Changes are afoot in the Iranian-linked VLCC fleet with less than six weeks until Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the US. The US imposed further sanctions aimed at Iran’s tanker fleet this month, while China has started to ease imports of Iranian oil. Moreover, two shadow fleet...
Splash Extra December 2024
2024 Annual Review
The Red Sea shipping crisis dominated headlines throughout the year. The Houthis displayed greater sophistication in their attacks on merchant shipping, and have now targeted more than 120 ships, forcing a giant swathe of the global merchant fleet to reroute via the Cape of Good Hope. With no...
Shipping braces for the FuelEU Maritime era
In three weeks shipping will have to come to terms with the single largest slice of new regional legislation for more than a generation. FuelEU Maritime launches January 1 with experts warning the penalties the European Union could dish out could send some companies bankrupt. The rules mandate...
https://splash247.com/shipping-braces-for-the-fueleu-maritime-era/
How to solve the work/rest issue at sea
Bravo to Bikram Bhatia for painting in black and white one of shipping’s worst kept secrets – overworked men and women at sea. It’s well known that shipping tends to fudge its reporting of work and rest hours at sea, but Bhatia, for his PhD dissertation, has spent the last three years assembling so...
https://splash247.com/how-to-solve-the-work-rest-issue-at-sea/