Finally, Clarity in The World of Ballast Water Treatment
The USCG set a higher standard than IMO which led, it being seen as a gold standard.
There are now 16 type-approved ballast water treatment systems.
By the end of 2019, there could...
Dual Use LNG Shipping: A Game Changer for Carbon Management?
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage have been repeatedly written off as not financially viable.
Transportation costs for such an effort would be between $11 to $23 per ton of CO2.
The introduction of...
Ship With 2000 Cars Including 911 GT2 RS Sinks Off French Coast!!
Grande America sank with a large batch of Audi and Porsche cars sank off the coast of France.
Porsche confirmed that there were Porsche cars on board as well out of which 4 were...
Ecochlor BWMS Ramps Up Production With a New Factory
According to a Marine Log article, Maynard, Mass., headquartered Ecochlor has announced that their manufacturing partner, ProFlow, Inc., has opened a new factory in North Haven, Ct., for production of the chlorine dioxide generator...
BMW 1st Automobile Company To Join Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
German automaker BMW Group has recently become the first automobile worldwide to join the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI)which was Launched in March 2018 by the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, reports the Economic Times.
SRTI...
IMO-EU Under Pressure To Align Ship CO2 Emissions-Measuring Systems
As the global drive to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships continue the IMO and the European Union (EU) is under pressure to make more stringent compliance rules and a detailed structure of...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 11, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has released Bulk carrier maritime activity report for the 10th week of this year. The report formulated on 15th March 2019 highlights the situation in the bulk carrier market including trading...
French GTT Boosts Spending for High-Tech LNG Ships!
GTT plans to increase R&D spending by about 25% in 2019 to meet IMO 2020 sulphur cap.
The company also plans to develop new variants of their flagship technologies, such as NO96 Flex, and...
Cruise Ship Evacuated After Collision With Cargo Ship!
According to NL Times, on March 20, a cruise ship collided with a cargo ship, loaded with cars, on the Waal River near Nijmegen.
What happened?
The collision with the cargo ship pushed the cruise ship...
Piracy Threat Remains in Indian Ocean “High Risk Area”
The Round Table of International shipping associations plus the OCIMF, announced that the geographic boundaries of the ‘High-Risk Area’ for piracy in the Indian Ocean have been reduced, reports Marine Insight.
How was ‘High-Risk Area’...