Maritime News

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...

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Gloomy Outlook for Container Charter Market

According to London shipbroker Braemar ACM, the containership charter rates are stable but depressed.

Need for service repairs

According to several broker sources, weakening of post-peak season forward demand and ocean carriers canceling service upgrades have resulted in fewer inquiries.

A broker said, “We would normally expect it to be a bit busier on our container desk by now. This year, September has been quite flat for cargo so far and owners are beginning to get nervous again”.

Decrease in...

http://mfame.guru/gloomy-outlook-for-container-charter-market/

Final Rule – BWM Annual Reporting

The Coast Guard published a Final Rule eliminating the requirement for certain vessels that operate on voyages exclusively within a single Captain of the Port Zone to submit an Annual Ballast Water Summary Report for the calendaryear 2018. The Coast Guards view this current reporting requirement as unnecessary in order to analyze and understand ballast water management practices.

Expected to overcome administrative burden

This final rule will reduce the administrative burden on this regulated...

http://mfame.guru/final-rule-ballast-water-management-annual-reporting-requirement/

New Crew Joins Malaviya Twenty

In a fortunate turn of events, a new crew has been assigned to take over the Indian-registered ship which has been stranded in a port for more than two years.

What happened?

The Indian-registered ship‘Malaviya Twenty’ was impounded by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, since June 2016 amid a long-running legal wrangle over non-payment of dues to its crew members.

Vessel auctioned

The impounded vessel worth between £700,000 and £800,000 – was forcibly sold at...

http://mfame.guru/great-yarmouth-stranded-ship-new-crew-joins-malaviya-twenty/

Get ready for Day of the Seafarer 2018 on 25 June – support seafarers’ wellbeing

Seafarers’ rights to be treated fairly and enjoy quality of life at sea is the focus this year’s Day of the Seafarer campaign, under the theme: Seafarer’s wellbeing.  Visit the Day of the Seafarer webpage

“Day of the Seafarer 2018 will provide a platform to advocate for higher standards of welfare and enable shipping companies and others within the industry to show how they provide a good working environment for seafarers and thereby make a positive contribution to their wellbeing,” said IMO...

http://www.ifdr-wofij.org/get-ready-for-day-of-the-seafarer-2018-on-25-june-support-seafarers-wellbeing/

IMO takes first steps to address autonomous ships

IMO takes first steps to address autonomous ships

IMO takes first steps to address autonomous ships

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) – the global regulatory body for international shipping – has commenced work to look into how safe, secure and environmentally sound Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) operations may be addressed in IMO instruments.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) – the global regulatory body for international shipping – has commenced work to look into how safe, secure and...

http://www.ifdr-wofij.org/imo-takes-first-steps-to-address-autonomous-ships/

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