伦敦时间7月18日，来自巴拿马的阿森尼奥·多明格斯（Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco）被任命为下一任国际海事组织（IMO）秘书长。他将于2024年1月1日正式任职，任期四年。现任秘书长林基泽（Kitack Lim）任期将于2023年12月31日届满。据报道，经过几轮无记名投票，多明格斯从七位秘书长候选人中胜出，成为第一位担任IMO秘书长的拉丁美洲和巴拿马人。另外六位候选人分别是来自中国的张晓杰、孟加拉国的Moin Uddin Ahmed、土耳其的Suat Hayri Aka、多米尼加的Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry、肯尼亚的Nancy Karigithu以及芬兰的Minna Kivimäki。新任IMO秘书长将肩负起指导行业发展的重大责任，特别是在《2023年船舶温室气体减排战略》通过后。

On July 18th, The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council has appointed Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco of the Republic of Panama, for an initial 4-year term as the next Secretary-General. Valesco will start his tenure as of 1 January 2024, and the term of the current incumbent, Kitack Lim, is set to expire on December 31, 2023. According to reports, Dominguez won out of seven Secretary General candidates after several rounds of secret ballot, becoming the first Panamanian and Latin American candidate for this position. The other six candidates are Zhang Xiaojie of China, Moin Uddin Ahmed of Bangladesh, Suat Hayri Aka of Turkey, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry of Dominica, Nancy Karigithu of Kenya and Minna Kivimäki of Finland. The new Secretary General of the IMO will have a massive responsibility in steering the industry forward, especially on the heels of the new targets agreed under the 2023 Strategy on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Shipping just two week ago.

荷兰达门船厂（Damen）宣布向船舶管理公司Amisco出售其创新的达门空气润滑系统（DACS）。由达门和代尔夫特理工大学（TU Delft）合作开发的空气润滑技术能够在船体底部形成一层薄薄的空气层，进而减小船体表面在水中受到的摩擦阻力，还能降低船舶15%的燃油消耗。据悉，达门将为Amisco的货船“Danita”号安装DACS，这将使其达到必要的船舶营运碳强度指标（CII）评级，能够在新规更严格的指标下继续在波罗的海地区运营。在验证节油效果时，达门船厂获得了国际船级社协会（IACS）和意大利船级社（RINA）的支持，进一步证实了其空气润滑技术的可靠性。

Damen Shipyards Group is pleased to announce the first sale of its innovative Damen Air Cavity System (DACS) to Amisco. DACs is an air lubrication system, borne out of a collaboration between Damen and the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). It maintains a thin layer of air over the flat bottom of a vessel’s hull, reducing resistance in the water, thereby lowering drag and friction as well as reducing the fuel consumption of the ship by 15%. Damen will retrofit the DACS system to Amisco’s cargo vessel Danita. With DACS installed to Danita, Amisco will achieve the CII rating necessary to continue operating in the Baltic Sea in the face of new, stricter emissions regulations. During the verification of the fuel saving results, Damen was supported by the IACS class society, RINA, which has further reinforced the credibility and reliability of DACS technology.

来自荷兰斯坦德应用科学大学（NHL Stenden）的研究人员推出了一个海事网络攻击数据库（MCAD），这是一个关系到全球海事业安全的数据库。它由该校海事IT安全教授Stephen McCombie博士带头创建，记录了160多起海事行业的网络攻击事件，其中包括2021年发生在黑海的乌克兰船只位置欺骗事件。除了船上网络攻击, 该数据库还记录了网络黑客对世界各港口及其他海洋基础设施进行的袭击。研究小组认为，这一数据库有助于提高业界对网络安全的认识，能够为这一关键领域的发展提供数据参考，支持其开展更精准的模拟和更进一步的研究。此外，该数据库还被应用于模拟海事网络攻击事件，以便海事相关公司、机构包括港口等能够提前演练，应对黑客攻击。

Researchers at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands have launched the Maritime Cyber Attack Database (MCAD), a database of incidents involving the worldwide maritime sector. Created by a team led by Dr Stephen McCombie, Professor of Maritime IT Security, the database contains over 160 incidents, including location spoofing of NATO ships visiting Ukraine in the Black Sea in 2021. The database not only includes incidents affecting ships, but also ports and other maritime facilities from around the world. The research group expects that the database will help raise awareness of cyber security in the industry and provide data for further research and more accurate simulations in this critical area. One of the applications of the database is to develop simulations of maritime cyber incidents that are realistic and relevant, so that companies, organisations, and ports can prepare for attacks.

瑞士大宗商品贸易巨头嘉吉（Cargill）公司与劳氏船级社（LR）发起成立的行业非营利机构Safetytech Accelerator完成了两个试点项目：机器人船体清洁解决方案和船舶设备的数据自动采集技术。第一个试点项目涉及eyeGauge公司的数字化转换技术，该技术可以收集并整合船舶数据，包括来自模拟和数字设备的读数。该项目消除了人工采集数据的复杂性，同时也解决了由于数字化改造过于昂贵，而导致的船舶实时数据使用受限的问题。第二个试点项目围绕Alicia Bots公司的水下清洁机器人技术RoverClean展开。该项目旨在实现船舶航行中的船体检查和清洁。此前，船体清洁工作主要由潜水员在船舶靠港时进行，这无疑存在着安全风险，且延长了船舶的在港时间。

Swiss freight trader Cargill has completed two pilot projects with Safetytech Accelerator, a dedicated technology accelerator established by Lloyd’s Register, involving robotic hull cleaning solutions and automated data collection from ship machinery. The first pilot project involved eyeGauge’s digital transformation technology, which captures and consolidates vessel data, including readings from both analog and locked-down digital equipment. The challenge addressed the complexities of manual data collection and the limited availability of real-time data on merchant fleets due to expensive and intricate retrofit digitalization solutions. The second pilot project centered around Alicia Bots’  underwater RoverClean technology, designed to inspect and clean hulls while the vessel is in motion. Currently, hull cleaning is primarily conducted by divers when ships are stationary at ports, posing safety risks and extending the time spent at ports.