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Royal Caribbean to debut fuel cell battery-hybrid cruise ship

Next summer, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE:RCL) is set to debut what it claims will be the cruise industry’s first hybrid powered ship, (though Norway’s Hurtigruten might quibble with that) as part its

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Carbon levy on shipping could be getting nearer

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) reports that an IMO working group session that concluded today has made progress on the issue of imposing some form of carbon levy on shipping. According

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Clarksons: Global port congestion reaches new highs

Port congestion isn’t just a containerships and California problem, it’s a global issue across a range of shipping sections and has now reached new highs according to the latest Clarksons Port Congestion

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Newsom issues executive order on port congestion

As the number of ships at anchor or in holding areas at San Pedro Bay continues at record highs, California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week issued an executive order aiming to tackle

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Duluth-Superior boosts box handling capabilities

Officials at the Port of Duluth-Superior announced today that Duluth’s Clure Public Marine Terminal now has the ability to handle significantly larger volumes of international shipping containers transported by vessel, in an

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Navy: Loss of Bonhomme Richard “completely preventable”

The U.S. Navy yesterday released two reports into the fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on July 12, 2020, that caused such extensive damage that it was subsequently decided to decommission

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The Heart of the Matter

Heart disease is running rampant throughout the United States. While over 600,000 people die of it annually, there are millions more who live “with” heart disease. These individuals fight every day to

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Port of Oakland: No congestion here

Officials at the Port of Oakland, Calif., are calling on shipping lines to route more to the port in the middle of supply chain crises elsewhere. The port says its marine terminals

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Wärtsilä and Solvang to retrofit vessel with carbon capture solution

Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment and Norwegian ship operator Solvang have agreed to carry out a full-scale pilot of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system retrofit installation on Solvang’s 21,000-cubic-meter ethylene carrier, Clipper

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FERRIES 2021: Pace Ralli to speak on first zero-carbon, hydrogen fuel cell ferry

Speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming FERRIES 2021 will include Pace Ralli, founder and CEO of SWITCH Maritime. On November 10, the second day of the conference, he will speak on the first

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