Yearly Archives: 2019
Impact of Global Ray on Local Waters Worse?
The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Saturday reports of oil leaking from the Golden Ray cargo ship, which remains in the St. Simons Sound...
Mobile Ship Channel Widening Plan Gets a Go Ahead
The Alabama State Port Authority announced that it has approved the request received to deepen and widen Mobile's ship channel, reports 3WearTV.
What is the...
IMO2020: The Backwardation and Contango Conundrum
Front-month forward curves for Argus-assessed northwest European and US Gulf coast 0.5pc sulphur fuel oil intersect from December 2019 to January 2020.
The...
2020 Decree Creates Singapore-Fujairah LSFO Arbitrage
According to several market participants, the fuel oil market has started to see International Maritime Organization-compliant marine fuel being shipped from Singapore to Fujairah,...
BWMC Malfunction Still an Issue?
According to a Riviera Maritime Media article, DNV GL held a series of webinars on ballast water treatment and the Ballast Water Management Convention...
Seatrade Maritime Awards 2019 Finalists Revealed
The maritime industry has shown encouraging signs of recovery over the last few months and companies have shown they are keen to share their...
Captain & Chief Officer Plays With Risk, Provides False Information, Court Fines Them
A captain and Chief Officer was fined for false information on a ship docked at Tauranga Port, reports Stuff.
What happened?
The Emile Bulker was docked...
New Publicly Available Specification (PAS 23263‐2019) for IMO 2020 Implementation
The recently announced Publicly Available Specification (PAS) from IMO covers “Considerations for fuel suppliers and users regarding marine fuel quality in view of the implementation...
Bans, Complications Doesn’t Dampen Scrubber Uptick
Around 70% of VLCCs under construction and a fourth of global fleet likely to have scrubbers
2400 scrubbers at the beginning of 2020...
Thomas Cook Crashes, Leaving Thousands Stranded
World’s oldest and biggest travel companies Thomas Cook, has ceased operations stranding more than 600,000 vacationers who had booked through the company, reports CNN.
Efforts...