[FAQ] What Regulations Are Included in The FOC?
Recently, ABS published a detailed guideline of firefighting procedures in container cargo fire. Today, we are enlisting a part of that document that chronicles the effectivity of FOC Notation while firefighting.
What is FOC?
The FOC...
High-Risk Passengers To Face Fine Upto $34,000, Says USCG
The USCG issued an alert concerning passengers' high-risk behaviours onboard a vessel that sometimes lead to severe injuries or fatalities, reports Safety4Sea.
USCG recommendations
The Coast Guard highlights that potential offenders could be fined up to...
Valero Set To Profit from IMO 2020
$200 crude and epic economic collapse predicted when shipping industry regulation goes into effect Jan. 1, 2020.
Oil prices are down from a year ago and the stock market is a record high.
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$4.3. Million Financial Support for IMO GHG Emission Strategy!
Partnerships and innovations are essential to combat climate change through reductions in GHG emissions. Keeping this in mind, Norway has provided an additional NOK 40,000,000 (US$4.3. million) to the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage-2050 project, which will...
Hyundai Box Ships To Get Scrubbers With New Compact Configuration
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) ordered TWELVE 23,000-TEU containerships which will be fitted with scrubbers, reports Ship&Bunker.
Continued Scrubber trend
From early sightings of Hyundai Merchant Marine's latest mega-boxship, the owner looks to be continuing the trend...
DFDS Decade Long Scrubber Success Shows Scrubber 60% Effective Than Fuel
According to a Ship Insight report, Danish ferry operator DFDS has been congratulated by The Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 for ten years of successful scrubber operation, with the exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS)...
GasLog: Third Quarter Earnings Show Revenue Increments Owing To LNG Growth
GasLog Limited showed increasing YOY top-line revenues as a few of its newbuild vessels hit the water.
This growth is likely to continue over the coming years as the company has a number...
Students from Over 70 Countries Ace WMU Graduation
The maritime leaders of tomorrow from over 70 countries graduated from the World Maritime University (WMU) on 3rd November in Malmö, Sweden., reports Marine Link.
World Maritime University
WMU was founded in 1983 by IMO...
Dozens of Stowaways Found in UK-bound Refrigerated Container
Dutch authorities have discovered 25 migrants stowed away inside a refrigerated container on a ferry bound for England, reports National Public Radio.
According to a statement published on a local government website, all those found...
Government Keen To Initiate Development Projects Along Suez Canal
The canal was opened to navigation in 1869 and was expanded in 2015 to accommodate larger ships.
The transit time has been cut from 22 to 11 hours, and the number of vessels...