Tankers Spill Less Oil Since 2010
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation has identified decrease in oil spills since 2010.According to International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), there has been a significant decrease in the number of oil spills from tankers since...
Baltic Dry Index Slips To Rock Bottom
The index has plummeted 75 points below the recent record of 504, which was the lowest since the index began in 1985.
Experts and related sources talk about some substantial grounds for the all-time low...
First Ulstein X-Stern Hull Arrived
Early this January, the first SOV hull arrived at Ulstein Verft in Norway. It started its voyage from Poland on 1st January and reached Norway early in the morning of 3rd January. X-Stern is...
Fire On board Delays Maiden Voyage
Fire on a new cruise ship delays her inaugural voyage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be
The 125,000 gt cruise ship at Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki is reported to have an electrical fire in a compartment. The fire was completely contained...
A Tragic Loss – HMS Bulwark
HMS Bulwark belonged to a sub-class of the Formidable-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the London class.On 26 November 1914, while anchored near Sheerness, she was destroyed by a large...
45-Year-Old Engineer Crushed to Death on a Ferry
At about 11:30 GMT, a 45-year-old engineer got crushed to death while servicing a lift on a ferry at Falmouth docks in Cornwall. MV ulysses was berthed at Queen Elizabeth Dock for annual retrofit....
Freight Is More Energy Efficient By The Day
Ships account for almost 90 percent of global trade and nearly 11 billion tons of stuff per year.Big ships approximately consume 110 tons of fuel oil per day and may take few weeks to...
LR Approves World’s Tallest Evacuation Chute
Lloyd’s Register has provided Viking Life-Saving Equipment with a type approval for a record new 81 m evacuation chute.Viking’s existing 64 m system was found inadequate for its CJ70 jack-up rig design’s unprecedented height....
Vision For Shipping In 2016
The shipping advisor Moore Stephens has predicted that Shipping will remain “volatile and uncertain” in 2016, thanks to unpredictable Chinese demand and a complex geopolitical picture elsewhere.
The Vision:
Shipping partner of Moore Stephens - Richard...
$25,000 Fine – Failure to Comply with NOx Tier III Requirement
Ships constructed on or after January 1, 2016 and entering into the North American or U.S. Caribbean Emission Control Areas (ECA) must comply with the Tier III NOx requirement of MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter...