WASP LAUNCHED
The Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) project, funded by the Interreg North Sea Europe programme, part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to...
SADAN KAPTANOGLU ELECTED BIMCO’S FIRST LADY PRESIDENT
Sadan Kaptanoglu, managing director of HI Kaptanoglu Shipping, was elected President of BIMCO at its General Meeting in Athens.
Kaptanoglu, who is a Turkish shipowner,...
WORKSHOP BY FORWARD SEAMEN’S UNION OF INDIA
The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (“MLC, 2006”) ensures a minimum working and living standards for all seamen working on ships flying the flags of...
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...
Novel Mammoth Container Ship with SOx Scrubbing Facility- by HMM
SEOUL: An 11,000 TEU capacity container ship furnished with the radical SOx scrubber system has been started by Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), Korea’s biggest...
US Navy seized illegal arms in the Gulf of Aden
The US Navy has seized an un-flagged skiff stuffed with hundreds of automate riffles in The Gulf of Aden, and has handed the sailors...
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...
140 KOREAN SHIPS OVER TO THE PROCEDURE OF ECOFRIENDLY FUEL BY 2030
The South Korean government revealed its plans to convert 140 state-owned vessels to run on environmentally friendly fuels by 2030.
The country’s Ministry of Oceans...
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...
1. EDF-Finding Ways to New Climatic Change
Environmental Defense Fund and Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law published a new analysis which states that the legal authority for...
