19 may 2019 NOAA’s High Seas Forecasts are weather forecasts and data transmitted around the world in real- and near-real-time. The National Weather Service provides High Seas forecasts for large areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, U.S. coastal areas and the Great Lakes. Seafaring can be very dangerous for …
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18 may 2019 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) remains confident that shipping will improve its carbon efficiency by at least 40 percent by 2030 compared to 2008, in line with the IMO targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, says Secretary General Guy Platten. This follows important decisions made …
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17 may 2019 Sadan Kaptanoglu, managing director of HI Kaptanoglu Shipping, was elected President of BIMCO at its General Meeting in Athens last week. Kaptanoglu, who is a Turkish shipowner, takes over from Greek shipowner, Anastasios Papagiannopoulos, Principal of Common Progress, who has completed his two-year term as President. As …
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16 MAY 2019 London’s marine insurance market will meet on Thursday to assess whether it needs to change the risk level for vessels in the Gulf after an attack on ships off the United Arab Emirates earlier this week, a senior official said on Wednesday. Such a move could lead …
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16 may 2019 On Wednesday (15th May), 15 crewmembers were evacuated from the Grimaldi Lines ro/ro Grande Europa by helicopter after a fire broke out on board. Ten remained behind to assist with the response and towing effort. At 0400 hours on Wednesday, a fire broke out aboard the Grande Europa while she was about …
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16 MAY 2019 The United States and France are assisting the government of the UAE in investigating the attack on four oil tankers at an anchorage off Fujairah last Sunday. The incident has raised tensions in a region already on edge over the confrontational rhetoric between the U.S. and Iran. …
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16 may 2019 On Monday, the government of Togo announced that its forces had thwarted a maritime hijacking in progress in the Gulf of Guinea. On Sunday night, eight armed pirates used a rented canoe to board the Togolese-flagged product tanker Djetona 1 at anchorage off the port of Lome, according to …
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A delegation from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, expressed concern over recent increases in protectionist measures including the decision by the U.S. to increase tariffs on Chinese goods. …
Read More »15 may 2019 The bulker Solomon Trader has been refloated from the reef where she went aground February 5 on Rennell Island, according to the Solomon Islands’ National Disaster Office. The Trader called at Rennell Island in early February to take on a load of bauxite ore at Bintan Mining dock, located in Kangava …
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The Panama Canal Authority announced Monday that it has successfully handled the first transit of a neopanamax-sized Q-Flex LNG carrier, the Al Safliya. 14 MAY 2019 At 50 meters wide, the Al Safliya is nearly at the maximum allowable width for the expanded canal. One year ago, the Panama Canal Authority increased the width limit from …
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