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UAE’s Abu Dhabi Ports has launched the Smart Container Initiative aimed at cutting carbon emissions with the help of environmentally friendly technologies.

The subsidiaries of Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime and AI and PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) will set up a joint venture firm to develop robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technology for use in commercial subsea engineering services.

CSSC Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding’s unit Huarun Dadong shipyard has delivered China’s fist LNG carrier to FSRU conversion for GoIar LNG.

Leading maritime figures have called for action on reducing CO2 emissions to be global and through the IMO as Europe is set to go it alone on emission trading for shipping in 2022.

Intertanko has reacted with concern over the European Parliament’s vote earlier this week to include both international and EU “domestic” shipping trades into their Emissions Trading System (ETS) by 1 January 2022.

Eastern European seafarer supply nations have experienced a surge in demand from shipowners and managers for officers and ratings due to the Covid-19 lockdowns in India and Philippines.

2020 has seen a more active “hurricane season” than any year in recent memory and this is having an impact on oil production and offshore in the US Gulf.

With the resumption of production and work amid Covid-19 pandemic, shipowners in China are seeing the improvement in business, however, crew change has become a major concern.

Micro-learning and just-in-time training could change the paradigm of maritime education and training, although there are challenges to their introduction, according to a senior executive from Thome Group.

The continued Covid-19 pandemic presents a double-edged sword to Chinese shipyards.