Evangelos Marinakis’s Capital Product Partners become the latest big name in shipping to hedge their bets and invest in scrubbers ahead of the global sulphur cap, which is now just 425 days away. Capital said at a quarterly results briefing yesterday it would install scrubbers on 14 of its larger...
The volume of cargo shipped along Russia’s Northern Sea Route this year is set to be up more than fivefold compared to five years ago. Some 13m tons of cargo has been shipped through this growing Arctic route as of October 1, according to statistics from Aleksandr Kalashnikov, the department head...
Greek dry bulk owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings has entered into agreements for the installation of scrubbers on five of its capesizes. The five vessels will have Hyundai Materials scrubbers installed during the second and third quarters of 2019, and immediately go on long-term charters to clients....
https://splash247.com/seanergy-seals-capesize-scrubber-deals-with-charterers/
Firefighters rushed to the port of Barcelona this morning as a ferry operated by Italy’s Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) slammed into a gantry crane. The crane collapsed and fell on four containers, sparking a large fire that could be seen from many kilometres away. The ship, which belongs to MSC, was...
https://splash247.com/fire-erupts-as-ferry-slams-into-crane-at-barcelona-port/
One of shipping’s most vocal opponents of scrubbers has aimed another barrage at exhaust gas cleaning systems. Euronav boss Paddy Rodgers has spoken at many conferences this year, giving his damning verdict on scrubbers. At this company’s third quarter results today he upped the ante, giving...
https://splash247.com/paddy-rodgers-renews-attacks-on-open-loop-scrubbers/
Belgian shipowner CMB Group is looking to adopt alternative clean fuel in the future as a way to deal with IMO regulations on sulphur emission and plans to introduce the world’s first hydrogen-powered bulk carrier as early as 2023, the company’s CEO Alexander Saverys said in an interview with...
https://splash247.com/cmb-eyes-first-hydrogen-powered-bulker-as-early-as-2023/
An amendment to support consistent implementation of the forthcoming 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships fuel oil was adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Friday, the final day of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 73). The new 0.50% limit (reduced from 3.50%...
https://splash247.com/imo-to-ban-carriage-of-non-compliant-fuels/
Two London-based law firms Gordon Dadds and Ince & Co International are set to merge, after Gordon Dadds agreed to acquire the international network of Ince & Co and its affiliated entities for £34m. The merged entity, which will be the UK’s largest listed law firm by revenue, will become a new...
The 5,000 teu is now en route to a ship repair yard in Constanta, Romania to fix a huge gash in its side from a collision off Corisica on October 7 with the ropax Ulysse. The accident caused a leak of some 600 cu m of fuel, with local reports in southern France suggesting oil […]
https://splash247.com/holed-boxship-heads-to-romania-for-repairs/
The challenge for shipping today is to deal with environmental and tech issues based on facts and science, and not have solutions driven by lobbyists and the ever-expanding universe of industry groups alone, argues Greg Atkinson, the founder of Eco Marine Power. Some years ago at shipping events...
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