The Luggage Allowance and Restrictions on a P&O Cruise Ship Holiday
Cruise ship holidays have the luxury of being less restricted when it comes to luggage allowance than travelling by plane. Nevertheless, cruises do still have rules in place. An article published in Express.co.uk says...
IMO 2020 – Scrubbers Charterparty FAQs
Standard Club has issued a briefing about scrubbers charterparties FAQs in view of the oncoming IMO 2020 sulphur regulations. These FAQs about scrubbers are intended to assist members (as owners and charterers) in preparing...
The Sulphur Compliance Conundrum
If one is to believe the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the air around our coastlines after January 2020 - now less than eight months away - will become much cleaner and more fresh, says...
DNV GL Certifies Wind Turbine Shuttle Vessel
Based on a press release, Classification society DNV GL has presented China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) with Approval in Principle (AiP) certificates for two new offshore units: an arctic single column drilling unit and...
Kiel’s First Shore-Based Power Supply Plant for Shipping
Port of Kiel's first shore-based power supply plant for shipping was officially inaugurated at the Norwegenkai.
The building contractor for the shore-based power plant, which was built by Siemens, is the Port of...
ExxonMobil Puts $100 Million in Fuel Research
DOE National Labs Partner with ExxonMobil for $100 Million in Joint Research in a ten-year agreement.
The agreement will foster research collaboration on scalable technologies that improve energy efficiency, minimize greenhouse gas emissions,...
Global Ship Lease Sees Profits and Charter Coverage Rise
In a major development, Global Ship Lease (NYSE: GSL), a company that leases out mid-sized and smaller container ships, has reported improved earnings in its first full quarter since completing a transformative merger with...
Ballast Water Microbes Shows a Ship’s Journey
In one of the largest geographic surveys of ballast and harbor water to date, Claudia Gunsch and William Gerhard, scientists at Duke University in North Carolina, showed that they can identify the source of...
Greek Shipowner Has Ordered Its Sixth 174,000-m3 LNG Carrier
An article published in LNG World Shipping reports that the Greek shipowner Capital Gas has ordered its sixth 174,000-m3 LNG carrier from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), as some UK-based BRL Shipping Consultants...
Belships ASA Acquires Supramax Bulk Carrier for $12.0 Million
Belships ASA has agreed to acquire the 55,866 dwt bulk carrier M/V Sephora from Prospero Marine Ltd, a company controlled by Greek shipowner Elias Kulukundis, says an article published in Dry Cargo International.
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