Environment

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 — Marseille headquartered container shipping giant CMA CGM is taking an “all of the above” approach to achieving compliance with the IMO sulfur cap when it takes effect on January 1, 2020.

In a just released video, CMA CGM says it has decided to opt for the use of 0.5% fuel oil for its fleet, and to also invest significantly by using LNG to fuel some of its future containerships (9 ships on order) and by retrofitting exhaust gas scrubbers in a number of high capacity ships.

All...

https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=30538:video-cma-cgm-puts-cost-of-sulfur-cap-compliance-at-0-teu&Itemid=227

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 — Sandnes, Norway, headquartered  (BWTS) specialist Optimarin has booked one of its biggest orders to date. It is to supply 36 systems to Cork, Ireland, headquartered Ardmore Shipping. The units will be fitted in18 advanced chemical and product tankers, with deliveries due to commence in February next year.

Ardmore will fit two Ex approved units in each vessel. Optimarin won the order after Ardmore had a less than positive experience with other BWTS systems.

“We have ten...

https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=30539:bwts-specialist-optimar-books-its-largest-order-yet&Itemid=227

As has happened with other natural resources such as oil, the international fishing industry is profitable, competitive and a source of conflict between countries.

In the last decades, the demand for fish has doubled: in the 60s the world consumed a little less than 10 kilos of fish per capita per year, while in 2016, consumption increased to 20.3 kilos per person, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Some experts warn that competition between countries...

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/5-reasons-that-show-that-a-global-fishing-war-is-approaching/