Yearly Archives: 2020
With 2020 Regulation Hitting the Market, Oil Sells for $100 a Barrel
Just shy of $100 a barrel -- that’s the cost of a type of crude that’s become prized thanks to the scramble for cleaner-burning fuels in...
New Anti-fouling Material Is Preparing for Testing, Giving Hope To Shippers
According to an article published in the World Cargo News, Australian researchers are set to test a marine coating that can take up copper...
[Watch] How the Indian Shipbreaking Town Works
This feature documentary profiles a bustling Indian shantytown where 40,000 people live and work in the most primitive conditions.
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Diana Shipping Announces Time Charter Contract With Phaethon
According to an article published in Seeking Alpha, Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels announced...
Bunker Quality Claims 2020 – Issues To Ponder Over!
Houston problem was originally concentrated around the US Gulf region.
The complaints regarding off-specification fuel quickly spread across the globe, including Panama and...
K Line Advises Shipper To Seek New Technologies To Meet IMO Targets
According to an article published in Seatrade Maritime News, using LNG as a marine fuel alone will not be enough to reach the IMO’s...
Global Shipping Faces Troubling New Smuggling Inquiry
According to an article published in The Wall Street Journal, as container ships get bigger, drug smugglers are growing bolder in hitching rides on...
M/MARITIME Acquires Its Second Japanese Kamsarmax Vessel
M/MARITIME takes delivery of second Japan Marine United built Kamsarmax vessel, M/V NEFELI.GR, says an article published on their website.
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Gard Issues 2020 Circular for Its Clients
This Circular outlines the amendments to the Rules for Ships and the Rules for Mobile Offshore Units of both Assuranceforeningen Gard - gjensidig –...
Is Onboard Blending of Non-compliant Fuel Permitted To Achieve Compliance?
With the IMO 2020 sulphur cap now in force as of 1 January 2020, the shipping industry faces a new set of issues, says...