Tanker Glut Off Venezuela’s Coast

Sanctions were approved by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, aimed at driving President Nicolas Maduro out of power. PDVSA exported 1.25 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude last year, including...

International Court To Rule on Ship Interception Off Guyana: Hess CEO

An ExxonMobil-chartered seismic ship offshore Guyana was intercepted by the Venezuelan navy. John Hess, the CEO of Hess, a member of the ExxonMobil-led consortium has planned to move to an international court for...

Shipping Line Between India and Chabahar Port Established

Iran and India launched a shipping lane that connects India’s Mumbai to the Iranian southern port cities. The first Indian cargo entered Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti Port. The port is to play a big...

Top Ship Implementation Plan Items -IMO 2020

The 73rd session of the MEPC discussed the 2020 sulphur cap and decided on individual ship implementation plans. By this circular, the IMO encourages flagged vessels to make their own plans. Port authorities...

A Snapshot of Shipping Markets – More Countries Ban Open Loop Scrubbers

China has banned discharge of Wash Water from Open-loop scrubber starting this year. This echoes Singapore’s initiatives to be in effect from 1 Jan 2020. P&I club Gard warns that additional countries are...

Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 4, 2019

  Protection Vessel Weekly has published this week's maritime security report. We are into the 4th week of this year and the report shows the various security concerns in the maritime industry. The report was...

Re-imagining Ocean-Based Transportation, Food, and Ecosystem Services

Ocean-based economies must be reevaluated to ensure system productivity and sustained services. Increased global human activity and carbonized development are lowering the output from ocean-based services. Since 2008, bulk freight rates have dropped...

Tanker Report – Week 4, 2019

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the tanker market of the 4th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 25th January highlights the plight of the tanker market at...

JLA Media Appoints Levett to Lead Oil & Gas

  Neil Levett has joined JLA's Media team as Lead Consultant for its newly-established Oil & Gas division, taking responsibility for a fast-growing part of the organisation’s PR and communications activities. Why this new role? The role...

Bulk Report – Week 4, 2019

The weekly highlights of the Baltic Briefing are here. This report showcases the bulk carrier market scenario of week 4 of 2019 which has been compiled on 25th January. Capesize A week of dashed hopes for...