Carbon Emissions To Be Documented in PSC Inspections

By 30 June 2020, ships that used EU ports in 2019 must carry onboard a document certifying that they follow EU regulation for monitoring and verification of CO2 emissions, reports Gard. Vessel lacking EU MRV...

Baltic Index Registers Seventh Straight Weekly Gain

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index rose to register a seventh straight weekly gain on July 3, as demand gained steam across all vessel segments, reports Reuters. Baltic dry index climbs high The Baltic...

MSC 11-Vessel Raid on Long Time Charters

  MSC takes advantage of the depressed charter market agreeing to snap up eleven 8,000-8,800 teu utility vessels on long-term charters at discounted rates. The charters have been agreed at daily hire rates of...

Crew Change Crisis Exposes the Human Cost of COVID19 Pandemic

According to Seatrade Maritime News report, two webinars around last Thursday’s Day of the Seafarer drew attention to the misery of some 400,000 stranded seafarers who cannot return home to their families or, conversely,...

$8.8m Cruise Ship Cleaning System Ordered By European Shipyards

  According to a Marine Link report, Vow ASA subsidiary Scanship said it has been awarded a 7.8 million-euro contract ($8.8 million) for its cruise clean ship system with major European shipbuilder. The system will...

Tanker Damages Port Bow Bulwark

A recently published article in the maritime bulletin written by Erofey Schkvarkin reveals that there was no collision between a Suezmax tanker and an FPSO but just a contact. What happened Tanker management sent a report...

TORM Imports Data from SERTICA for Remote DNV GL Surveys

Tanker company TORM saves time in remote DNV GL surveys with data from SERTICA, says a press release published on SERTICA website. Data imported from SERTICA  The tanker company TORM  imports data from SERTICA Planned Maintenance...

China Using Optimized Ship To Shore Digital Solution

  Dualog, a maritime digital platform provider, announced that The China Navigation Company (CNCo) has begun the testing phase of the Dualog Drive application. It is a service designed to simplify the collection and...

US Stocks Wrap Up Best Quarter in More Than 20 Years!

Stocks overcame weeks of uncertainty, social unrest and a resurgence in coronavirus infections to finish one of Wall Street’s best quarters in history. Two of the three major stock indexes are still down...

Similar COVID19 Viruses Found in Pangolins

According to an article published in the Science Alert, a search for the 'missing link' in the chain of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has uncovered two close cousins of the new coronavirus in shipments...