Vessels Violating Sanctions Get Their Flags Withdrawn by Panama
Panama to withdraw its flag from more vessels that violate sanctions and international legislation.
About 60 ships linked to Iran and Syria from the Panamanian registry in recent months.
After the re-imposition...
Dynamics in Oil Market Favors Chinese Refiners
Distillate demand from shipping has prompted Chinese refiners to use light-cycle oil w to increase volumes of IMO2020 compliant fuel.
Blending light cycle oil is cheaper than extracting distillates from crude oil.
An...
Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 25, 2019
Protection Vessels International has released the 25th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 10th July 2019 highlights the various incidents that took place in the past week.
Yemen: Skiffs approach merchant...
Ansheng Shipping Orders Demolition of Teu Feedermax Boxship Hai Su 10
Ansheng Shipping has sent the 698 teu feedermax boxship Hai Su 10 for demolition.
Delivered by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Hai Su 10 is the youngest ship sent to scrap over the past week.
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Scorpio Orders Fresh Batch of Scrubbers for $33.3m
Scorpio Group has confirmed that it has ordered a further 14 ENVI-Marine™ emission control systems for its vessels to manage 2020, at a combined cost of USD $20.3 m and scrubber units for $33.3...
[Part2] A List of Interesting Papers from the 29th CIMAC Congress
The CIMAC congress just had an interesting discussion on a range of issues shipping industry is currently sailing through. Viswa Group in a 4 part series, highlights the key issues from the concerns discussed...
Wind Propulsion Technology Launched by ABS and Marin
A Joint Industry Project has been launched by ABS and MARIN to assess the performance of wind-assisted shipping propulsion technologies.
The JIP covers a majority of all marketed wind-assisted ship propulsors and aims to overcome...
Port of Virginia Commits To LNG Development
Port of Virginia becomes the first port to commit to the development of environmental friendly LNG fuel.
It has become a member of SEA/LNG, an industry coalition aimed at accelerating the adoption of LNG...
Brittany Ferries Christened Its LNG Vessels
Brittany Ferries introduced two new environment-friendly and CO2 savings ships to its fleet.
Kerry will cover the Cork to Santander route from November 2019 to November 2020 and Santoña will be the third LNG powered and...
ExxonMobil’s Grade Bunkers Christened As EMF.5
ExxonMobil has christened its grade bunkers as EMF.5™.
EMF.5™ is a range of Engineered Marine Fuels developed to fulfill global 0.50 percent sulphur cap.
EMF.5 fuel range has qualified ExxonMobil’s rigorous fit-for-use assessments.
This ensures customers...