This year’s theme – ‘New technologies for greener shipping’ – promotes innovation and solutions that support a transition in the sector. Maritime transport represents more than 80 per cent of global trade, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for the Day. Meanwhile, the war in...
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Never has the theme of this year’s World Maritime Day – ‘New technologies for greener shipping’ – been so in tune with the focus of the ship owning community, says INTERCARGO. The future is uncertain. But one certainty we do have is that reducing emissions is, and will continue to be, the single...
Leading marine catering management provider MCTC is introducing new initiatives onboard to educate vessels to be aware of their food product choices in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), as the industry looks at how to be more sustainable on World Maritime Day. MCTC says “education is...
The latest episode of ABB’s technology-focused podcast ABB Decoded (https://global.abb/group/en/media/podcasts/abb-decoded/s01/e19) discusses technologies for greener shipping, this year’s theme of the World Maritime Day on September 29. The theme provides an opportunity to focus on the importance...
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The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index (.BADI), tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended its decline for the fourth straight session on Thursday, pressured by falling demand for capesize vessels. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and...
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The latest data from the Xeneta Shipping Index (XSI®) reveals long-term contracted rates fell by 1.1% in September. This is the first drop since January and one of only three declines in the past 21 months. However, analysts at Oslo-based Xeneta, which aggregates data from leading global shippers...
Over the Week 38, MABUX global bunker indices continued moderate sliding downward. The 380 HSFO index fell by another 22.39 USD: from 518.76USD/MT last week to 496.37 USD/MT. The VLSFO index, in turn, fell by 37.03 USD: from 785.84 USD/MT to 748.81 USD/MT. The MGO index lost 39.70 USD (from 1114.70...
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On 26 September, soymeal prices in China surged 8% to CNY 5,500 (USD 739) per tonne compared to Monday last week. Following a jump in demand ahead of China’s national day on 1 October some crushers have had to stop production due to a shortage of soybeans. This could signal a recovery in imports...
The theme for this year’s World Maritime Day is ‘New Technologies for Greener Shipping’, and the timing couldn’t be more appropriate for the launch of a specialist in the sphere of sustainability called Grow Maritime. As a subsidiary of Cyprus-based sustainability advisors ‘Grow Sustainability...
A new report from the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) identifies the skills gap as one of the major challenges the marine sector faces over the coming decade. The report; ‘Challenges in the Marine Industry: 2023 and beyond’, is based on short, medium and long-term...