DELAY IN SULPHUR CAP IMPLEMENTATION
Indonesia would not switch to low-sulphur fuel from January 1, 2020, due to abundant supplies of 3.5% sulphur content fuel, Reuters said citing the...
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...
RECORD HANDLING OF CARGO AT INDIAN PORT
V.O. Chidambaranar Port created a new record by handling 1,80,597 metric tonnes of cargo in a single day on 27th July 2019, surpassing the...
SILVER JUBILEE OF MOL
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that on July 25, it hosted a party in Jakarta for about 200 attendees, including customers, to celebrate...
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...
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...
HIGH SECURITY FOR SHIPS IN MALACCA STRAIT
China’s Ministry of Transport has raised its security recommendation for Chinese vessels in the Malacca Strait, a major potential bottleneck for global oil, to...
AUTONOMOUS MARITIME ECOSYSTEM ONSET
The changes towards autonomous shipping seems to be a long one. The process is rather incremental and can be achieved in small steps and...
TIANJIN CONTAINER TERMINALS INCORPORATED
COSCO Shipping Ports has entered into a merger agreement with Tianjin Port Holdings and China Merchants International Terminals (CM Terminals) regarding the trio’s respective...
CHINA SHIPS WORLD’S FIRST “SMART” VLCC
China’s largest shipbuilder Dalian Shipbuilding Industries (DSIC) has delivered the world’s first “smart” Very Large Crude Oil Carrier to China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES).
The...
