Skip To Main Content
Ed Martin on Muck Rack

Ed Martin

Verified
London
As seen in: ICIS News, SWLondoner, Offshore Support Journal, Riviera Maritime Media, Tanker Shipping & Trade Magazine, LNG World Shipping
Covers:  Transportation, logistics, shipping and maritime, oil and gas, offshore renewables, LNG, digitalisation, technology, business, finance
Energy journalist with maritime background. Deputy European spot gas markets editor for @ICISOfficial. All views my own etc.
Back to Ed Martin’s profile

Ed Martin’s Journalist Portfolio

View as a grid

Owners anticipate opex increases despite 2018's downward trend

Owners anticipate opex increases despite 2018's downward trend

Container Shipping & Trade — Professional services firm BDO’s Opcost report shows operating costs continued an overall downward trend in 2018, but owners and operators predicted increasing costs for 2019 and 2020 in a survey.
Who shared?

Is cold-energy recovery key to sustainable BOG reliquefaction?

Is cold-energy recovery key to sustainable BOG reliquefaction?

LNG World Shipping — Environmental concerns, such as the widening of Emission Control Areas (ECAs), IMO's 0.5% sulphur cap regulations, and the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) to reduce CO 2 emissions by 30%, are all driving demand for LNG as a bunker fuel. As a result, there is a steadily increasing fleet of LNG bunker vessels coming into service around the world.
Who shared?

How IoT is improving container visibility

How IoT is improving container visibility

Container Shipping & Trade — AP Moller-Maersk is the latest container line to throw its weight behind developing IoT applications in container shipping
Who shared?

How digitalisation is changing the maritime workforce

How digitalisation is changing the maritime workforce

Maritime Digitalisation & Communications — Tech-savvy candidates from outside maritime are needed to spearhead high-level change, while seafaring jobs need to attract a younger generation.
Who shared?

Optimising vessels can make maritime businesses leaner and greener

Optimising vessels can make maritime businesses leaner and greener

Maritime Digitalisation & Communications — Increasingly stringent regulations and concerns around the environmental impact of shipping mean shipowners and managers need to demonstrate their green credentials not only to regulatory bodies but to potential customers, too.
Who shared?

How to choose the right fibre for a safe, long-lasting mooring line

How to choose the right fibre for a safe, long-lasting mooring line

LNG World Shipping — As the global trade in LNG increases across a range of regions and gas tankers grow in size, they need the right lines to aid in manoeuvring and mooring safely, quickly and effectively.
Who shared?

Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff to play role in FSRU fabrication under new owners

Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff to play role in FSRU fabrication under new owners

LNG World Shipping — The historic shipyard has been acquired for £6M and is set to see its workforce expand by several hundred under its new ownership.
Who shared?

Offshore wind and subsea provide a boost for W2W operators

Offshore wind and subsea provide a boost for W2W operators

Offshore Support Journal — Increased oil and gas project sanctioning and offshore wind's inexorable growth make for a lucrative market for walk-to-work-capable vessels.
Who shared?

Norwegian shipowner seeks greener operations through cloud connectivity system

Norwegian shipowner seeks greener operations through cloud connectivity system

Maritime Digitalisation & Communications — Golden Energy Offshore is to install a cloud connectivity system on two of its offshore support vessels in a bid to improve its environmental footprint
Who shared?

LISW: LNG at tipping point as adoption rises in deepsea segment

LISW: LNG at tipping point as adoption rises in deepsea segment

LNG World Shipping — LNG as a fuel could be reaching a tipping point as deepsea operators increasingly opt to use it as a propulsion method, says DNV GL Maritime business development manager Christos Chryssakis
Who shared?

LISW: Sovcomflot presents case study in emissions reduction for shipowners

LISW: Sovcomflot presents case study in emissions reduction for shipowners

LNG World Shipping — Sovcomflot UK's managing director Callum Ludgate outlined how the group selected a means of emissions-reduction on its vessels, settling on dual-fuel LNG propulsion
Who shared?

