As the Solomon Trader disaster shows, nowhere is safe from oil spills, write Dr Sian Prior, Eelco Leemans and Dave Walsh from the Clean Arctic Alliance. This Sunday, Alaskans will mark the 30th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster, when, due to human error, a single-hulled oil tanker struck a...
Fuel choices have obscured the complex issues over lube selection ahead of IMO 2020. Here’s a useful guide to the problems coming up and how to handle them. The vast column inches spent on next year’s fuel conundrum for owners have obscured another mounting headache come the onset of the...
The spot is about 100 miles from the Asturian coast.
Asturias is on alert for marine pollution. The protocol is at the lowest level, the surveillance level. Asturias has adopted this decision after the Basque Country and Cantabria have done the same. The order has been given by the Minister of the Presidency and Citizen Participation, Guillermo Martínez. The head of the Presidency has proceeded to activate today, Thursday, at 11.29 hours, the Territorial Contingency Plan for Accidental Marine...
Biofuel availability out of Europe’s largest port is set to increase. VARO Energy subsidiary Reinplus Fiwado Bunker and GoodFuels have extended their partnership to improve availability of biofuel to deepsea vessels leaving from Rotterdam. The new partnership will see VARO help scale the sourcing,...
https://splash247.com/biofuel-availability-out-of-rotterdam-increases/
John Faraclas
What a week that was with the BDI falling, Panama Maritime successful conference and perplexed Geopolitics…
The BDI was down five points at 690 earlier on today; it lost though 40 (forty) points since last week’s 730 “thanks” to the collapse of the Capes! The 14th Panama Maritime Conference dominated the week as did the perplexed geopolitics. John Faraclas’ daily and weekly recaps:
The Capes’ falling volatility – minus 44 (18/3), -55 (19/3), – 22 (20/3), – 111 (21/3) and minus 37...
The Montreal Port Authority, in cooperation with LOGISTEC Corporation, has announced that its Viau Terminal will undergo a new phase of expansion
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/montreal_initiates_next_phase_of_terminal_expansion
A group of Dutch multinationals – FrieslandCampina, Heineken, Philips, DSM, Shell and Unilever – all members of the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition (DSGC), are joining forces with Maersk on a landmark biofuel-powered voyage from Europe to China. The pilot, using up to 20% sustainable...
Konecranes, a provider of smart solutions, has announced that it will supply nine RTGs and three ‘Liftace Reach Stackers’ to the Port of Wilmington
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/konecranes_and_gulftainer_strike_wilmington_deal
New video gives overview of project with DP World
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/friday_focus_virgin_one_hyperloops_india_project
Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Kris Kosmala is Director of Smart Port Operations Digital Solutions at Royal HaskoningDHV, an independent international engineering and project management consultancy dedicated to leading the way in sustainable development and innovation. Royal...