IMO’s GloFouling PLANS LAUNCHED
The IMO has begun a five-year project to help conserve marine biodiversity - the first globally harmonized effort to address bio fouling. (18-20 March)
The...
TRADE WAR: US Vs CHINA
The international trade war has caused much chaos over the past few months but so far it has had only a restricted impact on...
HIGH SULFUR FUEL DEMAND WILL REVIVE IN 2022: EIA, U.S.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) anticipates that the share of big sulfur residual fuel oil used as a bunker in the U.S. will...
NEW DIGITAL MEANS PROMOTES PORT EFFICIENCY: SINGAPORE
Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has launched a maritime single window system that will serve as a one-stop portal for maritime regulatory and...
MASSIVE INDIAN CARGO COMPANY DESIRES TO FRAME AN UBER FOR SHIPPING
A unit of the Mumbai-based Allcargo, ECU Worldwide, which aggregates orders from clients, plan s to use Uber’s model to make it easier for...
THE RACE FOR DOMINANCE
China emerges 2nd largest ship owner
A striking series of development has been witnessed by the Marine industry as China has emerged as the world’s...
SHIPPING SECTOR SETS COURSE FOR ZERO CARBON
The top ports, banks, oil and shipping companies on Monday launched an initiative which aims to have ships and marine fuels with zero carbon...
IWAI & IOCL ENDROS MoU ON FUEL NEEDS
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) have endorsed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutually expanding infrastructure...
Chinese Seaborne Imports from the US Affected by Chinese tariffs
Tariffs imposed by China jeopardize immensely the business volume of dry bulk shipping industry. In the last year, China imported 32 million tonnes of...
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...
