Yearly Archives: 2018
Ballast Water Market Drives Revenue Hike for BIO-UV Group
BIO-UV's ballast water treatment system sales caused 30% increase in revenue.
After the USCG certification, they are expecting a 15% increase in revenue...
Finance Conference Speakers Take a More Optimistic View of Shipping Market Trends
On November 8, the fourth Maritime Standard Ship Finance and Trade Conference was held at Abu Dhabi’s Sheraton Hotel and Resort and was in...
Freightos Baltic Container Report – Week 44
Report Highlights
As of November 1, with many carriers pulling the General Rate Increases (GRIs), but, with sailings heavily booked, further rounds of GRIs are...
Gas-imaging Cameras Detect Fugitive Emissions from Tanker
The Port Inspectors have identified “fugitive emissions” from a 2-million-barrel crude oil tanker as a culprit in periodic pungent odors that have offended coastal...
20 Container Vessels Ordered for Wan Hai Lines
To improve its company’s fleet improvement plan, Wan Hai Lines has confirmed an order of 20 container vessels with JMU (Japan Marine United Corporation)...
What About Waste Generated by Ships?
40% of the sea based marine trash comes from shipping.
100 tons and 400 tons carrying ships must have a garbage management plan...
[Watch] Pacific Fleet Frogmen Dive at Record Depth of 416m in Sea of Japan
Pacific Fleet divers (Pacific Fleet), the Navy Research Institute and a separate expedition detachment of divers aboard the Igor Belousov Pacific Fleet rescue ship...
US Cyber Security Certificate for Hyundai Oil Carrier
Hyundai Heavy receives U.S. cyber security certificate for tanker, says Yonhap News agency.
CSR certificate from ABS
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder by...
OSM Know-how for Which Scrubber System to Retrofit
OSM’s press release says that it is now offering its customers, assistance in exhaust gas scrubber retrofit process.
Inescapable IMO 2020 sulphur cap
As pressure mounts...
Bimco Adopts Bunker Clause for Time Charter Parties
BIMCO says as priority news in its site, that it has developed two 2020 bunker clauses that deal with general compliance for the transitional...