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SEALNG LNG Sector Knowledge Broadens With The Addition Of Exeno Yamamizu Corporation & Fearnleys AS

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

SEALNG, the multi-sector industry coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel, announced that it has welcomed Exeno Yamamizu Corporation (Yamamizu) & Fearnleys AS as the first shipbroking companies to join its membership coalition.

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Technical And Material Impact on Shipowners as High-Sulphur Fuel Ban Takes Place

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Finland-based exhaust gas cleaning pioneer Langh Tech has explained how last week’s decision to prohibit the carriage of non-compliant fuel oil will have a material and technical impact on commercial ship operations.

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Palau International Ship Registry Calls For More Technology

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Panos Kirnidis, CEO of PISR, believes the next decade in shipping will be dominated by smart technology and increasing concerns about cyber-security – both featuring on the agenda at this year’s Posidonia.

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GAC South Africa Opens New Branch and Expands into Port Elizabeth

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

GAC has served customers with vessels calling at Port Elizabeth through a sub-agent for more than 10 years, and is now expanding its operations in the region in response to growing demand for GAC’s range of shipping, logistics and complementary services.

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Thordon Bearings Joins International Windship Association as a Full Associate Member

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Thordon Bearings has joined a growing number of organisations to have signed up as a full associate member of the International Windship Association (IWSA), the organisation established to facilitate and promote the economic and environmental advantages of wind propulsion across the shipping industry.

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Increase in Scrubber Installations Correlate to Increase in Pipework Repairs

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Diver/technicians from the underwater repair specialist recently carried out pipe replacements on 270m shuttle tankers where the wash water from the “scrubbed” exhaust gases had corroded the pipework, resulting in water ingress. Repairs to the tankers were carried out while the vessels were alongside and remaining in operation.

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Ballast Water Sampling and Analysis: Aqua-tools to Participate in New ISO Standard

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

The company, which specialises in the biological monitoring of water quality for various applications, including ships’ ballast, will work with French standardisation organisation AFNOR (Association Française de Normalisation) and the International Standards Organisation (ISO) to establish new chapters for ISO 11711 – the Ships and Marine Technology, Piping and Machinery,

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SeaZip and Deep to Jointly Operate a sophisticated ‘DP1 Ice Class Survery and ROV’ Vessel

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

From mid-April 2018, Harlingen-based SeaZip Offshore Service and Amsterdam-based Deep Hydrography & Geophysics will jointly operate a DP1 Ice Class Survey and ROV vessel.

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SeaCURE® Ballast Water Treatment System Nominated for Green Technology Award

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Evoqua Water Technologies’ SeaCURE® Ballast Water Treatment system has been nominated in the technology category of the GST & Shipping2030 Europe Conference and Awards, which takes place in Copenhagen later this month.

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Aqua-tools to Show Tanker Owners the Importance of Assessing Treated Ballast Water

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Water microbiology expert aqua-tools will present a paper to Asian tanker owners on the importance of taking onboard analysis of ballast waters in verifying system performance and compliance with the Ballast Water Management Convention.