| Aurora Expeditions reveals new expedition ship | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 16, 2017 11:24 |
| | US-based shipbuilder SunStone Ships has teamed up with Australia’s Aurora Expeditions to create a design for the cruise operator’s first purpose-built expedition vessel. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Commitment to Diver Training Underpins Las Palmas Repair Success | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 16, 2017 11:11 |
| | After delays of almost two weeks following an unsuccessful repair to the hull of a 180m bulk carrier that ran aground offshore Las Palmas, Spain, Hydrex Underwater Technologies was approached to get the vessel sailing again. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Norwegian Star breaks down again | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 15, 2017 20:53 |
| | Norwegian Star has broken down off the coast of Australia after suffering a failure of its propulsion system for a second time. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| ICS Commits Shipping to Ambitious CO2 Reduction Objectives | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 15, 2017 20:49 |
| | At its AGM in Istanbul, ICS has agreed to urge the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to adopt some dramatic CO2 reduction objectives – on behalf of the international shipping sector as a whole – in order to match the ambition of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Canada introduces law to ban tankers off north British Columbia | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 14, 2017 13:24 |
| | Canada's Liberal government has introduced legislation for a moratorium on oil tanker traffic along the northern coast of the British Columbia province, the country's transport department said on Friday, delivering on an election promise. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| German passenger ship revamped after fire | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 14, 2017 13:20 |
| | The 38.9m former excursion ship 'Adler Express', rendered largely useless by extensive smoke damage in a fire in Hamburg last year, has now been completely renovated and given a new lease of life. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| The Baptism of two LHM 800 cranes | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 12, 2017 08:45 |
| | Four years after Montecon charged Liebherr Maritime Cranes with designing and creating two new mobile harbour cranes, able to reach up to 22 rows of containers - a feat of dockside logistics never seen before - the project has been completed. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems tested in real time for multipurpose missions | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 11, 2017 10:09 |
| | A demonstration is being held on 11 May in Huelva, Spain, to show the potential of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) as valuable maritime surveillance tools in operational scenarios for multipurpose missions, including pollution monitoring, border control, illegal fishing detection, anti-drug trafficking, and search and rescue. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Swedish owners face triple lock on LNG | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 11, 2017 09:38 |
| | A lack of infrastructure, a lack of financing and a lack of a ready market represent a triple lock for Swedish tanker owners pioneering the use of LNG fuel. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Border Control and Migration Fatalities in the Mediterranean Sea | 1 year 6 months ago | | Added: May 11, 2017 09:16 |
| | The tragedy of the migrant and refugee boat, reportedly carrying around 600 people, that capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Rosetta, Egypt in September 2016 was another dramatic scene to be added to the numerous and overwhelming images of migrants crammed on boats, risking their lives while crossing to Europe for the hope of a better life. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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