Monitoring The Enforcement Of IMO’s 2020 Sulphur Regulations
The International Maritime Organization’s 2020 Global Sulphur Limit Regulation, which is a significant challenge for the shipping industry, came into effect as of 1 January 2020. It limits the sulphur in fuel oil used...
Navig8 Acquires 2 New Aframax
Navig8 welcomes the latest 2 aframax tankers addition to V8 pool, says a press release published on their site.The 2 new tankers
MT NemoVessel: NemoYard: Tsuneishi ZosenDelivery: April 2021Deadweight: 105,773MT AristaiosVessel: MT AristaiosYard: Daehan SBDelivery:...
The Transition To VLSFO
Twenty-one months ago seems an eternity given the challenges the world now faces yet the writer clearly recalls sitting on a trading floor and hearing excited chatter that enquiries were being received for VLSFO....
27 LNG Fuelled Ships Ordered So Far This Year
Since the start of the year, there have been 27 LNG-fuelled vessels
ordered, according to a recent market insight from Gibson Shipbrokers, reports offshore energy.
Current Orderbook
Of these, 14 have been tankers, nine have been container...
Ban on Discharge of Scrubber Wash Water in Territorial Waters
Turkey has banned the discharge of scrubber wash water in its territorial waters following in the footsteps of a number of governments, including that of Saudi Arabia and Singapore, reports offshore energy.The move was...
How Can A COVID Vaccine Cause Blood Clots? Scientists Investigate
Scientific teams from Germany and Norway found that people who developed the clots after vaccination had produced antibodies that activated their platelets.
The new reports add extensive details to what the researchers have...
ABB Sets Course for Sustainable River Transport With Electric Ferries
ABB has won a landmark contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply all-electric power solution for ten new ferries transporting passengers across Lisbon’s Tagus river, reads the company website.
Integrated electric power
The 40m ferries...
Cyber Crimes Threaten Shipping Industry In A Modern Form Of Piracy
Cyber-attacks pose a serious threat to corporations generally and those involved in shipping are no exception.
The Cyber Risk team at Clyde & Co has worked on over 3,000 data breaches and cyber...
Suez Canal Chief Hints At Captain’s Fault for Containership Grounding
As the battle to determine the cause of Ever Given’s grounding in the Suez Canal intensifies, the ship’s captain is at a crossfire. According to a report by the Jakarta Post, the Suez Canal...
$17m Claim Over Major Oil Spill
Sri Lanka on Friday lodged a claim for $17.38 million with the Greek owners of an oil tanker that caught fire and left a spill stretching 40 kilometres (25 miles) off the South Asian...