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The Korean government, through With Human (WH) Company Limited, a recruitment organization, has begun the training of Ghanaian youth for recruitment into the Korean shipbuilding industry. The ongoing exercise at the Regional Maritime University (RMU) forms part of efforts to get personnel, specifically welders and fabricators, to fill the gaps within the sector. The initiative… Read More
America’s first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast in early 2024, but a wave of wind farm project cancellations and rising costs have left many people with doubts about the industry’s future in the U.S. Several big hitters, including Ørsted, Equinor, BP and Avangrid, have canceled contracts or sought to renegotiate them in recent months. Pulling out… Read More
A Northland hapū says it has been vindicated by a surprise decision to reject plans for a major port expansion in Whangārei Harbour. This week, commissioners declined a raft of resource consents required by Northport, which operates the deepwater port at Marsden Point, to build a dedicated container terminal. The company sought consents for, among other things,… Read More
NREL researchers identify promising locations off US coastlines for installation of technology Using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines as one pathway to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, according to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)…. Read More
Dynelectro’s tech focuses on next-generation solid-oxide electrolysis (SOE), leading to greater efficiency and lower green hydrogen costs. Sustainable Danish green hydrogen company Dynelectro has closed a €11 million investment round. Dynelectro’s technology focuses on next-generation solid-oxide electrolysis (SOE), offering unparalleled system performance and longevity. Current electrolysis technologies waste 25-50 per cent of input electricity, limiting their commercial… Read More
By Nora von Xylander, Biodiversity Specialist & Sustainability Scientist, Tunley Environmental Considering the global initiatives to become nature positive by 2030 [1] and the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals [2], the concepts of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) [3] and Marine Net Gain (MNG) are gaining traction [4,5]. Here we explore the potential of marine… Read More
On 5th July, South Korea’s KT Marine held a welcoming ceremony for its new vessel, a Damen Fast Ferry 4212 named Hamel. The company placed its order for the vessel earlier this year. The rapid delivery is the result of Damen’s serial construction of vessels for stock. Growing ferry fleet The ceremony, which took place at Yesou on… Read More
ALBANY — As it has in prior years, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it needs more information before it can determine if the Hudson River has been thoroughly cleansed of the PCB pollution that General Electric dumped in the waterway in decades past, which prompted an extensive dredging operation that ran from 2015… Read More
Eastern Chapter The Eastern Chapter of WEDA represents Bermuda, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (East Coast) Georgia (Eastern), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, Virgin Islands and Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2024 WEDA Eastern Chapter Annual Meeting … Read More
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are pouring $25 million into new charging infrastructure for electric heavy-duty drayage trucks as California forges ahead with its long-term electric vehicle mandates. The San Pedro Bay ports will partner with regional air quality agencies to install 207 charging units at eight sites in Southern California in a project that will… Read More