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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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
...
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...
Singapore Bunker Premiums Edge Higher on Short-term Prompt Tightness
According to a Platts report, bunker fuel premiums in Singapore have strengthened slightly in recent days owing to supply tightness for prompt loading and delivery...
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Pirates Attack This Tanker ‘Twice’ in Less Than 24 Hours
Greek product tanker gets attacked and looted by pirates, reports Maritime Bulletin.
Product tanker attacked
Product tanker NEW RANGER was attacked at around 0720 UTC Dec...
