IMO Compliant Fuels Receive Berths from Fujairah Bunkering Hub
Ships carrying IMO compliant marine fuels will be allocated four berths by UAE's port of Fujairah.
Berths 3A, 3B, 3E and 3W will be solely used for 0.5pc sulphur marine fuels.
Transition date...
LNG-fuelled Transport Gets a Bulk Carrier Tender from Melbourne Based BHP
BHP floated a bulk carrier tender for LNG-fuelled transport for up to 27 million tonnes of its iron ore, first one of its kind.
The tender helps to find potential partners who work...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 28, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market of the 28th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 12th July highlights the plight of the dry bulk...
Port of Rotterdam Refuels LNG Using ‘Simultaneous Bunkering’ Technique
The port of Rotterdam has welcomed a ship bunkered LNG using a procedure termed as simultaneous bunkering.
The procedure was made possible by Containerships Nord, allows ships to significantly cut their port call times.
Containerships Nord along...
J.P.Morgan Container Ship Seized With 20 Tons of Cocaine Released by U.S
According to an article published in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. authorities have released a container ship that was seized with 20 tons of cocaine in Philadelphia.
What happened?
The vessel was released after the operator...
Expansion of Bunker Operations in Europe by UK’s Harvest Energy Marine
Harvest Energy Marine has acquired Vadero Highlander, an ocean-going bunker tanker as a part of its bunkering operations in Europe.
The company had also acquired the vessel Andros for bunker operations and provide...
Going All the Way in Transforming Maersk: Soren Skou
For things to change, we must first change our own mindsets and habits, wrote Maersk CEO, Soren Skou in a LinkedIn post. This was further reported by the leading maritime journals such as the...
IMO 2020 Pressure Makes Low Sulphur Fuels Reach 16 Year High
According to an Argus Media report, the prices of fuel oil with a maximum sulphur content of 1pc are edging towards parity with Brent crude values in Europe, as fresh demand from the shipping...
Hapag-Lloyd’s Self Painting Robots To Handle Ship Fouling
German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is currently testing ship-painting robots with nine of its ships, says an article published in their website.
Manual work replaced with robots
Traditional manual work is increasingly being replaced by automated...
DNV GL Approves Chelsea’s Sea Sentry Washwater Monitoring Services
In a major development, Chelsea Technologies’ Sea Sentry wash water monitoring system for ship exhaust gas cleaning systems has received DNV-GL type approval, says an article published in Ship Technology.
Certification Means Reliability
The UK-based company...