13 FEB 2020 Editor’s note: Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen has responded to our report on the NGO Ship breaking Platform’s recently published list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2019, which called out Evergreen specifically over its ship breaking practices. Evergreen Line’s response is published in full below. Evergreen Line once again emphasizes that …
Read More »12 FEB 2020 Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Singapore) Pte Ltd has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tanker Topaz Express. U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson of the District of Hawaii accepted the guilty plea. Chief Engineer …
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11 FEB 2020 Maritime security consultant Dryad Global has released its annual analysis of worldwide maritime security incidents, suggesting that the significant security costs for transits in the Indian Ocean and through the Red Sea are no longer justified. Despite commanding the largest premiums and associated costs of armed guards, …
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10 FEB 2020 India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has granted approval in principle for a new major port at Vadhavan near Dahanu in Maharashtra on India’s west coast. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), also in Maharashtra, will be the lead partner in the project by providing at least 50 …
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13 FEB 2020 A total of 674 ocean-going ships and offshore vessels were dismantled worldwide in 2019, with the vast majority broken down on the beaches of Bangladesh, Indian, and Pakistan, the NGO Ship breaking Platform said in its yearly report. According to new data released by the group, among …
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12 FEB 2020 Cigarettes aren’t just toxic when they’re being smoked. Even when the butts are scrunched up and cold, new research has found they continue to emit harmful compounds in the air. In the first 24 hours alone, scientists say a used cigarette butt will produce 14 percent of …
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11 FEB 2020 New research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) suggests that China is the second-largest arms producer in the world, behind the U.S. but ahead of Russia. In the past, a lack of transparency has meant that the value of Chinese companies’ arms sales has been …
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09 FEB 2020 Researchers have taken the first-ever images of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, a glacier about the size of Florida that is anticipated to play a key role in future sea level rise. The images, taken by a robotic underwater vehicle, were part of a broad set of …
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07 FEB 2020 It is with great pleasure, Bangladesh Marine Academy Alumni Association (BMAAA) announces the appointment of new Commandants in the four new Marine Academies that are coming into operation. All are professionals and experienced instructors in the Bangladesh Marine Academy, Chittagong where they served in various capacities. We …
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08 FEB 2020 The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has released the January 2020 edition of the IACS Blue Book and the accompanying IACS Green Book. The publications summarize the technical output of IACS. The IACS Green Book is designed for daily use and contains all current IACS Resolutions …
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