De Nora Pioneers in Electrochlorination Ballast Water Treatment
De Nora Marine Technologies has pioneered a method of electrochlorination ballast water treatment.
The disinfectant that eliminates aquatic invasive species is generated from a low flow, separate water supply to the actual ballast...
Qatar Petroleum’s Leap Step To Decarbonisation
Qatar Petroleum pursues to replace its existing bunker fuel for ships with LNG in a phased manner.
It will significantly reduce QP’s total shipping emissions in the LNG value chain by around 28%.
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Platts Launches A New Dry Bulk Weighted Average Index
Platts has launched a new dry bulk weighted average index – APSI 5 – for Supramax class bulkers, effective February 1, 2021.
Platts is the leading independent provider of information, analytics and benchmark...
Dry Bulk Sector Welcomes New Safety Standards
INTERCARGO and RightShip are founding partners of DryBMS, a quality standard for the dry bulk sector.
Safety, environmental and operational excellence are promoted through company self-assessment.
Both RightShip and INTERCARGO have strongly and consistently...
Cargo Ship Rescued, 13 People Floating Near Alcester
Thirteen people missing for a week in waters off Papua New Guinea after their boat broke down have been found alive with the help of Australia's maritime safety watchdog, reports Star News.
Ferry in trouble
The...
Fatal Fall From Inappropriate Portable Ladder
The Britannia P&I Club, in its BSafe campaign, reports the incident where an AB had a fatal fall from a portable ladder onboard a product tanker.The AB was conducting maintenance work on the launching...
Euronav Switches To Suezmax Resales
Euronav has switched its buying focus from VLCCs to suezmaxes, writes Sam Chambers for Splash247.
Euronav swoops for resales
Clarksons Research reports that the Belgian tanker giant has swooped for two resales at Daehan Shipyard, originally...
Demand Surge in Container Shipping Depletes Charter Market
The unexpected demand recovery in the container shipping sector driven primarily by the US-based demand surge has seen the charter market depleted of available capacity, reports Offshore Energy.
Increase in delays due to demand upturn
The...
Ordinary Medications That Impact on Serious Mental Behaviours
An extract from stories for BBC Future’s “Best of 2020” collection reveals the strange effects of medications that does not directly affect the body physically, but affects the mental behaviour of a person, says...
Ultramax Stays Strong Amid Slipping Capesize
Baltic Exchange has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 4th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 29th January highlights the dry bulk market conditions at the...