INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE SEAFARER 2019: GET ON BOARD WITH GENDER EQUALITY
The International Day of the Seafarer is celebrated each year on 25 June. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is calling on everyone in the...
ARCTIC SHIPPING AIMS TO BE MET BY RUSSIAN MINISTERS
Since the time, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared past year that shipping traffic through the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route must be raised to a...
IMO BRAVERY AWARD TO U.S. COAST GUARD
A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer will be awarded the IMO Bravery at sea award for his role in the rescue of four fishermen...
LEADING BANKS BOOST GREENER SHIPPING THROUGH NEW PRINCIPLES
Leading shipping banks will for the first time integrate climate considerations into lending decisions to incentivize maritime shipping’s decarbonization.
The Poseidon Principles will be a...
CSA 2020: Scrubbers, Secure for the Ocean Environment
The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020) has bestowed results of a study of the configuration and quality of exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS)...
EARLY SIGNS OF IMO 2020 STARTING TO ROCK THE OIL
There may be still be six months away, but new rules on marine fuels are already sending shock-waves through the little-known world of refinery...
CHINA HINTS PRESSURE ON OPEN LOOP SCRUBBERS
China has hinted towards the pressure over the use of open-loop scrubbers within the country’s emission control areas (ECAs) from January 2020.
The Chinese transport...
WORLD-FIRST: HYDROGEN-POWERED PUSH BOAT
A new vessel being built to operate along the Rhône River in France will be the world's first push boat to run entirely on...
ITF DRAWS ATTENTION TO CONFINED SPACE FATALITIES IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
There has been a massive rise in workers’ deaths in confined spaces — a workplace hazard long familiar to the shipping industry. Since January...
Fresh Emergence of Product Tankers in Exigent Market
There is a downfall in amicability of the market condition for product tankers suggesting the dealers to be more tolerant to face ensuing adversities....
