Is your company a Top 100 performer? The application period for this year’s MN100 edition is officially open and underway! Only those who apply can be considered for inclusion.The MN100, always our August print edition, is our annual look at the best 1...
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SAFETY: Transitioning to LED Navigation Lights
The Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) governs the intensity of navigation lights, requiring a minimum intensity in candelas according to a prescribed intensity formula. Changes are coming.IMO…
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U.S. patent agency to review Harvard, MIT’s claim to CRISPR technology
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Monday said it would review whether Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can claim rights to a gene-editing technology known as CRISPR, adding fuel to a rivalry between those instituti...
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SGRE, Ørsted Firm Up Taiwan OWP Project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received the firm order from the Danish energy company and offshore wind giant Ørsted for their 900MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind power project in Taiwan.The project includes the Asia-Pacific…
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Antwerp Port Enhances Capacity
Europe’s second-largest seaport Port of Antwerp is building additional container handling capacity in the Antwerp port area.To cope with further growth until 2030 and also to attract international investment in the future, additional capacity of 7 mill...
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APL Intros Bangkok Haiphong Service
American President Lines (APL), part of the CMA CGM Group, announced the launch of the Bangkok Haiphong (RBH) service that will provide weekly connectivity between South China, Thailand and Vietnam.An express service from South China to Thailand…
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Brent Bravo Rig Arrives Able Seaton Port
The giant 25,000 tonnes Brent Bravo oil rig platform arrived at Able Seaton Port in preparation for its dismantling and recycling, said Peter Stephenson, founder and Executive Chairman of Able UK.The Brent Bravo, which stands 410ft tall and 230ft wide…
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SST Tsimshian Warrior Blessed!
SAAM SMIT Canada Inc. (SST Canada) held a blessing ceremony for a new RAstar 3200-W escort tug named SST Tsimshian Warrior built by Turkey’s UZMAR Shipyard.This new Robert Allan Ltd. designed tug brings formidable capabilities to the west coast of Brit...
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Navig8 Adds LR2 Tanker
Navig8 Product 2020, an international shipping company, has announced that it has taken delivery of the Navig8 Promise.Its the seventh 110,600 DWT scrubber-fitted LR2 tanker from New Times Shipbuilding.The Navig8 Promise will be entered into…
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World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blade Showed
The American supplier of rotor blades to the wind industry LM Wind Power has displayed its first 107-meter blade, for GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine, which has made its first trip outside its factory in Cherbourg, France.The LM 107.0 P is…
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