Stop the Hype on Open-loop Scrubbers for Sake of Human Health – EGCSA
The hype around open loop exhaust gas cleaning systems wash water discharge dilutes the focus on human health and the environment.
Some governments...
[Watch] Sea Change That Could Roil the Industry
International Maritime Organization’s sulfur emissions limit for the shipping industry will start in January 2020. IMO says shipowners in violation of the new rules...
Euronav: Summarizing the Tanker Market of 2018 and Beyond
Challenging freight market for crude oil tanker industry with reduced OPEC-driven production and excess supply of large tankers.
The highest level of older...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 12, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 12th week of this year. The report dated 22nd March 2019 provides a valuable...
AP Moller – Maersk Sells Total Stake for $1 Billion
According to a seatrade-maritime article, AP Moller – Maersk has sold its stake in the French oil and gas company Total for EUR884m ($1bn).
Shares...
SCS Brings Technology Allowing Surveyors To Stay Away from the Quayside
All DNV GL classed vessels to utilize the possibility of remote surveys for some inspections through the Veracity data platform.
Remote surveys are...
First Inland Vessel ‘For Ever’ Powered by 100% Sustainable Biofuel
GoodFuels and partner REINPLUS FIWADO Bunker have fuelled the ‘For Ever’, the first inland vessel from Combined Cargo Terminals (CCT) that runs fully on...
Ukraine Seizes $51 Million Worth Cocaine in Cargo Ship
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) seized a shipment of South American narcotics worth some $51 million.
It found more than quarter of a ton...
Herodotus’s Egyptian Ship Discovered in Sunken City
The ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote extensively about a ship during his travels to Egypt in 450BC. Now that mysterious Egyptian ship has been...
Ship CO2 Emissions Greatly Reduced by 1% by High-tech Surfaces
Research done by the University of Bonn showcases how ship hulls were coated with special high-tech air trapping materials reduces up to 1% of...