Operators are under pressure to reduce CO2 emissions from their vessels, with regulations to cut SOX emissions coming into force in 2020 and the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) expected to […]
The growing awareness of the marine market to the threat of cyber risk needs to be matched with a more concerted approach to risk management. Last year’s attack on Maersk, which has been estimated as […]
Commercial shipowners are feeling the sting of the US Coast Guard’s (USCG’s) stepped-up efforts to ensure vessels trading in the United States are complying with US ballast water regulations, according to preliminary data obtained by […]
Taiwan’s state-owned refining group CPC Corporation has begun offering low-sulphur fuel oil, with sulphur content of 0.5% at Taiwanese ports. The Taiwanese government, through the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, had announced that such bunkers […]
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships will be at the centre of the agenda when the 72nd session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72) convenes in a few weeks’ […]
Ensuring the wellbeing of crew brings business benefits, speakers told the Sailors’ Society Wellness at Sea conference on 16 March. In the opening speech, Stuart Rivers, CEO of Sailors’ Society, said, “Not looking after crew […]
The maritime industry has constantly improved its safety record throughout history. All statistics reveal that life at sea today is safer than 50, 20, or even 10 years ago. However, reading the maritime press and […]
The view expressed by the bunker supplier is not one that marine equipment producer Alfa Laval recognises. Peter Leifland EVP at Alfa Laval says it has not made a forward analysis of the of the […]
Working towards a more efficient future consumes many of those in shipping and trying to predict it is essential, particularly as vessel construction can have a two-year lead time. As the shipping industry appears to […]
People remain the top cyber-security risk in shipping, according to IUMI While insurers are willing to examine the coverage of marine cyber risks, it must go hand-in-hand with robust cyber risk management. Delegates at an […]
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