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,...
Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Continue To Decrease
According to an article published in Seeking Alpha, the Baltic Dry Index fell 4.68% to 1,221 points in London on a drop across several different types of rates.
Panamax rates tumble
Panamax rates were down 5.74%...
Greece Urges To Adopt Practical Solutions for 2020 Implementation Issues
According to an article published in Llyod's List, speaking at a major gathering of Asia’s shipping industry dignitaries, Greece’s shipping minister Ioannis Plakiotakis raised concerns regarding the imminent implementation of the 2020 sulphur rules.
Global...
BizTalk: Soren Skou Gets Candid About Maersk
CGTN reports the interview by Soren Skou, CEO of Maersk Group, where in he discusses how Maersk transitioned from one used steamship to the presemt logistical empire and how they are coping with China-U.S....
Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 42, 2019
Protection Vessels International has released the 42nd Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 11th December 2019 highlights the various incidents that took place in the past week.
Yemen: Houthis claim to shoot...