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Initiative to survey women in maritime in India launched

15 March 2019

Ms.Sanjam Sahi Gupta, Director for Sitara Shipping Ltd, has launched a new initiative in light of the IMO’s 2019 World Maritime Day theme, ‘Empowering Women in the Maritime Community’.

Currently, no data is available on women in maritime in India and the shipping industry is missing out on 50% of the potential talent pool. Access to this data would enable the industry to promote equality and create an environment in which women will want to work, ISWAN informed.

The surveys aim to understand at...

https://safety4sea.com/initiative-to-survey-women-in-maritime-in-india-launched/

Drewry Adds Benchmarks On Contract BAFs To Its Benchmarking Club Service

14 March 2019

Drewry_container ship representation image

Ahead of the introduction of IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulatory standards next year, global shipping consultancy Drewry has begun providing members of its exclusive Benchmarking Club with exclusive quarterly benchmarks on contract Bunker Adjustment Factors (BAFs).

Representation Image – Credits: DrewryShipping – Twitter

Cath Earl, Product Manager of Drewry Benchmarking Club commented, “This service enhancement is timed to help club members manage the transition to higher contract BAFs/fuel...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/drewry-adds-benchmarks-on-contract-bafs-to-its-benchmarking-club-service/

European players unite on tackling port emissions

14 March 2019

The Baltic Ports Organisation conducted a seminar in order for discussions to begin concerning port emissions in European ports. Approximately 80 participants gathered in Gdynia, Poland, in the early days of March to discuss the issue of air pollution in ports.

The seminar was opened by WSP’s Emre Aydin, who numbered the main air pollution factors, including diesel generators (responsible for electricity generation), oil fired boilers (used during fuel heating) and cruise ships’ hotelling time...

https://safety4sea.com/european-players-unite-on-tackling-port-emissions/

Shipping 2020 & Beyond: Navigating uncharted waters

14 March 2019

We are currently navigating the 4^th industrial revolution, the so called Shipping 4.0 which focuses on digitization, environmental leadership and safety excellence. During the course of 2018 we have ween IMO announcing an ambitious strategy toward 2050 emissions reduction by 50%, discussions over the forthcoming 2020 Sulphur Cap implementation and also a heated debate on whether to scrub or not to scrub.

The point is that, there is no silver bullet, there’s no one-size fits all strategy for...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-shipping-2020-beyond-navigating-uncharted-waters/

Shell plans to produce sulphur cap compliant fuel

13 March 2019

Shell agreed with Dutch tank terminal firm HES International to partially restart the operation of a German oil refinery mothballed since 2011, in order to address new restrictions coming into force on marine fuels from January 1st 2020.

According to Reuters, HES Wilhelmshaven Tank Terminal is now reinstalling the vacuum distillation unit (VDU) at Wilhelmshaven, with the aim to produce low-sulphur fuels ahead of the 2020 sulphur cap, a spokeswoman informed. In fact, HES also said that it had...

https://safety4sea.com/shell-plans-to-produce-sulphur-cap-compliant-fuel/

How to monitor plastics in the oceans

13 March 2019

How to monitor plastics in the oceans

A new set of publicly-available guidelines for monitoring plastics and microplastics in the oceans will help harmonize how scientists and others assess the scale of the marine plastic litter problem.

The Guidelines for the monitoring and assessment of plastic litter and microplastics in the ocean have been published by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), a body that advises the United Nations...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/13/how-to-monitor-plastics-in-the-oceans/

IMO: Precautionary Approach Over Marine Geoengineering Solutions For Climate Change

13 March 2019

IMO Climate Chagne Geo Engineering Precautions

Adding iron or other nutrients into the oceans to enhance natural processes to draw carbon from the atmosphere and creating foams which float on the surface of the sea to reflect sunlight back into the atmosphere are among a wide range of geoengineering practices which have been put forward as potential tools for countering climate change.

But, in a new report, marine and social scientists are urging a precautionary approach towards these techniques which involve deliberate large-scale...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-precautionary-approach-over-marine-geoengineering-solutions-for-climate-change/

Guidelines launched to monitor plastic litter in the ocean

13 March 2019

A new set of publicly-available guidelines for monitoring plastics and microplastics in the oceans, published by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), aims to help harmonize how scientists and others analyze the scale of the marine plastic litter problem.

The guidelines cover what to sample, how to sample it and how to record and assess plastics in the oceans and on the shoreline, including establishing baseline surveys. They also...

https://safety4sea.com/guidelines-launched-to-monitor-plastic-litter-in-the-ocean/

Precautionary approach over marine geoengineering solutions for climate change

12 March 2019

Precautionary approach over marine geoengineering solutions for climate change

New United Nations GESAMP report reviews wide range of proposed marine geoengineering techniques.

http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/Pages/04-marinegeoengineeringGESAMP.aspx

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/12/precautionary-approach-over-marine-geoengineering-solutions-for-climate-change/

Eletson’s BWMS Full Fleet Requirements Met By Wärtsilä’s Dual Technology

12 March 2019

In a recent development, the technology group Wärtsilä’s dual technology has announced that they will provide option for Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) to Greece based operator Eletson Corporation for its entire fleet retrofitted from a single provider, says a press release on their website.

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A total of 23 product oil, chemical, and LPG carriers of the company’s fleet will be retrofitted with up to 69 Wärtsilä BWMS units, comprising of both their Aquarius UV (ultra-violet)...

http://mfame.guru/eletsons-bwms-full-fleet-requirements-met-by-wartsilas-dual-technology/

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