Tag: Norway

The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has issued a loss prevention update about the transport of fish silage, following an accident in the summer of 2024 in which work was carried out with an angle grinder near a vent from a tank containing fish silage, resulting to explosion.

On 3 September, a Malta-registered cargo ship, the Ruby, which is carrying ammonium nitrate, sought refuge in Tromsø harbor following damage from grounding.

Enova has announced its largest-ever allocation for maritime transport in a single application round, focusing on hydrogen and ammonia technologies.

The Norwegian authorities have imposed significant fines on an Irish cargo ship, the "Arklow Wind," for violating environmental regulations while visiting Svalbard in the Arctic.

VARD, in collaboration with 12 research institutes and around 50 industrial partners, has secured funding from the Research Council of Norway to establish a new research center for renewable energy in the maritime sector, the world's largest program of its kind. 

The Norwegian Maritime Authority has issued circular in which offers guidelines for developing an environmental instruction for operations in the Norwegian world heritage fjords. 

A contract has been signed to construct the world's two largest hydrogen ships, designed and developed in collaboration with Torghatten Nord and will be built at Myklebust shipyard in Norway.

The Norwegian Maritime Authority has issued circular to provide guidance on the documentation of compliance with the NOx requirements in the world heritage fjords. 

Five northern European countries, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden, have established arrangements allowing cross-border transport and storage of captured CO2, advancing a European infrastructure for carbon capture and storage.

The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection gave their approval to the construction of the planned ammonia bunkering facility at Fjord Base in Florø, Norway.