Having let Maersk take the brunt of shippers’ ire for the past week, the world’s second and third largest container shipping lines have now also revealed how they intend to get customers to pay for their sulphur cap compliance. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) said it will introduce a new...
https://splash247.com/msc-and-cma-cgm-follow-maersks-lead-in-readying-sulphur-cap-surcharges/
The Head of Air Pollution and Energy Efficiency at the International Maritime Organization has kept firm on the dates set for the new sulphur limits
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/imo_stands_firm_on_sulphur_limit_dates
Approval for centrepiece of the port’s $1 billion rail improvement program
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/port_of_long_beach_approves_1_billion_project_budget
Commentary: Risks of Belt and Road in Africa
By Kat Usita in London
Apprehension over China’s Belt and Road initiative continues to build. Some observers have accused Beijing of unduly exerting influence on other countries in the guise of infrastructure assistance. It is increasingly apparent that the risks to recipient African economies in particular are substantial, but their governments are left with little choice.
It will take several years of use before one can properly measure the full...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 — Back in July, DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) reported that it had entered into agreements with Alfa Laval to install exhaust gas as scrubbers, on twelve of its VLCCs.
At the time, DHT said it saw the upcoming IMO sulfur cap as an opportunity, rather than a threat.
“We come well prepared and are very pleased with the timely project we have put in place,” it said. “This project could potentially create a super-profit for the ships in question and boost the already significant...
The European Shippers’ Council has expressed its disapproval at the mechanism of surcharges that shipping liners have launched
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/shippers_voice_sulphur_surcharge_concerns
Andy Lane from CTI Consultancy reflects on how liners ought to charge for the sulphur cap. With 15 months remaining before [container] ships need to become compliant with IMO’s (constantly reiterated) January 1 2020 deadline for the global sulphur cap, the predicted worst-case scenario of “an...
MV Galrus attacked in Niger Delta
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/pirates_take_12_hostages_in_cargo_ship_attack
Blockchain – driving global supply chain economy towards innovative collaboration
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/spsct18_expert_profile_the_fourth_industrial_revolution
Europe has more than adequate capacity to recycle EU-flagged ships, according to new analysis from the International Ship Recycling Association (ISRA). At the end of this year a new EU ship recycling regulation will come into force, which stipulates that the recycling capacity to recycle EU flagged...
https://splash247.com/europe-has-the-capacity-to-recycle-all-eu-flagged-ships/