14 oct 2019 Iranian state news outlet Shana has released its first images of the damage to the tanker Sabiti, which suffered two explosions and two hull breaches on Friday. The managing director of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran, Mohammad Rastad, told state media on Monday that the …
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14 oct 2019 At about 0300 hours Sunday morning, the coastal freighter Rhodanus went aground on Corsican shores near the Bonifacio Strait. According to French maritime agency Premar Mediterranee, the vessel ignored repeated calls from three navigation safety centers for about 50 minutes, and she continued on a steady course until she reached …
Read More »13 0ct 2019 The Ballast Water Management Convention amendments formalizing the implementation schedule for the D-2 standard entered into force on October 13. The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (the BWM Convention) entered into force in 2017. The amendments formalize an …
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12 oct 2019 The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Singapore tech startup Perlin have teamed up to build an advanced digital blockchain ship registration preparation system for international adoption. Called the International E-Registry of Ships, it aims to streamline, standardize and drastically improve the …
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10 OCT 2019 The number of containerships transiting the Panama Canal during its fiscal year ending 30 September declined slightly, by 1.1% to 2,575. But there could be further reductions after ocean carriers announced a number of blanked sailings in the coming weeks on their Asia to US east coast …
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09 OCT 2019 We all know by now that eating less meat is good for the planet – the production of meat products for human consumption leaves behind a hefty carbon footprint. Now scientists have worked out a very simple way that canteens in schools and colleges could greatly reduce the …
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