General News

A consortium of European shipbuilders has announced a new cooperative initiative to develop and demonstrate a connected vessel platform.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) signed a deal in Singapore to collaborate on an industry-first autonomous navigation system for deepsea commercial operations with ST Engineering Electronics and Mitsui.

The Leading Maritime Capitals 2019 report has been released, showing that Singapore has maintained its position as leader.

A successful International Maritime Organization (IMO) project promoted by Norway to establish a maritime ‘single window’ in Antigua and Barbuda has been completed – and the source code for the system will…

Germany headquartered classification society DNV GL has been appointed as the lead researcher of the first phase of a new Singapore-based programme to study the feasibility of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D…

Classification society ABS has established the ABS Global Sustainability Center with a mission to help maritime transition to a sustainable, lower emissions industry. Located in Singapore, the facility will the flagship of…

BIMCO is calling for a clearer pathway for Asian shipyards to be added to the EU approved list of recycling facilities, and for EU based recycling facilities to subject to inspections.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) have signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance cooperation.

BunkerMetric and 20|20 Marine Energy have announced that chemical tanker company, MOL Nordic Tankers, has extended its trial of the BunkerPlanner marine fuel analysis tool to its whole global fleet.