LISW: Alternative fuels and energy efficiency needed to reach IMO's 2050 goal

LISW: Alternative fuels and energy efficiency needed to reach IMO's 2050 goal

Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery — Carbon neutral fuels and associated infrastructure are needed alongside energy efficiency measures to meet IMO's 2050 GHG goal, says DNV GL maritime chief executive Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen
Who shared?

Massive infrastructure investment needed to meet IMO's 2050 goals, says MCA head

Massive infrastructure investment needed to meet IMO's 2050 goals, says MCA head

Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery — Development on a 'breathtaking' scale is needed to meet IMO's 2050 GHG emissions target by switching to alternative fuels, says UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency chief executive Brian Johnson
Who shared?

Siem Industries positioned to grow Subsea 7 stake by mid-2021

Siem Industries positioned to grow Subsea 7 stake by mid-2021

Offshore Support Journal — Siem Industries has put in place an over-the-counter option structure that could see its stake in Subsea 7 grow by up to 19%
Who shared?

Scottish Government to nationalise Ferguson Marine

Scottish Government to nationalise Ferguson Marine

Passenger Ship Technology — Port Glasgow-based Ferguson Marine is to be taken into public ownership, the Scottish Government has announced
Who shared?

Specialist OSVs see increasing utilisation and rates of return

Specialist OSVs see increasing utilisation and rates of return

Offshore Support Journal — Specialist vessels with engineering and project capabilities are starting to see better rates of return, says Archer Knight executive director David Sheret
Who shared?

Siem Offshore sells MRSV to Nigeria-focused oil and gas services firm

Siem Offshore sells MRSV to Nigeria-focused oil and gas services firm

Offshore Support Journal — Norwegian OSV owner Siem Offshore has agreed to sell Siem Marlin to Marine Platforms Ltd
Who shared?

Shell invests in maritime battery technology to reduce carbon footprint

Shell invests in maritime battery technology to reduce carbon footprint

Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery — Royal Dutch Shell's venture capital arm has invested in a producer of maritime energy storage solutions
Who shared?

Green hydrogen for Orkney's fuel-cell ferry

Green hydrogen for Orkney's fuel-cell ferry

Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery — HySeas III is a fuel-cell project with a difference - the hydrogen is produced using surplus renewable energy capacity.
Who shared?

Flexible hybrid ferries need a new design approach

Flexible hybrid ferries need a new design approach

Passenger Ship Technology — Presented by researchers from Damen Shipyards at the CIMAC Congress in Vancouver in June, a new paper titled Holistic Functional Design and System Testing: Hybrid Road Ferry proposes an alternative design and development model based around engineering iterations with increasing scope and complexity, as available information and insight on project metrics increases.
Who shared?

Decarbonised fleet builder takes over US hydrogen fuel-cell ferry project

Decarbonised fleet builder takes over US hydrogen fuel-cell ferry project

Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery — An innovative hydrogen fuel cell-powered ferry project has been taken over by a company aiming to build a fleet of fully decarbonised vessels
Who shared?

Using AI to optimise offshore support vessel operations

Using AI to optimise offshore support vessel operations

Offshore Support Journal — An innovative Norwegian project uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help seafarers optimise vessel performance and energy efficiency
Who shared?

How tugs are leading the way in automation and remote control

How tugs are leading the way in automation and remote control

Tug Technology & Business — Automation is increasingly being seen in newbuild vessels, and tugs and workboats are no exception as the array of industry projects worldwide shows
Who shared?

Intercargo raises concerns around safety and availability of sulphur cap-compliant fuel

Intercargo raises concerns around safety and availability of sulphur cap-compliant fuel

Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery — Intercargo says action must be taken to ensure a safe, smooth transition when IMO's sulphur cap comes into force
Who shared?
Show More