Tag: Health
To cut the impact of shipping’s emissions on air pollution, climate, biodiversity and human health, the UK Government must extend the Emissions Control Area (ECA)
Yesterday, Opportunity Green, an environmental NGO working to advance a just and equitable decarbonisation of the shipping sector – along with Transport & Environment, Green Alliance, the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo ECODES, ZERO, and the Clean Arctic Alliance – delivered an open letter to the UK Government, including: the…
Ship It Zero Coalition commends IKEA for addressing climate and public health impacts of maritime shipping in new sustainability reports
The Ship It Zero (SIZ) coalition commends IKEA for addressing maritime shipping while prioritizing sustainability and public health, as reflected in the company’s FY23 Sustainability and Climate reports released yesterday. IKEA’s new commitments include reducing the greenhouse (GHG) emissions from product transport by 70% (compared to baseline FY17) by FY30, building upon IKEA’s previous commitment…
ABS Partners with Seatrium to Launch World’s First Offshore Structural Health Monitoring Notation
Latest Stage in the Smart Journey to Transform Operability and Efficiency for Offshore and Marine Assets (SINGAPORE) ABS and Seatrium Limited (Seatrium) have taken the next step on a pioneering journey to advance the use of smart functions with the assignment of a structural health monitoring notation to a self-elevating…
SHI Machinery Health Monitoring System Receives ABS AIP
(BUSAN) The Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Machinery Health Monitoring System (SMHMS) has received the ABS SMART (MHM) Tier 2 approval in principle (AIP) for machinery health monitoring. The system will be integrated into SHI’s proprietary SVESSEL Smart Platform as a condition-based monitoring/maintenance module. SMHMS can support main engines, generators, compressors,…
Evolving crew challenges call for enhanced focus on seafarer mental health
The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing crew-change crisis – later exacerbated by the escalation of the war in Ukraine – disrupted supply chains and had a significant impact on crew welfare, leaving seafarers stranded at sea for months at a time facing acute emotional hardship. The situation did yield one positive outcome: its widespread media coverage…
ABS SMART AIP Awarded to SHI Structural Health Monitoring System
(OSLO) The Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Hull Stress Monitoring System (HSMS) has received the ABS SMART Tier 2 approval in principle (AIP) for structural health monitoring (SHM). Recognized with a certificate presentation at Nor-Shipping 2023, the SMART (SHM) Tier 2 AIP is part of a larger joint development project (JDP)…
