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Bridging the gap: From compliance to cyber resilience
Bridging the gap: From compliance to cyber resilience

Aiming to establish minimum requirements for the cyber-resilience of newbuild vessels and their connected systems, IACS unified requirements (URs) E26 and E27 provide a new benchmark for shipping&rsqu...

Supporting safe bunkering for ammonia as a marine fuel
Supporting safe bunkering for ammonia as a marine fuel

Demand for ammonia is being transformed by the energy transition. Until recently used as an input for fertiliser and chemical products, new markets for green and blue ammonia are emerging, replacing fossil energy in power generation, steel production and marine fuel. Today some 200m tonnes per annum of ammonia is produced worldwide with 20m tpa transported in LPG carriers. The scale of the emerging and potential demand will see these figures rise; how quickly this can be achieved will determine...

Offshore wind farms: their impact on the maritime environment and business
Offshore wind farms: their impact on the maritime environment and business

Offshore wind farms are a major component of the future of clean energy, and the share of electricity generated by offshore wind turbines will increase as the global community works to minimise carbon emissions to achieve net zero by 2050. Current expectations for the vast expansion of energy production from offshore wind farms may lead to environmental impacts and ecological risks to marine ecosystems. Maritime consequences The increase in offshore wind farms will also have broad conse...

IMO celebrates 50 years of SOLAS safety standards
IMO celebrates 50 years of SOLAS safety standards

World Maritime Day on 26 September will highlight the importance of safety at sea in an era of significant transformations and new risks.  Fifty years since the adoption of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) - the world’s most important treaty for the safety of merchant ships – the maritime community is at a crossroads, facing rapid advances in technology, global security challenges and the shift to green energy.  Facing rapid advances This year&r...

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