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...