Presence of Biodiesel Waste Indicated in VLSFO Bunkers in Panama
According to a latest ViswaLab technical update, an increase in high Acid Number VLSFO fuel samples bunkered in Panama is noticed since the beginning of December.
Samples tested at ViswaLab
ViswaLab has tested 12 samples...
Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Code of Practice
According to an article published in Maritime UK, the MASS industry, companies, organisations and individuals working within it are committed to behaving ethically and with integrity in all aspects of business.
Fair regulatory controls
Success of...
Tanker Rates Continue To Slide, Shippers Remain Hopeful
VLCC spot rates had touched $300,000 a day in the week ended 11 October, before diving to below $100,000 a day at the close of last week.
West Africa and Black Sea/Med suezmax...
Conquistador Ship Anchors Discovered Off Mexico
According to an article published in Fox News, archaeologists have discovered two 16th-century anchors off the coast of Mexico that may be from ships used by conquistador Hernán Cortés.
Iron anchors discovered
The iron anchors were...
Countries Come Together To Implement IMO Regime
Countries surrounding the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have pledged to make progress towards ratifying, implementing and enforcing IMO’s liability and compensation regime, reports Port News.
The pledge was made at a workshop in...
Izzy Looking Forward To a Christmas Miracle
A cat that stowed away on a cargo ship and travelled more than 2,000 miles from Israel to the UK needs a new home, reads an article in BBC.
Izzy, the stowaway cat
Izzy got stuck...
MSC ZOE Mishap: MSC Quashes Claims by Zembla
A claim by Zembla (a Dutch TV investigative journalism programme), that the video data recorder on board MSC ZOE at the time of the incident in January was defective has been denied by MSC,...
Amsterdam Port Witnesses Its First SIMOPS LNG Bunkering
Titan LNG’s bunker barge FlexFueler001 has supplied LNG to the tanker Ramelia while the ship was unloading cargo at the Oiltanking Terminal in Amsterdam.
The operation was carried out in cooperation with Oiltanking Amsterdam and...
Voyage Vessels Make a Switch Over To Low Sulphur Fuel
AAL has migrated its entire fleet to use fuel with a sulphur content of 0.5% or less in accordance with the IMO 2020 regulation, reports Sea News.
A multitude of fuels
The low sulphur fuel comprises...
Hong Kong Convention: Need for Ethical Ship Scrapping and Recycling
According to an article published in Ship-Technology, ceremonial ship launching, including the now-familiar sight of a bottle of sacrificial champagne being broken over the bow of the vessel as it is named and dispatched,...