MILAN, Sept 23 (Reuters) – The Panama Maritime Authority has revoked the registration of search and rescue ship Aquarius 2 in a move that means there will be no charity rescue ships off the Libyan coast in the near future unless the vessel can find a new flag to sail under. Aquarius 2, the one […]
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Greeks, Chinese Work Together at Ship Repair Zone to Uplift Piraeus Port
For several decades the heart of Greece’s ship repair industry was beating at Perama, a western suburb of Piraeus port, until the Greek debt crisis broke out in 2009. Thousands of workers lost their jobs and machines became rusty.
Chinese work non stopThe image of the zone is changing dramatically since China COSCO Shipping took over the management of Greece’s largest port in 2016 after winning an international tender.
Chinese and Greeks work nonstop at this shipyard of Piraeus Port Authority...
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MSC Chooses Panasia Scrubbers
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company(MSC) will retrofit 29 of its ships with scrubbers developed by Panasia, a South Korean marine equipment manufacturer.
Where is retrofitting planned?Retrofitting works are likely to be carried out in a yard under the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) group, as Panasia won the MSC contract through an agreement with China Shipbuilding Trading Company, CSSC’s trading subsidiary.
Delivery scheduleScrubbers take six to nine months to install and Panasia said...
Closing in on Captain Cook’s Long-Lost Ship Off Newport
Officials from the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project and the Australian National Maritime Museum plan to announcethat they’ve narrowed their search down to “one or two archaeological sites” in the waters off Newport, R.I.,
A team of researchers believes it might be located, in the waters off Rhode Island, a long-lost ship that Captain James Cook sailed on his historic voyage to New Zealand and Australia.
What it means to Australia?The discovery of Cook’s ship, known as the HMS Endeavor,...
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Newbuild Rig Transocean Norge Lands Six-Well Contract from Equinor with Options
Norwegian energy giant Equinor announced today it has awarded Transocean a six-well contract on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) for the newbuild harsh environment drilling rig Transocean Norge. Drilling start-up is scheduled for the summer of 2019 upon delivery of the rig. The contract also...
LNG Shipping Rates Spike with No Respite Seen Through 2019
By Sabina Zawadzki and Jessica Jaganathan LONDON/SINGAPORE, Sept 21 (Reuters) – The price of shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) has spiked in September and is likely to remain high next year, buoyed by rising production from new plants and concerns that demand for LNG vessels will outpace supply....
At Least 42 Drowned in Lake Victoria Ferry Sinking, Officials Say Death Toll Could Top 200
By Nuzulack Dausen DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 20 (Reuters) – At least 42 people drowned when a ferry sank on Thursday in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria and government officials feared the final death toll could be more than 200, a senior local official said. Ukerewe District Commissioner Colonel Lucas Magembe...
U.S. Navy Commences Oil Removal from Capsized German Cruiser ‘Prinz Eugen’ in Marshall Islands
The U.S. Navy, in partnership with the Army and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, have started the recovery of oil from the overturned World War II German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Kwajalein Atoll. These recovery efforts will ensure mission capability of the U.S. Army Space and Missile...
The End of the World as We Know it
- A carriage ban on carrying fuel exceeding 0.50% sulphur will be adopted in MEPC 73.
- This makes the usage and carriage of fuel above 0.50% sulphur content illegal.
- As of now 1.61% of the residual fuels tested in 2017 were below 0.50%
- 95.02% of the tested fuel in marine distillates are 0.10% sulphur content.
- Countries propose an arctic region ban on carrying HFO after 2021.
- There’s already a HGO ban in the Antarctic in Regulation 43 of MARPOL Annex I.
Shipowners are up for a major change as the...
Shippers Rebuke Maersk Surcharge
Container shippers face surcharge a year prior to actual start of sulfur cap. Maersk’s move to impose surcharges for the higher costs of low-sulfur marine fuel, is meeting the expected feedback from customers.
How is the increase viewed?The British International Freight Association (BIFA), which represents the country’s forwarding and logistics industry, says the surcharges outlined by Maersk earlier this week, “are very major increases”. The group’s director general Robert Keen says that this...