Tag: 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. 

Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) has been contracted by Tersan Shipyard to act as system integrator and supply a number of technologies to the four autonomous, zero-emission ferries that will operate the Lavik-Oppedal crossing on the northwest coast of Norway.

Fjord1 and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration have signed a contract for the E39 Lavik-Oppedal national road autonomous ferry connection, making it the ninth largest ferry connection in Norway.

BIMCO, Bangladesh, India, Norway, Pakistan and the ICS, have submitted a paper ahead of the 81st Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting on 18-22 March 2024, to highlight the need to solve possible conflicting requirements of the Hong Kong Convention and the Basel Convention which could have severe consequences, if unresolved. 

Norwegian authorities have selected the Norwegian Maritime Cyber Resilience Centre (NORMA Cyber) to collaborate on cybersecurity within the maritime industry. 

As Gard P&I Club informs, ahead of the MEPC 81 meeting in late March 2024, Norway and Canada have proposed new emission control areas (ECAs) in the Norwegian Sea and parts of the Canadian Arctic respectively.

Entered into force on 1 July 2022, the Norwegian Transparency Act focuses on requirements for 'larger' businesses to adopt measures aimed at safeguarding human rights, both in their own operations and across value/supply chains, Vincent Gustavi, Skuld's Chief Compliance Officer explains.

Norway's largest zero-emission ferry, Torghatten Nord's NB1091 Hinnøy, known for its record 1 hr transit time and speed among Norwegian electric-powered ferries, is launched into the sea at Cemre Shipyard on November 6, 2023.