Going All the Way in Transforming Maersk: Soren Skou
For things to change, we must first change our own mindsets and habits, wrote Maersk CEO, Soren Skou in a LinkedIn post. This was further reported by the leading maritime journals such as the...
IMO 2020 Pressure Makes Low Sulphur Fuels Reach 16 Year High
According to an Argus Media report, the prices of fuel oil with a maximum sulphur content of 1pc are edging towards parity with Brent crude values in Europe, as fresh demand from the shipping...
Hapag-Lloyd’s Self Painting Robots To Handle Ship Fouling
German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is currently testing ship-painting robots with nine of its ships, says an article published in their website.
Manual work replaced with robots
Traditional manual work is increasingly being replaced by automated...
DNV GL Approves Chelsea’s Sea Sentry Washwater Monitoring Services
In a major development, Chelsea Technologies’ Sea Sentry wash water monitoring system for ship exhaust gas cleaning systems has received DNV-GL type approval, says an article published in Ship Technology.
Certification Means Reliability
The UK-based company...
Vessels Violating Sanctions Get Their Flags Withdrawn by Panama
Panama to withdraw its flag from more vessels that violate sanctions and international legislation.
About 60 ships linked to Iran and Syria from the Panamanian registry in recent months.
After the re-imposition...
Dynamics in Oil Market Favors Chinese Refiners
Distillate demand from shipping has prompted Chinese refiners to use light-cycle oil w to increase volumes of IMO2020 compliant fuel.
Blending light cycle oil is cheaper than extracting distillates from crude oil.
An...
Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 25, 2019
Protection Vessels International has released the 25th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 10th July 2019 highlights the various incidents that took place in the past week.
Yemen: Skiffs approach merchant...
Ansheng Shipping Orders Demolition of Teu Feedermax Boxship Hai Su 10
Ansheng Shipping has sent the 698 teu feedermax boxship Hai Su 10 for demolition.
Delivered by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Hai Su 10 is the youngest ship sent to scrap over the past week.
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Scorpio Orders Fresh Batch of Scrubbers for $33.3m
Scorpio Group has confirmed that it has ordered a further 14 ENVI-Marine™ emission control systems for its vessels to manage 2020, at a combined cost of USD $20.3 m and scrubber units for $33.3...
[Part2] A List of Interesting Papers from the 29th CIMAC Congress
The CIMAC congress just had an interesting discussion on a range of issues shipping industry is currently sailing through. Viswa Group in a 4 part series, highlights the key issues from the concerns discussed...