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Angry Inch has ben the resident mimic for years now
Bluecore Energy Raises $50 Million for Maritime Nuclear System
By Laura Curtis Bloomberg September 9, 2026
(Bloomberg) — A Southern California startup with plans to deploy floating nuclear power plants may be one step closer to providing electricity to the busiest seaport complex in the US.
Though Bluecore Energy is still a few years away from a barge equipped with a small nuclear reactor serving the Port of Long Beach, its $50 million investment announced Tuesday is a milestone for the Long Beach-based company and its CEO Kofi Asante.
The funding round was led by Silverton Partners and will “support continued engineering and hardware development, testing and validation, regulatory and classification work, manufacturing, hiring and advancement of Bluecore Energy’s first system toward deployment,” the company said.
Bluecore is developing a water-cooled, small modular reactor on a barge, powered by commonly available low-enriched uranium fuel, Asante said in an interview ahead of the announcement.
“It’s out in the water, offshore, which means it’s miles away from any populated area,” he said. “Use a subsea cable, and you bring all the electricity back, just like offshore wind does.”
Despite mounting interest in nuclear power, the US has added very little new such capacity this century. There have only been a few traditional nuclear power plants to come online and no smaller reactors.
Data-Center Demand
Asante said he’s working with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Coast Guard to coordinate requirements that would be needed to deploy this type of marine technology.
The maneuverable power stations would be small, especially by traditional nuclear power plant or even container ship standards, and may eventually provide electricity not just the port, but to coastal communities, hospitals and other power-hungry users, according to Bluecore.
“We’re getting calls from data centers every week,” Asante said from Bluecore’s waterside offices in Long Beach.
Nationwide, demand from power-needy data centers, along with Trump administration’s turn away from renewable power sources like wind energy, have spurred a resurgence of interest in nuclear energy.
Efforts to electrify cargo handling equipment at the Long Beach port and the Port of Los Angeles — which together are by far the country’s busiest container hub — have been complicated by an already-strained electricity grid.
News of Bluecore’s involvement at with the Port of Long Beach came in July, with a memorandum of cooperation between the Department of Transportation and the port to test small modular reactors, or SMRs, for commercial vessels and other applications at the port.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently touted the promise not just of SMRs for power generation, but also nuclear-powered cargo ships.
Countering China
It’s one piece of the Trump administration’s Maritime Action Plan, intended to revitalize the US maritime industry and rein in China’s shipbuilding dominance.
“@USDOT is working to fast-track construction of a new fleet of vessels to change the game and DOMINATE China,” Duffy said in social media post Aug. 28.
UK-based Core Power and the DOT’s Maritime Administration announced a public-private partnership last month aimed at accelerating construction of a US-flagged fleet of fast, nuclear-powered merchant ships. Core Power is planning to begin construction on the nuclear-powered vessels in 2028.
In the meantime, South Carolina’s Port of Charleston and Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, will work out the practicalities, with help from Lloyd’s Register and A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s No. 2 container carrier.
The so-called Pink Corridor project will examine “operational, security and safeguarding requirements for a theoretical nuclear-powered container ship trading between the two ports,” according to a Sept. 2 press release.
https://gcaptain.com/bluecore-energy-raises-50-million-for-maritime-nuclear-system/
climate scammers still at it
Poseidon Principles expands reach across marine insurance
Bojan Lepic September 9, 2026
The Poseidon Principles, the shipping finance framework banks use to track and disclose climate alignment, whose signatories represent nearly three-quarters of global shipping finance, have expanded their associate membership to include marine insurers.
The decision follows a unanimous vote by signatories at the annual meeting in May to include insurers and related organisations, including P&I clubs, brokers, reinsurers, and insurance institutions, as associate members.
This brings the financial services sector together under a single, unified platform to strengthen shipping’s decarbonisation efforts.
“The inclusion of marine insurers as associate members builds directly on the associate membership expansion we introduced at the end of last year, further reinforcing the position of the Poseidon Principles as a leading standard-setter across shipping finance and insurance,” said Paul Taylor, global head of maritime industries at Societe Generale and chair of the Poseidon Principles.
Launched in 2019, the Poseidon Principles membership has historically been limited to financial institutions, providing secured credit products for vessels under the purview of the International Maritime Organization.
In 2021, several leading marine insurers recognised the opportunity to support the industry’s decarbonisation goals and launched the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance (PPMI), giving the insurance industry its own route to support shipping’s decarbonisation goal.
Until now, the two initiatives have operated as distinct but closely aligned not-for-profit associations, using similar decarbonisation trajectories and calculation methods and relying on the Global Maritime Forum for secretariat services.
In December 2025, the Poseidon Principles broadened its membership framework, introducing a new associate membership that enabled hedge funds, private equity firms, and other institutions involved in shipping finance to engage with the initiative. This recent expansion has presented an opportunity to bring the Poseidon Principles and PPMI together under one platform.
“Folding PPMI into the Poseidon Principles is a natural next step to strengthen the impact of both initiatives, bringing together the expertise built on the insurance side with that of financial institutions on the lending side, an approach that is especially valuable given the current landscape facing the shipping industry,” added Patrizia Kern-Ferretti, chief insurance officer at Breeze and former chair of the PPMI.
PPMI has now officially ceased operations as a distinct entity, and former members, Cosco Shipping Captive Insurance, CTX Special Risks, Gard, Norwegian Hull Club, and Willis, have joined the Poseidon Principles as the first associate members.
https://splash247.com/poseidon-principles-expands-reach-across-marine-insurance/
NO, boobs too saggy
‘Absolutely shocking’: British Army drills halted in desperate bid to salvage cash
News24 6 September 2026 Run Time 6:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxTsSzgNrOU
Meh not interested in a nobody