Compliance With IMO 2020 – Shipowners’ Worst Fears Materialising!
According to an article published in Ship and Bunker News, the run into IMO2020 is proving to be littered with disappointments, with shipowners' worst fears now materializing, says the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association...
World’s Coolest Shipwrecks That Will Wow Us
The United Nations estimates that there are three million wrecked along the ocean floor. Here we present 25 ships that wow us, make us scratch our heads, or even experience submechanophobia, a fear of...
Sulphur Cap Preparations and Implementation Hastens As 2020 Nears, Says IMO
According to a Dry Cargo International report, “IMO 2020” requirements for ships to cut sulphur oxide emissions enter into effect in just over one month’s time and this will significantly reduce air pollution from...
MAIB’s 2019 Safety Digest Focuses on Crew Safety and Experience Assessment
This year's Safety Digest by the U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issu presents a wide range of lessons learned from a variety of marine accidents and highlights the key factors that cause an...
Stranded Scuba Diver Saved by a Miracle
A Russian scuba diver has survived two days spent drifting in the cold waters of the Sea of Japan, reports Divernet.
Scuba diver in trouble
Pavel Vazemiller, 31, had been diving about 200m out in Ussuri...
IOSH Research Eases Out Seafarers’ Life Onboard
In the context of growing concerns about mental health and well-being at work, IOSH research sets out to explore mental health and well-being among seafarers working in the international cargo shipping industry, reports Gard.
Issues...
KR Teams Up With Hyundai LNG for Cyber-security Research
Hyundai LNG Shipping (HLS) and the Korean Register (KR) have signed an MoU agreeing to conduct joint research on applying, verifying and developing guidance for maritime cyber security systems, reports The Maritime Executive.
The companies...
NZ Pulls Off Measures To Reduce Ship Emissions
New Zealand revealed plans to sign up to new international maritime regulations to reduce ship emissions and lift air quality around ports and harbors, reports Stuff.co.nz.
Mediating environmental impacts
Subject to completion of the Parliamentary treaty...
Maersk Plans Layoffs To Build Non-Ocean Services?
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S to slash hundreds of jobs and plans to invest more heavily in inland logistics services, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Why job cuts planned?
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S will slash hundreds of...
Ship Owners Reluctant To Offer More Tonnage for Recycling
According to few of the shipbrokers, the demolition market hasn’t been up to the levels required since the start of the year, with ship owners reluctant to offer more tonnage for recycling.
Shipbroker Clarkson’s View
Lack...