SULPHUR 2020 – Lowering of Sulphur oxide emissions by 2020
Oxides of Sulphur (SOx) are long known to be severely damaging to people’s respiratory health and they are responsible for harmful acid rain causing...
WORLD BANK MURKY OVER THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
The vision for the international economy in 2019 seems overshadowed, as per the World Bank's January 2019 Global Economic Prospects report.
International trade and investment...
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...
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...
“System 001 Launched” – The Ocean Clean Up
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world’s largest plastic polluted zone. A floating boom system has been launched by the Dutch non-profit organization....
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE PORT OF ROTTERDAM SETS AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION WITH RPA3
The authority of Port of Rotterdam has tested autonomous navigation by converting a patrol vessel into a floating lab including data on metrics such...
