The innovative Wärtsilä HY hybrid power module establishes a new benchmark in hybrid marine propulsion.
Wärtsilä Corporation, 27 September 2018 at 10.30 am EEST – The technology group Wärtsilä’s hybrid power module, the innovative Wärtsilä HY, has been granted Approval in Principle (AIP) by ABS, a leading global provider of classification and technical advisory services to the marine and offshore industries. This AIP follows another issued by ABS in 2017 for Wärtsilä’s hybrid propulsion tug...
Paul Dean, Head of Offshore, HFW
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has helped shipping association BIMCO draft its first clause relating to the International Maritime Organization’s 2020 sulphur emission rules.
The new clause, focused on compliance, has been fast-tracked and may be published as soon as the end of October.
BIMCO will produce several clauses dealing with specific issues relating to IMO 2020, which sets a new limit for the amount of sulphur in fuel oil of 0.5% for ships operating...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/27/hfw-helps-bimco-draft-first-2020-bunker-clause/
With an assortment of influential shipping bodies and registers calling for leniency in the first months of applying the global sulphur cap in 15 months’ time, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has once again vowed there will be no delay to the cap’s implementation. “I can categorically...
https://splash247.com/no-cap-backtracking-imo-stresses-as-calls-for-leniency-grow/
Beijing insists tariffs will undermine US interests
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/china_trumps_trade_war_risks_global_economy
Measures put in place after fire in March 2018
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/maersk_addresses_honam_fire_fears_with_new_guidelines
Cargo handling specialist Kalmar has agreed to supply 12 hybrid straddle carriers to DP World Southampton in the UK
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/dp_world_southampton_orders_kalmar_machines
Rolls-Royce has conducted sea trials of its situational awareness technologies on board a vessel belonging to Japanese transport company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/rolls_royce_trials_smart_ship_tech_with_mol
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 — International Seaways, Inc. (NYSE: INSW) has signed contracts with Clean Marine AS of Norway and a qualified system installer covering the purchase and installation of exhaust gas cleaning systems on seven of its modern VLCCs, with an option for a further three systems covering the remaining three modern VLCCs in its fleet.
The seven scrubbers are all to be installed prior to January 1, 2020, when the 0.5% IMO sulfur emission cap goes into effect.
The seven scrubber units are...
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The examination of whales, dolphins and porpoises stranded on the beach can provide information on what might be happening in the world’s oceans.
The deceased is between one and four years old. He is lying on a metal table in a small polyvalent laboratory of white tiles at the London Zoo. It shows no signs of damage or physical trauma on the outside, suggesting that death was not caused by...
http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/understanding-the-reasons-behind-the-whales-dying-in-the-beaches/
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/