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2 weeks ago | 
bankdirector.com | David Tinsley
When uncertainty strikes, the tendency of every risk manager is to tighten credit parameters, effectively closing the credit box in the process. We’ve seen it time and time again — whether during economic downturns, market volatility or regulatory shifts. The instinct to pull back is understandable, but in doing so, you risk sending the message to your customers that you are not as interested in being their financial partner.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
motorship.com | David Tinsley
Ranked as the world’s largest short-sea ro-ro vessel, the 234-metre Chaumine has been floated-out by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard(HMD), and is being readied for service on CLdN’s northwest European network during the early part of 2025.
While offering the same payload intake as the company’s Celine and Delphine, which had introduced a record-breaking unit capacity of 8,000 lane-metres on delivery by HMD in 2017 and 2018, the newbuild type will have a markedly lower carbon footprint.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
motorship.com | David Tinsley
Electric vehicle (EV) fires are especially difficult to control and fully extinguish, which raises serious concerns for operators and crews of pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) in particular.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
motorship.com | David Tinsley
Nordic know-how and business verve has a major imprint on the global fleet of vehicle carriers, supporting the logistics and strategies of major automotive groups. Norwegian influence in shaping the pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) segment is newly-expressed in the emergent series of Aurora-class ships commissioned by Hoegh Autoliners.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
motorship.com | David Tinsley
Against the backcloth of pronounced fleet expansion, average cruiseship CO2 emissions have declined by 16% over five years.
The sector’s advance in energy efficiency performance is indicated by data gathered under the EU’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification(MRV) regulation.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
institute.bankofamerica.com | David Tinsley |Joe Wadford |Taylor Bowley |Liz Everett Krisberg
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
motorship.com | David Tinsley
A resilient force in UK shipowning, Liverpool-based Bibby Marine has demonstrated its long-term mindset and propensity for innovation by ordering what is claimed to be the world’s first truly zero-emission, electrically-powered commissioning service operation vessel(eCSOV).
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
motorship.com | David Tinsley
A recently formalised Greek commitment to Stena RoRo’s E-Flexer concept has given extra dimension to one of the industry’s most extensive ro-pax newbuild series projects to date and has demonstrated the ever-widening market reach of the design involved.
The new deal takes the tally of confirmed orders to 15, and shipbuilding contractor CMI Jinling Weihai(formerly AVIC Weihai) has duly delivered 10 of the vessels so far.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
motorship.com | David Tinsley
As a bastion of European medium-speed technology, Bergen Engines has taken a further step in its advance to cleaner powering solutions by offering a 25% hydrogen blend in its natural gas engine range for both marine and landside applications.
The purchase of Bergen Engines from Rolls-Royce by privately-owned Langley Holdings on 31 December 2021 has given added momentum to the Hordvikneset factory’s drive to explore and expand future fuel options for the energy transition.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
motorship.com | David Tinsley
Against the backcloth of the industry’s paucity of investment in dedicated, pure reeferships over recent years, the robust expansion programme implemented by specialist operator Cool Carriers takes on extra significance.
The unfolding strategy involves multiple newbuilds of different sizes, including further examples of the largest breakbulk-orientated design to date, and spans completions over the 2025-2027 period.
