Offshore wind generation faces headwinds.

16 Oct 2023 News

The expansion of demand for wind energy is no more evident than in the European Union which is in the process of finalizing a legally binding requirement to produce 42.5% of energy from renewable sources by 2030. The current requirement is 32% but to meet the new target will require 420 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy including 103 GW offshore. This is more than double current capacity of 205 GW including an estimated 17 GW offshore.

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The Montreux Convention, 1936-2022

15 Mar 2022 News

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has prompted many of us to think back to our school history lessons and the significance of the Dardanelles to the Allied powers in World War 1, not overlooking the ill-fated battle of Gallipoli.

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Shipping Industry Leaders attend COP26

15 Nov 2021 News

Top brass representing maritime states, the world’s major shipping companies, and industry associations have been in Glasgow earlier this month to attend a single-day joint shipping industry association organized decarbonization conference during the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (COP26).

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M.V. Al Kuwait – Livestock Carrier

The issue of livestock shipments is never far from the news in Australia where the government has come under enormous pressure to legislate improved carriage conditions, if not to ban the livestock trade entirely. The debate came to a head in 2017 when a shipment of 63,800 sheep from Freemantle to the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait incurred the loss of 2,400 sheep with the sub-standard conditions on the vessel being filmed by a whistleblower. This followed a similar incident in 2016, many of the deaths being attributed to the high temperatures and humidity in the Gulf during summer months. Government investigators pointed to inadequate manning and the complete absence of a heat stress management plan.

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Vancouver marine consultancy

TSS Earnslaw – 1912-Built Edwardian Vintage Twin Screw Steamer

Following a cruise from Sydney to Auckland in February this year, my wife and I made a road trip through the North and South Islands of New Zealand including the picturesque city of Queenstown located on picturesque Lake Wakatipu. Since 1912, the freshwater lake has been the home of the magnificently preserved and operational TSS Earnslaw, reportedly the only commercial coal-fired passenger steamship in the southern hemisphere.

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Vancouver Marine Consultancy

Höegh Target – 8,500 ceu capacity Pure Car & Truck Carrier

When delivered to her owners in July 2015, Höegh Target was the first in class of six “New Horizon Class” post-panamax auto carriers that are still the largest such vessels in the world. The vessel has 14 decks and a cargo opening to enable handling of units up to 6.5m high and 12m wide with a strengthened stern ramp allowing for handling of loads of up to 375 tonnes

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Piracy Continues to Plague the Shipping Industry

14 Mar 2020 News

The recently released annual report of the International Maritime Bureau highlights the continuing scourge of maritime piracy in the shipping industry and the complicit inaction of regional governments, particularly in the Gulf of Guinea. While piracy is trending downwards worldwide, it is accelerating in the Gulf of Guinea with the brazen armed robbery and the kidnap of seafarers for ransom, a recent incident of which has resulted in a seafarer’s death.

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China’s Arctic Silk Road

14 Feb 2020 News

When it comes to discussions of the Arctic here in Canada, there is an emphasis on the importance of maintaining sovereignty and preservation of the unique environment but with far less consideration to the economic opportunities that the Arctic represents. By contrast, Russia and China are both aggressively moving to advance their Arctic interests, even though China is not geographically speaking an Arctic power.

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M.V. Barramundi – Combination Carrier

In September 2019, Klaveness Combination Carriers took delivery of M.V. Barramundi from New Yangzi Shipyard in China. From a casual observation, this was not an exceptional event except that she is the third new build in a fleet of what will eventually be nine so-called “CLEANBU” combination carriers. That is to say, a series of high specification new builds capable of carrying wet or bulk cargoes. Deliveries are scheduled until 2021.

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