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Suppliers need to fundamentally change business models to survive – says 20|20 – marine energy

Andrian Tolson

Fuel suppliers need to transform their business models in line with future marine energy requirements, the convergence of shipping’s Sulphur and GHG emissions challenges, and advancements in technology

NEW YORK – 2nd October 2018: Physical fuel suppliers need to fundamentally transform the traditional models of supply in order to survive, said Adrian Tolson, Senior Partner from 20|20 Marine Energy, a leading maritime consultancy.

Speaking ahead of SIBCON 2018, the industry’s largest...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/01/suppliers-need-to-fundamentally-change-business-models-to-survive-says-2020-marine-energy/

Survey claims owners have left it too late to get scrubbers installed in time for the start of the sulphur cap

Owners have now left it too late to get scrubbers installed in time for the start of the global sulphur cap, a survey carried on this site overwhelmingly shows. With three weeks to go until our latest quarterly survey, MarPoll, closes we have had more than 250 votes on a variety of topical issues....

https://splash247.com/survey-claims-owners-have-left-it-too-late-to-get-scrubbers-installed-in-time-for-the-start-of-the-sulphur-cap/

Turtle Attacked by Predators has Recovered and has Returned to the Sea

The Brevard Zoo dismissed the giant 90 kg turtle. of weight in Cocoa Beach, after being rehabilitated from its previous painful condition. This Monday, September 24, with the help of an Ocean Rescue UTV from Brevard County, she was taken to the beach and released into the sea.

The turtle stole the heart of its keepers, from the moment it was found on February 24 of this year with old predator attack wounds. She lacks most of her right front fin, and at that time had severe lacerations on her...

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/turtle-attacked-by-predators-has-recovered-and-has-returned-to-the-sea/

A Study In Belgium to Build an Artificial Island to Cover Thousands of Tons of Chemical Weapons

They are barrels containing materials discarded after the First World War, which were launched into the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, and now begin to filter their contents.

The military decisions of a century ago in Europe continue to have repercussions. After the First World War, many armies, although mainly the German army, disposed of a large part of their arsenals of chemical weapons and part of their more obsolete conventional weapons. Chemical weapons were not processed safely. It simply...

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/a-study-in-belgium-to-build-an-artificial-island-to-cover-thousands-of-tons-of-chemical-weapons/

ClassNK: Don’t wait until the last minute to install your BWMS

ClassNK: Don’t wait until the last minute to install your BWMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 —ClassNK has some sound words of advice for ships registered in its class: Don’t wait until the last minute to install your Ballast Water Management System (BWMS).

According to an analysis by ClassNK, almost three-quarters of its registered ships will need to be retrofitted with BWMS based on the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention), with a large concentration of them by 2022. As difficulties are expected in the installation of BWMS if everyone around the world...

https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=30595:classnk-don’t-wait-until-the-last-minute-to-install-your-bwms&Itemid=227

Total Marine Solutions and TGM Fleet & Consulting Services Sign MOU

Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons, President of Total Marine Solutions TGM C0-founder Alejandro Trillo Menchelli

Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 28, 2018 – Total Marine Solutions (TMS) and TGM Fleet & Consulting Services (TGM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to strengthen and promote the development of port specific information incorporated into TMS’ Ocean Guardian product.

Developed by TMS, in collaboration with Brenock, Ocean Guardian is a digital tool that provides shipboard...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/28/total-marine-solutions-and-tgm-fleet-consulting-services-sign-mou/

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