Panama Canal : FAQ on Fuel Type and Changeover Requirements
We refer to our earlier Client Alert 10-2017, issued on April 21, 2017, describing the requirement for vessels transiting through the Panama Canal to...
[Watch] Shark Attack! Terrified Tourists Flee Beach
A VIDEO has captured a 10-foot shark roaming the waters of a popular Spanish beach in Mallorca, causing tourists to flee the sea to...
Can You Name this Ship Part?
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LNG Versus Scrubbers
Scrubbers installed in cruises and ferries are at 15% and 13% respectively.
Tankers and Bulk Carriers account for 23% and 28% of Scrubbers...
No Cross – Undertakings in Damages for Ship Arrests
In a recent important decision of the Admiralty Court in London, NatWest Markets
Plc v Stallion Eight Shipping Co. S.A., in which Watson Farley &...
Orders for Scrubbers Show Sharp Increase
Survey findings
A recently completed survey of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) members reports a rapidly accelerating uptake of marine scrubbers with 71 scrubbers...
Handful of Tanker Owners Profiting from Dwindling Iran-Europe Trade
Iran, the third largest oil producer in OPEC after Saudi Arabia and Iraq, is producing around 3.70- 3.74 million b/d of crude oil, according...
Oil Tanker Owners are Scrapping the Most Ships in Decades
The Global Fleet could be lacking of 100 million barrels of oil by 2020.
The average earning of VLCCs fell by 65 percent...
Port State Control to Focus on Ship Emissions
The agreement by major PSC regimes to conduct concentrated inspection campaigns in compliance with MARPOL Annex VI on the prevention of air pollution from...
How Can Fuel Contamination Exist When All Fuel is Tested to ISO 8217?
Speculation and Generalisation isn't good for addressing fuel contamination issues, advises IBIA.
Mostly, the contamination is due to lack of control of the...