bulker fleet, "clear evidence of risks with aging vessels," and continued safety issues in the sector - but bulker owners' association Intercargo strongly disagrees with the decision.  RightShip sees a wide gap in safety metrics between the bulker fleet and other vessel...

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