(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) “We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Limassol office”, says Ioannis Papaefthymiou, Managing Director, Aage Hempel Group. Aage Hempel Cyprus joins our Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Malta, Morocco, Panama and Netherlands locations, strengthening the company’s global presence and enhancing its commitment to provide the most efficient and cost effective solutions through our…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Unmanned ships are on the horizon and the Norwegian maritime sector is uniquely positioned to take a leading role internationally in the development and commercialisation of this technology. Autonomous shipping may be Norway’s maritime equivalent of Project Apollo, but is the legal framework keeping pace? Norway is already a world leader in maritime autonomy…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) One of the earlier applications using air bubbles on vessels was the Prairie/Masker Air System developed by the National Defense Research Committee in US Navy Laboratories since post World War II (Domenico, 1982). The Masker system emitted air bubbles under the hull, concealing engine room noise. The Prairie system emitted bubbles around the propeller.…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) A mandatory requirement for national governments to introduce electronic information exchange between ships and ports comes into effect from 8 April 2019. The aim is to make cross-border trade simpler and the logistics chain more efficient, for the more than 10 billion tons of goods which are traded by sea annually across the…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Ships are not really known as places to grow food on; rather, they’re adding to the food miles that your typical lettuce or tomato spends from where it grows to your table. Blueseed/Freightfarms, a startup that makes it possible to grow plants 130 times more efficiently than on land, in terms of space, using only…
(www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The IMO issued a news release urging a precautionary approach toward methodologies that involve deliberate large-scale manipulation of the environment in attempts to moderate climate change. Adding iron or other nutrients into the oceans to enhance natural processes to draw carbon from the atmosphere and creating foams which float on the surface of…
(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Strong demand for cleaner-burning fuel in Asia continued to drive rapid growth in liquefied natural gas (LNG) use in 2018, with global demand rising by 27 million tonnes to 319 million tonnes, according to Shell’s latest annual LNG Outlook. Shell expects demand to reach about 384 million tonnes in 2020. Global LNG supply is…
