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OPENING
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Engine room fire - due to fuel injector pump components being tightened in the wrong order, leading to a tube inside it getting fractured, NTSB investigation found
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News from OCIMF - a summit at COP 28, guidance on onshore power, a ship-to-ship forum in Malaysia, maritime security updates
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Today’s tanker market - Senior executives from d’Amico, Frontline, International Seaways, Navios and Tsakos Energy Navigation discussed in a Capital Link webinar
TANKER OPERATOR HAMBURG REPORT
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Reaching the limits of safety improvements from procedures – to go further we need to help people get better at resolving problems, said Martin Shaw
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People and systems most critical when seeking to make operations easier - Phrixos Papachristidis, CEO of Hellespont group
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Recommendation to participate in SIRE 2.0 Phase 3 - do a trial inspection, because otherwise your first encounter with it will be a live inspection, said OCIMF consultant Steve Barker
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ABS and the pathway to ammonia fuelled tankers - sourcing low carbon ammonia, learning from experience carrying ammonia cargo, developing ammonia handling systems, and training, said ABS’ Rene Laursen
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Harren is developing a consistent safety culture across all business units - to be proactive and pragmatic rather than documentation or compliance driven, and with continual risk assessment
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How NSB Group is encouraging a learning culture - shipboard and office staff are motivated to continually develop skills, including problem solving
DECARBONISATION
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First four stroke ammonia maritime engine on the market from Wärtsilä - part of the Wärtsilä’s 25 engine “platform”
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Study on CO2 transport by ship in Europe - 10-20 vessels will be needed in Europe by 2030, says a study by EU advisory organisation Zero Emissions Platform
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Wallem’s first two dual-fuel LNG tankers - owned by Viken Shipping and time chartered to TotalEnergies
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Managing your ETS obligations - There are many complexities to the maritime industry's requirement to buy emission permits for emissions in the EU. OceanScore’s Albrecht Grell explained
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Can we use 3D models through the lifecycle of a ship? - The 3D models used for designing ships could also help us operate ships at lower emissions. NAPA explained
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Using weather forecasting certainty data - grasping the uncertainty in forecasts can help get more value from them. Weathernews explained
TECHNICAL
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Starlink and the evolution in maritime communications - Marlink gave us an update
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Developments at Marlink - now the largest maritime VSAT service provider, and expanding its services as a maritime ICT service provider
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Making better tools for navigation - technology could be better designed to support the needs of navigators. A Nautical Institute webinar explored
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Doing a tank survey by drone - A US tanker operator used a drone for a 20-year internal survey of a 250m tanker, replacing a human survey using scaffolding or a raft
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