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Hydrogen-Powered Vessel Paves the Way for Zero-Emission Shipping

A hydrogen-powered passenger vessel, Hydroville, was launched by the Antwerp-based maritime group Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB). It is the first certified vessel to use dual fuel-combustion engines, burning both hydrogen and diesel to power its propulsion. Hydrogen-injected diesel engines aren’t covered by the standard rules of the marine classification society, and Lloyd’s Register says it used a risk-based design approach

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World ECDIS Day Celebrates Advances in Digital Navigation

  World ECDIS Day will be held September 20, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany to bring together experts and maritime industries to celebrate and discuss issues and advances related to the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS). In 2009, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a regulation under SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) chapter V that mandates new ships

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Jamaica Seeks Seat at IMO Council

Jamaica launched its bid to be elected to Category C of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council last Thursday (February 2). The IMO Council comprises three groups of states, designated as Categories A, B and C. Category C is open to 20 states that have special interests in maritime transport or navigation, and whose election to the council will ensure

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