While navigation is still open in parts of the Black Sea, “the situation remains fluid and is changing by the hour”, warns Gard P&I Club. Ship operators and masters trading to ports in the Black Sea region are “strongly recommended” to make frequent checks with local sources of information – such as vessel’s agent or […]
A missile or bomb hit a Bangladeshi-owned bulk cargo ship in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia last night, killing one of its engineers. Efforts were underway today to rescue the remaining 28 crew members from the vessel, Reuters reports. The four-year-old, Bangladesh-flagged 38,000dwt bulker Banglar Samriddhi had been stuck in the port of […]
ABS has launched Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory and Carbon Accounting, a service enabling organizations to quantify their GHG emissions. This allows them to understand their climate impact and set goals to limit emissions as well as define their footprint and contributions in Scope 1, 2 and 3 accounting categories. ABS provides GHG Inventory development in […]
Peel Ports, one of the UK’s largest port operators, is to use greener alternative fuels for straddle carriers and plant equipment across the majority of its estate by 31 March, in an industry leading move. Having set an ambitious target to become a net zero port operator by 2040, Peel Ports has acted ahead of […]
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has reached a significant milestone by becoming the largest UK port to deploy 5G technology and the Internet of Things (IoT). The Port of Felixstowe along with consortium members, Three UK, Blue Mesh Solutions and the University of Cambridge was successful in an application for grant funding under the 5G […]
Membrane containment systems expert GTT, engineering and consultancy firm Alwena Shipping and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) shipyard, have received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for a new concept, combining LNG retrofit and jumboization, applied to very large container ships (VLCSs). GTT carried out the LNG Mark III […]
The International Chamber of Shipping has called on governments around the world to ensure access to medical care for seafarers, after it emerged that crews continue to be refused urgent treatment at ports during the pandemic. In a recent report, the ILO’s Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention, commenting on the latest report […]
Global law firm Reed Smith has warned that, while the sanctions landscape affecting Russia is still rapidly developing and ‘the devil will be in the detail’, the scope and severity of sanctions is likely to have an impact on major parts of the shipping industry for some considerable time. “The market is scrambling to get […]
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has implemented an agreement with Geoquip Marine allowing the offshore geotechnical solutions provider to offer dedicated Fleet Xpress bandwidth as part of its vessel charter arrangements and separated connectivity for personnel onboard. Four Geoquip integrated geotechnical survey vessels have introduced Fleet Xpress Charterer Network services for […]
