The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has released the first integrated, industry-wide mapping of crew welfare, wellbeing and safety data in shipping, funded by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. Published as a stand-alone resource for the sector, the library is a...

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Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, S.A. (Grupo SEPI) for its AI-based Digital Twin Ready framework. The approval follows LR’s technical assessment of Navantia’s development, governance and validation...

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The LR2 tanker Monza, fitted with two 37.5-metre WindWings® developed by BAR Technologies, has been delivered to Union Maritime, marking the third vessel in the company’s newbuild series to adopt wind-assisted propulsion. Together, the vessels form the world’s first...

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The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, advanced for a fifth session on Thursday, rising about 1.3% to its highest since December 2023 at 3,034 points, amid higher demand across all vessel segments....

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Operational Overview Maritime conditions around the Strait of Hormuz are entering a significantly more unstable phase as kinetic attacks, electronic interference, and coercive maritime control converge into a single operating environment. Since the launch of Project...

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