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Wärtsilä announced the opening of its first Digital Acceleration Centre, in a bid to accelerate innovation and new business ideas, including the industry’s most advanced intelligent vessel and other projects.

The 2017 BP Energy Outlook forecasts that global LNG trade will grow seven times faster than pipeline gas trade, such that by 2035 it accounts for around half of all globally traded gas. The newly expanded BP Shipping fleet is expected to deliver LNG volumes around the world.

On 28 September, IMO and the global maritime community celebrate the annual World Maritime Day, under the theme 'Connecting Ships, Ports and People', sharing the vision of prosperity throughout the shipping industry.

Following a long-term international cooperation, the industry has introduced this week international standards for nautical port information. The Port of Rotterdam embraces the new standards and has become the first party in the world to use pilots in which they are applied. 

Greek Deputy Shipping Minister denied accusations that authorities responded slowly to the sinking of the tanker, noting that a floating barrier to contain the leakage of oil had been installed within a few hours. The clean up operations in Athens coasts will take another 20 or 30 days.

Four ports in southern Norway are now using a new, Norwegian-developed technology to collect waste from the water surface, as the country's ports suffer increasing littering that impacts water quality. The new waste collector, dubbed PortBin Fixed, is an automated waste collector for use in ports' "trash coves".

The International Chamber of Shipping announced the launch of a new brand identity, to better serve its role as the global trade association representing 37 countries and over 80% of the world merchant fleet.

Kalmar and Navis announced the delivery of the first OneTerminal automation solution to ICTSI, at the Port of Melbourne. The deployment was completed ahead of schedule, making Victoria International Container Terminal the world's first fully automated international container handling facility.

After more than 25 years of operation, DONG Energy's Vindeby, the world's first offshore wind farm, was fully dismantled. Vindeby, in the south east of Denmark, was constructed in 1991 as a demonstration project which was to prove whether it was possible to generate green power offshore. 

On August 2016, the semi-submersible rig Transocean Winner grounded on the Isle of Lewis, following the loss of tow from the tug ALP Forward. The tug and tow was on passage from Stavanger, Norway to Valletta, Malta, when it encountered severe weather west of the Hebrides.