Ship&Offshore
07.11.2025
Ship Operation

New maritime simulation suite opened in China

Wärtsilä and Sinocrew Maritime Services, a Beijing-based crew management and training firm, have commissioned a new maritime simulation unit in Beihai, China. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up the first Maritime…
Ship&Offshore
21.10.2025
Ship Operation

New ‘human-to-human’ voyage optimisation service

NAPA, a global provider of maritime software, and voyage optimisation specialist, Interoutes, have joined forces to launch a new Expert Route Monitoring service. Unlike most other systems, the new setup will be based on direct communications between…
Ship&Offshore
21.10.2025
Regulations

Global decarbonisation strategy on hold for a year

The extraordinary session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, held in London last week, failed to agree a deal on the UN Agency’s Net-Zero Framework, which has now been delayed for a year. Many maritime decarbonisation experts are…
Ship&Offshore
20.10.2025
Ship Operation

LR issues nuclear guidance for maritime applications

A new publication from Lloyd’s Register (LR) provides what is claimed to be the first guidance for the application of nuclear technology in the commercial and offshore sectors. The publication coincides with announcements on various projects relating…