Container ship deliveries in H1 2019 reached a historically low level, while the newbuilding market was equally subdued, said MPC Container Ships ASA. Scrapping activity in the feeder segment remained at a comparable high level in Q2 2019 a

IMO has delivered the latest in a series of initiatives designed to help put the maritime sector into the mainstream of plans and initiatives to achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by world leaders in 2015. The U

Asias hydrogen gas demand will rise as the regions oil refineries use the gas to produce low-sulfur fuel to meet new environmental regulations, the head of the worlds largest industrial gas producer said. The demand for hydrogen has grown s

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide, representing over 75% of global volumes. The base point for the indices is

The issue Air emissions from ocean-going shipping have negative effects on human health and the natural environment. We support regulation which will significantly reduce these effects, as evidenced by a 2018 survey showing that areas in Eu

Indonesia will fulfill its MARPOL Annex VI obligations to enforce the 0.5% sulfur cap regulations from January 1 2020, Sudiono, the director of shipping and maritime affairs at Indonesias transport ministry, told SP Global Platts, dismissin

A number of shipping, refining, fuel supply and standards organisations have worked together to produce Joint Industry Guidance on the supply and use of 0.50% sulphur marine fuel released on 20 August 2019. The publication has been develope

The Seafarers Happiness Index platform from the Mission to Seafarers charity was originally founded in 2015 and is designed to monitor and benchmark seafarer satisfaction. Mission to Seafarers provides help and support to 1.5 million crewme

The Club would like to highlight to Members that with effect from 20 August 2019, under Regulation PM No. 7 of 2019, the Ministry of Transportation of The Republic of Indonesia has made it mandatory for vessels sailing in Indonesian waters

Container shipping is rediscovering the potential of enhancing service by providing guarantees, thanks to technology. Container shipping seems to be embracing the trend towards enforcing commitments from contract stakeholders, whether carri

Analysts Alphatanker said in its latest report that The past few weeks have seen a number of tonnage owners release statements indicating that their scrubber retrofitting programs were falling behind schedule. Notably, Diamond S Shipping ha

In a message to the maritime community Thursday, the U.S. State Department said that it will use an anti-terrorism law to deny visas to seafarers who work aboard vessels carrying Iranian oil. The announcement came as the Iranian-controlled

In a study published in June by Norways SINTEF, one of Europes largest independent research organizations, Chief Scientist Dr. Elizabeth Lindstad concluded that from well-to-wake the continued use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) with a scrubber is

IMO treaties need to be implemented into national law so that they can be applied on ships flying the flag of a particular country and so that those countries can implement effective port State control and comply with other obligations unde

Mystery will continue to shroud the availability of quality and stable compliant 0.5 per cent sulphur fuel blends even after IMO 2020 comes into force in January, reports Londons Vessel Performance Optimisation (VPO) journal.Uncertainty is