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 been successfully conducted, ahead of the next step of low-sulphur...
[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 from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) showing how IMO's women...
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 for middle distillates.
Firm cut estimate for average refining margins...
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 will face.
The sulphur cap applies to ships registered with...
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 Captain
The captain of the ship Hadeland under the flag of...
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 its remote, sparsely populated northwest into an international transport hub...
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 international standards and working with the bodies and organisations that...
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 was 3-4 years ago - trade
Cargoes of liquefied natural gas...
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 took place in the past week.
Indonesia: Armed robbers steal engine...
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 low pressure dual fuel engines to optimize combustion and improves...