[Answer]How To Provide Lifelong Protection Against Cavitation & Corrosion Damage?
The Shipping industry encounters a fair share of cavitation and corrosion damage of vessels for which they need to spend a substantial amount for proper repairing. However, there are ways to provide lifelong protection...
Engine Performance Optimization on Land and Sea
ABB Measurement & Analytics helps the shipping and power companies save fuel and improve the reliability of large diesel engines. ABB’s instrumentation and analyzers make solving tough measurement applications easy for customers.
An article...
IMO 2020: Boxship Scrubber Retrofits To Surge
A recent survey shows a fairly large chunk of the boxship fleet to head into repair yards in the coming months leading up to the global sulphur cap, reports Splash 247.
What is the survey...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 18, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 18th week of this year. The report dated 3rd May 2019 provides a valuable insight into this week's tanker market dealings, freight rates, and charter...
Can Oil Companies Cater To IMO 2020 VLSFO Demands?
Petrobras has just produced and supplied its first batch of IMO 2020-compliant marine fuel, it is capable of producing 45,000-barrel per day.
Sulfur content limits in bunker fuels used outside the designated Emission...
Maersk First To Offer Digital Ocean Customs Clearance
Maersk has launched Customs Clearance online shipping management platform in seven European countries - Germany, France, Denmark, The Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, and Spain.
Customs Clearance online shipping management platform aims to provide simple and...
Pirates Hijack Blue Marlin! Vessel Recovered and Crew Freed
A Royal Boskalis Westminster heavy transport vessel has been recovered and the crew freed after being hijacked on Sunday about 80 miles offshore Equatorial Guinea as reported by Offshore Engineer.
What happened?
On May 7, the...
How AI Can Help in Ship Navigation?
The risk of the collision remains a challenge, with up to 3,000 such incidents reported annually.
A new entrant to the market, Orca AI provides navigations solutions which prevent collisions and save lives.
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More Propane and Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids To Transit the Expanded Panama Canal
In June 2016, the Panama Canal Authority, the body that operates the Panama Canal, opened the third set of locks that facilitated the transit of larger ships, the first such expansion since the canal was...
PSC Issues Guidelines To Prepare Crews for IMO 2020 Spot Sampling
In light of the 2020 sulphur cap, the frequency of PSC taking spot samples of a ship’s fuel oil to verify its sulphur content is expected to increase significantly after 1 January 2020 and...