Segün WMN, Indonesia ha decidido que las embarcaciones que izan el pabellón indonesio cumplirían con el límite de azufre 2020 de la OMI, luego de que el país informara anteriormente que necesitaba más tiempo para cumplir. Indonesia es entonces el primer païs en confirmar que implementarä el lïmite...
IMO maritime security training is taking place for Libyan port facility security officers, managers and designated authority officials, from 18 to 22 August. The workshop aims to help the Libyan Government improve security risk assessments and control maritime transport through its territory.
Fifteen officers in charge of port security from ports across the country are attending, including five from the national maritime security committee in charge of oversight the implementation of the Code in...
https://safety4sea.com/enhancing-maritime-security-in-libya/
IMO’s MSC press briefing highlights the polar ship safety issue as more and more ships are going for arctic voyages. A detailed press release published on the IMO website put forwards the basic guidance given by MSC.
What’s in the guidance issued?The MSC approved guidance for navigation and communication equipment intended for use on ships operating in polar waters. The guidance includes recommendations on temperature and mechanical shock testing, and on how to address ice accretion and battery...
http://mfame.guru/imo-issues-guidelines-on-ship-safety-in-polar-waters/
According to...
http://mfame.guru/will-oil-refiners-profit-from-imos-ban-on-dirty-ship-fuel/
A number of shipping, refining, fuel supply and standards organisations have collaborated in order to produce Joint Industry Guidance on the supply and use of 0.50% sulphur marine fuel released on 20 August 2019.
In October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) established a global limit for sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships of 0.50% m/m to apply from 1 January 2020. The implementation of this regulation is expected to have significant implications throughout the marine fuel...
https://safety4sea.com/joint-industry-guidance-launched-for-the-supply-and-use-of-0-50-sulphur-fuel/
IMO maritime security training is underway for Libyan port facility security officers, managers and designated authority officials (18-22 August). The workshop, delivered in English and in Arabic, aims to assist the Libyan Government in enhanced security risk assessments and controls on maritime transport through its territory.
Image Credit: imo.org
Fifteen officers in charge of port security from ports across the country are attending, including five from the national maritime security committee...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-maritime-security-training-underway-in-libya/
According to an article published in ArgusMedia, several ports across Asia are coping with limited availability of high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) for bunkers, with price spreads relative to Singapore rising to record highs.
Cargo market all time highFewer fuel oil arbitrage arrivals into Singapore during June and July caused the cargo market to strengthen to all-time highs, with delivered bunker premiums also sustaining record highs around $30/t since the second week of July.
Shortages at portsThe...
http://mfame.guru/bunker-shortages-spreading-across-asian-ports/
PBF Energy Heavy refiners predicts a lag in the crude markets owing to IMO change, reports Argus Media.
The company still expects to take advantage of cheaper sour feedstocks in the second half of the year as the global marine fuels market moves to a lower-sulfur standard.
Shift to lesser Sulfur emissionsThe International Maritime Organization (IMO) will require on 1 January 2020 that marine fuels move to 0.5pc sulfur emissions, down from the current 3.5pc sulfur.
US complex refiners such as PBF...
http://mfame.guru/imo-change-determines-the-fate-of-crude-markets/
Biodiversity can be threatened by organisms which can build up on ships’ hulls and other marine structures, a process known as biofouling. During a workshop in Arraial do Cabo, Brazil (5 August), experts on biofouling and invasive species and others took the first steps towards setting up a national task force to tackle the issue. Brazil is one of 12 lead partnering countries in the GEF-UNDP-IMO GloFouling Partnerships project, which aims to protect marine biodiversity by addressing biofouling.
I...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-brazil-readies-its-biofouling-task-force/
Japanese Classification Society ClassNK is participating in the “Cross-industrial Working Group Related to Zero Emission Alternative Ship Fuels” established by the CCR (Carbon Capture & Reuse) Study Group, writes Malcolm Latarche in an article published in Ship Insight.
Also joining the group is Japanese operator MOL which plans to be among the first ship operators to make use of new fuels.
Aims & Objectives of the GroupThe group aims at developing supply of alternative energy such as synthetic...
http://mfame.guru/japanese-classnk-goes-for-fuel-methanation-to-meet-imo-targets/