High Productivity, Shared Costs – Hong Kong Seaport Alliance Rolls Its Plan
In a major development, the Hong Kong Seaport Alliance has announced that they have set in motion this month with an aim of maximizing operational efficiencies in Hong Kong’s Kwai Tsing port, even though...
Where Did All the Boxships Go? For Scrubbers Installations, Says Alphaliner
According to an Alphaliner research, the number of boxships withdrawing from service for scrubber installations has surged in recent weeks and is set to climb further in the coming couple of months, reports Splash...
How Limitation of Liability in Inland Navigation Effects Shipping?
Standard Club has published an article that is intended to be used as a reference to aid members to understand the CLNI 2012 terms in particular the new increased limitation of liability.
Background
The Central Commission...
IMO Limits Live-Streaming for a Selected Group
The IMO Council made the first steps towards a bigger transparency in shipping, with a decision to introduce live streaming for Assembly, Council and Committee meetings for Member States, IGOs and NGOs in consultative...
Wärtsilä’s Long Term Outlook on EGCS
Wärtsilä orderbook fully booked for the remainder of 2019, and had secured orders for delivery for dates as late as the second half of 2020.
Orderbook evenly split between newbuilds and retrofits, with...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 30, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 30th week of this year. The report dated 26th July 2019 provides a valuable insight into this week's tanker market dealings, freight rates, and...
New LNG Fueled Tankers Approved by Sovcomflot Approves at Zvezda Shipyard
Sovcomflot is focusing on introducing “green technologies” for energy shipping as part of its strategy up to 2025.
SCF Group has six LNG-fuelled crude oil tankers of Gagarin Prospect type in operation.
Sovcomflot...
ClassNK Give Nods to Onboard IoT Platform
SmartShip is a digital shipping solution for data collection, monitoring and operational advice.
ClassNK’s certification approves the platform as a computer-based system that conforms to the class society’s rules governing a product.
The...
Another Country’s Top Refinery Starts LSFO Production
Viva Energy is now producing IMO2020 grade fuel oil at its Geelong refinery in southern Australia.
Marine fuel used in Australian waters is currently restricted to 3.5% sulfur bar in some ports, which...
MAN Energy Solutions Integrates With MESPAS Connect
One of the world’s largest maritime suppliers, MAN Energy Solutions, has integrated with the electronic procurement platform MESPAS Connect, resulting in faster, easier and more efficient purchasing.
With the integration of MAN Energy...