500 OFFICERS UK COC AT RISK
UK Certificates of Competency (CoC) for 500 serving officers have been put at stake by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) following to the...
Estimated Bad Bunker Rise in 2020- Suppliers should be held answerable
When suppliers hosted in their state were caught supplying bad fuel, the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) has called on bunker states to...
Hanjin Collapse an Eye-opener for the Global Container Shipping Industry
How do you kill the business of your competitors in the container shipping business? Well, you just increase the capacity of your own ships...
FREE TRADE WAREHOUSING ZONE IN JNPT
A joint deal of DP World and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has got a to develop and operate the Free Trade Warehousing Zone...
Oil Spill near Corsica, Two Merchant Ships Collided
The collision of two merchant ships near Corsica wreaked to oil spilling more than 2.5 miles in the Mediterranean Sea.
The collision happened on October...
IMO Fuel Regulations 2020
In 2016, IMO had announced that the date for the effective reduction of marine fuel sulphur-oxide will be 2020. Under this new global limit,...
Wardha and Jalna to get a dry port – by June 2019
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust discloses plans to establish by June 2019, two new dry ports at Wardha and Jalna located in Maharashtra. The...
SINGAPORE TO SEEK PRISON FOR CAPTAINS & OWNERS FAILING TO FOLLOW 2020 LOW SULPHUR...
Singapore has a message for shipping companies considering cheating on rules starting next year to combat pollution to save a few dollars on their...
BIMCO OFFERS NEW REGULATIONS IN FIGHT AGAINST EMISSIONS
International shipping association BIMCO has introduced a new option that could help in the shipping industry’s quest to reduce its emissions.
While limiting the speed...
GOVT APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION FOR RECYCLING OF SHIPS
The proposed Bill restricts and prohibits the use or installation of hazardous material, which applies irrespective of whether a ship is meant for recycling...
