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The 79,350 acre site, secured by Statoil in a federal auction in December 2016, has the potential to generate up to 1GW of offshore wind power, making it a key part of New York State's plan to deploy renewable energy sources to meet the state's electricity needs.

India launched its first Ro-Ro ferry project, which aims to decrease the travel time between Gujarat’s Gogha and Dahej ports. The ferry is expected to do four round trips every day, carrying about 500 passengers and 100-150 vehicles on each trip.

Solutions to address human-induced “Ocean Change” are needed to save life in the ocean and reverse the cycle of decline in which it is caught, according to Fiji's Ambassador Peter Thomson, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Ocean.

In a report published by McKinsey, the consultant company tries to depict how the future of shipping will look like in 50 years and what shipping companies can do to adapt to the new reality.

ESL Shipping announced that its second LNG-powered, energy efficient dry cargo vessel 'Haaga' was launched on October 20, at the Jinling Shipyard and moved to the outfitting quay.

There were a total of 227 ships broken in the third quarter of 2017, and 124 of these ships ended up on beaches in South Asia 'for dirty and dangerous breaking', NGO Shipbreaking Platform informed. One worker lost his life at a shipbreaking yard in Alang and another one was reported seriously injured in Chittagong.

Maritime fuel consumption increased from 291 to 298 million tonnes (+2.4%), while CO2 emissions from global shipping increased from 910 to 932 million tonnes, from 2013 to 2015, according to a study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation.

A new CE Delft study for NGOs Seas At Risk and Transport & Environment found that a 10% speed reduction would still see a slight increase of emissions between 2018 and 2030, while 20% and 30% would put shipping emissions on a downward path even in the absence of other measures.

Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil announced that Hywind Scotland, world's first floating wind farm, has started to deliver electricity to the Scottish grid. The 30MW wind farm will be operated by Statoil in partnership with Masdar.

A total of 121 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported in the first nine months of 2017, according to the latest report by IMB. The report notes that, while piracy rates were down compared to the same period in 2016, there is continuing concern over attacks in the Gulf of Guinea and in South East Asia.