How Ship Recycling is Helping the Planet?

According to a Lloyd's Register article, doing away with the dangerous hazardous process of ship dismantling and recycling ships offers a viable solution Here we are going to discuss how ship recycling is saving the...

CRU’s Insight on IMO 2020 Sulphur Supply Impact

According to a PR Newswire report, CRU thinks that the decision to implement more stringent sulphur limits for marine fuel will require a significant change in the practices of both vessel operators and oil...

Ships and Refiners IMO 2020 Ready, Says Japan

  According to a Seatrade Maritime News article, Japan has updated that the country’s first trial of using IMO-compliant bunker fuel on coastal vessels has been successfully conducted, ahead of the next step of low-sulphur...

[Watch] IMO Empowers Women Through It’s Gender Program

The IMO has produced a new film to showcase its Women in Maritime program, says an article published in their website. Turning the tide A film from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) showing how IMO's women...

Galp’s IMO Refining Margins To Expand

Galp expects its refining margins to improve in the second half of this year with increased demand for marine fuels supporting crack spreads for middle distillates. Firm cut estimate for average refining margins...

Marpol Loopholes Making Compliance Jittery?

Indonesia’s plans to ignore the sulphur cap for its national-flag vessels on domestic routes, though ratified with Annex VI, the biggest difficulty regulators will face. The sulphur cap applies to ships registered with...

Drunken Captain Puts the Ship Aground in the Port of Riga

An online newspaper 24-my.info reports an incident where drunken captain of Barbados put the ship aground in the port of Riga. Ship put aground by Captain The captain of the ship Hadeland under the flag of...

South America’s New Panama Canal To Pass Through ‘Green Hell’

Paraguay to develop its remote Chaco region into transport hub. Public works tenders for $1.2 bln could tap capital markets. Paraguay plans to turn its remote, sparsely populated northwest into an international transport hub...

Maersk’s Advantageous Trading Access With TradeLens

Maersk has responded to a call by forwarders to share efforts to standardise digitisation through its TradeLens platform. Maersk is committed to embracing international standards and working with the bodies and organisations that...

Update of Asia LNG Spot Cargoes Trade on Abundant Global Supply

Indian Oil buys August cargo from Trafigura at $3.69/mmBtu CNOOC buys September cargo from Vitol at $3.90/mmBtu Last time cargoes traded below $4 was 3-4 years ago - trade Cargoes of liquefied natural gas...