16 jan 2020 The Suez Canal Authority has clarified its stance on scrubbers in a circular which indicates that ships transiting the waterway can burn heavy fuel oil and must not discharge wash water from open-loop scrubbers. Circular No. 08/2019 states: “In consideration of using fuel oil with low sulfur …
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15 JAN 2020 Due to changing rainfall patterns and historic low water levels at Gatun Lake, the main source of water for the waterway, the Panama Canal has announced a new freshwater surcharge beginning February 15. Despite the use of extensive water-conservation measures, this past year’s rainfall was 20 percent …
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14 JAN 2020 Iran is unlikely to block the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s busiest oil-shipping channel, in reprisal for the killing of Qassem Soleimani for fear of aggravating its Gulf allies and China, regional analysts said on Monday. Tehran has long threatened to block the waterway between Iran and …
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13 JAN 2020 The Silversea Cruises luxury cruise ship Silver Whisper has departed on a record-setting voyage – a 140-day itinerary visiting all seven continents. While longer cruise voyages have been conducted, this is the first to incorporate such geographic breadth. “Legends of Cruising is our most immersive World Cruise to date, …
Read More »14 JAN 2020 Global economic growth is forecast to increase to 2.5 percent in 2020, the World Bank says in its January 2020 Global Economic Prospects. Growth among advanced economies as a group is anticipated to slip to 1.4 percent in 2020 in part due to continued softness in manufacturing. …
Read More »12 JAN 2020 The “artificial” experience provided by simulators is widely recognized as both effective and cost-efficient, says Captain Chris Hearn, Director of the Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS) at the Marine Institute of Memorial University, Canada. CMS has the most comprehensive suite of maritime simulators in Canada and is …
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10 JAN 2020 European short-sea and feeder ship operators say that they are challenging efforts by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to redefine container lashing as a cargo handling activity in order to bring it under the control of unionized dockers. The redefinition, which ITF has sought for many …
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09 JAN 2020 Carnival Cruise Line has changed its clothing policy to ban “offensive” clothing, a response to reports from other travel sectors about passengers displaying messages that others find offensive or threatening. Under the new policy, nothing worn on board should “contain any message that may be considered offensive …
Read More »07 JAN 2020 Growing up in a small mountain town in Colorado Captain Lindsay Price was never much interested in boats, but during a 7th-grade class trip, she fell in love with New York City. A few years later she was accepted to SUNY Maritime College and met a professor, Eric Johansson, who changed her life and …
Read More »06 JAN 2020 Maritime training reached a pivotal point in 2019 by harnessing the advantages that new technology has to offer. Online training has been heralded in the media as the new silver bullet solution especially regarding the engagement of millennials who have grown up with new technology. Whilst we, …
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