SROCC: Towards a Pollution-Free Ocean
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address unprecedented and...
Brand New Bunker Firm Hits Market
Former Integr8 staffers have formed a new bunkering outfit under the aegis of the Borealis shipping group, reports Ship & Bunker.
Aurora Marine Fuels
The company,...
A Whopping Penalty for Illegal Beaching
A Singapore company has accepted and paid a NOK 7 million (691,835 EUR) fine for violation of the Pollution Control Act and the General...
MISC Pens Time Charter Agreement With ExxonMobil
Malaysian shipping company MISC has secured charter deals for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with the ExxonMobil subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime, reports Ship Technology.
LNG...
China Oil Imports from Ship To Ship Transfer Surge in September
Chinese oil imports via ship-to-ship transfers tripled in September to an estimated 910,000 tonnes, compared with a month earlier, based on Bloomberg’s ship-tracking...
Laundered Air On The High Seas – IMO 2020
According to an article published in Mondaq, the shipping sector accounts for 12% of global sulphur dioxide emissions, 13% of global nitrogen oxide emissions...
Drones Can Determine If Ships Are Skirting Pollution Laws
UCLA student-led study found that drones can be used to determine whether ships are following pollution regulations, reports Daily Bruin.
How can drones be helpful?
According...
AET’s LNG Dual-Fuel DPSTs Will Emit 40-48% Less Carbon
According to an article published in AET website, the shuttle tanker company has named two of its world’s first LNG Dual-Fuel Dynamic Positioning Shuttle...
UK MCA Publishes Guidelines on Seafarer Practices
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (UK MCA) has recently published two guidelines on seafarer practices, reports Safety4Sea.
The two guidelines
The guidelines published by the...
Issues Predicted Over 2020 Transition
According to BIMCO’s latest publication on their website, Tiejha Smyth deputy director in the Freight, Demurrage and Defence (FD&D) department of the North of...