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Fincantieri and Viking announce the world’s first hydrogen-powered cruise ship and sign contracts for two new units

Stuart Mitchell

Fincantieri and Viking announced recently the first cruise ship in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored onboard for both propulsion and onboard electricity generation, the “Viking Libra”. The vessel is currently under construction at the Fincantieri Ancona shipyard, with delivery scheduled for late 2026. With a gross tonnage of approximately 54,300 tons and a length of 239 meters, the “Viking Libra”, will accommodate up to 998 guests in 499 staterooms. Designed with sustainability in mind, the ship will be capable of navigating and operating with zero emissions, allowing…

InnoVision Marketing Group and Digital Marketing Group Strengthen Strategic Alliance to Expand Marketing Capabilities Under InnoVision Digital Marketing Group

Stuart Mitchell

In an exciting evolution of their longstanding collaboration, InnoVision Marketing Group, based in San Diego, CA, and Digital Marketing Group (DMG), based in Portland, OR, are excited to announce an expanded partnership that will combine their specialized strengths in the marketing industry. Together, they will offer an enhanced suite of services, combining InnoVision’s expertise in brand strategy, creative solutions and media placement with DMG’s strengths in digital marketing, performance analytics and audience targeting. Operating under the unified banner of InnoVision Digital Marketing Group (iDMG), the partnership brings together a team…

UKRI publishes annual report on investment by region and nation

Stuart Mitchell

Half of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) investment in research projects last year was made to organisations outside London and the south-east. This is the highest proportion of our funding ever provided to projects outside the greater south-east. It represents a cumulative additional £1.4 billion invested outside the greater south-east since 2021 to 2022. All regions and nations received an increase in UKRI investment between 2021 to 2022 and 2023 to 2024. The greatest absolute increases in investment were in the north-west, the West Midlands and the East Midlands. The…

UKRI challenge reveals impact on plastic packaging sustainability

Stuart Mitchell

UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Packaging (SSPP) Challenge, has revealed new data on its sizeable impact on UK plastic packaging sustainability and circularity. The SSPP Challenge has revealed that its work has boosted UK plastics recycling infrastructure. It has also enabled potential carbon dioxide equivalent savings of more than 1.5 million tonnes between 2025 and 2030 as its funded projects have come online and reached commercial scale operation. The challenge is delivered by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The contribution of the £60 million challenge to driving plastic…

Carbon Clean announces successful completion of world’s first industrial deployment of CycloneCC

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon Clean has announced the successful completion of the world’s first industrial deployment of CycloneCC. The modular unit has achieved the major milestone of around 4,000 operating hours over a six-month period, moving CycloneCC to Technology Readiness Level 7 (TRL 7)1. CycloneCC has been operating continuously, delivering a high purity CO2 product, which exceeds the projected target and meets Fertiglobe’s CO2 purity requirements.   System validation has confirmed that the industrial demonstration unit can now be further scaled up and commercialised.   The mobile CycloneCC unit was installed on site in under a…