Container Lines Prepare for New Capacity via New ULCVs and ‘Ship-Jumboisation’
MSC will receive some 330,000 teu of newbuild tonnage this year and will close the gap on Maersk Line, in the capacity rankings.
The privately-owned carrier was also expected to launch a “ship-jumboisation”...
Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 2, 2019
Protection Vessels International in their latest report highlighted the present maritime situation of the world and the report has been compiled as follows.
Armed robbers board the bulk carrier in China
On 13 January, two robbers...
Tanker Report – Week 2, 2019
The tanker report for 11 January 2019 has been compiled, it highlights the various market conditions faced by VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax, and Clean.
VLCC
In the Middle East Gulf, the market came under renewed downward...
More Efficient Testing of Ships Ballast Water is a Sea Change
Ballast Water Management Convention’s D2 regulations require that the indicative testing methods utilized to analyze organisms.
All three size classes of organisms need to be measured and assessed to comply with the regulations,...
Singapore Bunker Sales Dip Below 50mn t in 2018
Bunker sales fell $379/mt in December when compared with $462/mt in November.
The reason for fall has been attributed to fuel oil contamination issue and the continuing US-China trade war.
Weak demand in November from...
La Méridionale Partners with Wärtsilä for Eniram Technology
In a major development, Eniram, a Wärtsilä company has announced that they are digitalizing La Méridionale’s fleet of the French ferry operator La Méridionale, reports Sea News.
La Méridionale operates from Marseille for more than...
Ports and Sea Area That Prohibited Open Loop Scrubbers
Members have the option to use "equivalent" compliance mechanisms like Scrubbers in accordance with Regulation 4 of MARPOL Annex VI.
A growing number of ports are prohibiting the use of scrubbers using the...
EU, China And The US Need to Support Counter Piracy Operations
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is negatively affecting the economic potential of the sea for countries in this region.
In the past 12 months no less than 40 ships were attacked.
Inspired...
UAE Sets Out New Rules Regarding Class and Flag
The United Arab Emirates' Federal Transport Authority has reduced the number of flag states subject to the regulation below to the following:
Albania
Belize
DPR of Korea (North Korea)
Sao Tome and Principe
Tonga
...
History With Phil: The Ice-ship Cometh
To protect the Allied ships being sunk by German U-boats during WWII the British approved building aircraft carriers out of ice.
With Canada on board an experimental project was conducted at a lake...