Ships and Refiners IMO 2020 Ready, Says Japan
According to a Seatrade Maritime News article, Japan has updated that the country’s first trial of using IMO-compliant bunker fuel on coastal vessels has...
[Watch] IMO Empowers Women Through It’s Gender Program
The IMO has produced a new film to showcase its Women in Maritime program, says an article published in their website.
Turning the tide
A film...
Galp’s IMO Refining Margins To Expand
Galp expects its refining margins to improve in the second half of this year with increased demand for marine fuels supporting crack spreads...
Marpol Loopholes Making Compliance Jittery?
Indonesia’s plans to ignore the sulphur cap for its national-flag vessels on domestic routes, though ratified with Annex VI, the biggest difficulty regulators...
Drunken Captain Puts the Ship Aground in the Port of Riga
An online newspaper 24-my.info reports an incident where drunken captain of Barbados put the ship aground in the port of Riga.
Ship put aground by...
South America’s New Panama Canal To Pass Through ‘Green Hell’
Paraguay to develop its remote Chaco region into transport hub.
Public works tenders for $1.2 bln could tap capital markets.
Paraguay plans to turn...
Maersk’s Advantageous Trading Access With TradeLens
Maersk has responded to a call by forwarders to share efforts to standardise digitisation through its TradeLens platform.
Maersk is committed to embracing...
Update of Asia LNG Spot Cargoes Trade on Abundant Global Supply
Indian Oil buys August cargo from Trafigura at $3.69/mmBtu
CNOOC buys September cargo from Vitol at $3.90/mmBtu
Last time cargoes traded below $4...
Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 28, 2019
Protection Vessels International has released the 28th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 31st July 2019 highlights the various incidents that...
ABB Unveils New Compact Turbocharger in the Market
ABB has unveiled its A255-L and A260-L turbocharger efficient for small and medium two-stroke diesel and gas engines.
Turbochargers can be used on...
Europe Unveils First LNG Inland Bunker Barge
Europe has unveiled its first inland LNG bunker barge model for its LNG bunkering infrastructure.
The LNG bunker has been named FlexFueler001 in...
Bipartisan Act Introduced To Revive US Shipbuilding
According to an article published in Ship Insight, legislation aimed at revitalizing the US shipbuilding sector has been reintroduced as the Energizing American Shipbuilding...
CMA CGM Presence Felt at Ceva in H1
CEVA Logistics, now part of the CMA CGM Group, has announced its results for Q2 and H1 2019. Ceva went through significant and structural...
Zero-Emission Solution for Shipping at the Sustainable Energy Week
EU Sustainable Energy Week 2019 saw an effort to bring together different key players in the shipping sector to present their work and...
A Prolific Innovation from Saga LNG Shipping
Saga LNG Shipping’s new LNG carrier is the first with an LNT A-Box cargo containment system, using an IMO independent type A tank.
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Heavy Rains Washes Cargo Ship Ashore
A huge cargo ship from Gujarat went off course and got stuck on the rocks of in Maharashtra’s Vangaon village following stormy and rough...
Grace Period After IMO 2020 Implementation?
Talks regarding a period of “permitted noncompliance” following the 1 January 2020 implementation is getting stronger, reports The LoadStar.
Need a grace period?
The growing safety...
Eurofins ‘Preventive Testing’ Package Introduced Ahead of IMO 2020
In a recent development, International laboratory testing services firm Eurofins launched a new ‘Preventive Testing’ package to assist shipowners in the switchover and consumption...
IMO 2020 Diesel Demand To Help Refining Margins Improve
Solid diesel demand expected ahead of IMO 2020.
Company’s Q2 profit down by 42% to 498 billion won ($420.91 million).
Gasoil cracks to...
Interim Fuel and Ship Safety Measures Adopted at MSC 101st Session
In the 101st session of the Maritime Safety Committee, the International Maritime Organization adopted Interim measures for fuel and ship safety, says a press...
