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Indian Register of Shipping and GRSE sign MOU
IRS and GRSE have signed a MOU at Kolkata on 07 th July 2022. As per the MOU, IRS will provide a comprehensive range of services to GRSE Ltd comprising planning of repairs/refits and modification work of ships, provision of QA services during execution thereof, facilitating skill augmentation of GRSE personnel, and undertaking of technical studies and analyses over a large range of subjects... -IRSPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Bulk Carrier Congestion Rising in Rotterdam
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is driving bulk carrier congestion at Europe’s busiest port, according to a new report from VesselsValue. Since the outbreak of war in late February, the average waiting time for bulk carriers in Rotterdam has often been above the high end of its three-year range. However, over the seven week period from May 9th to June 29th, VesselsValue points out that waiting times shot up from 48 hours to a peak of 186 hours before easing to 113 hours... -gCaptainPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Classification Societies Guide Ships to a Greener Tomorrow
In the 3rd century BC, Rhodian seafarers sailing the wine-dark waters of the Mediterranean established the foundations of maritime law. Regulating everything from bills of lading to standards of passenger behavior, their guidelines were formalized in the 7th century AD under the Byzantine Empire. Constantinople’s role is fitting, for today maritime governance involves a truly byzantine world including national governments, international organizations and classification societies... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Seven Key Environmental Challenges for FPSOs
As global industry wrestles with the challenges of delivering the energy transition, significant attention has been focused on the production of cleaner energy from renewable sources to fuel sweeping decarbonization efforts. However, if any net zero or global warming targets are to be met, we also need to factor in how to make current practices in key energy sectors such as oil and gas more sustainable... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Percentage of female seafarers remains unchanged in 40 years
The percentage of female seafarers serving in the global shipping fleet has remained unchanged at 2% for the last 40 years. Outgoing Nautical Institute President Jillian Carson-Jackson highlighted the lack of progress on diversity in the seafaring profession at the institute’s 50th anniversary celebrations... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Concerns as illicit drug smugglers shift base to seaports
Illicit drug trafficking has become a serious social problem in Nigeria as government battles smugglers and perpetrators who now leverage vessels and seaports to ply their trade. Substances often smuggled by merchants and traffickers through the seaports include cocaine, hashish, cannabis sativa, codeine syrup, heroin, opioids, colorado and tramadol, among others... -Guardian NigeriaPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Why this woman entrepreneur from Mumbai is betting big on India’s waterways
Devika Saigal launched Maharashtra’s first Ro-Pax service M2M Ferries in August 2020. The service connects Mumbai to Mandwa, helping reduce the travel time by two hours. A road trip from Mumbai to Mandwa, a port village nearly 100 km away, can take about three hours or more, depending on the traffic. But what if the travel time is cut short to one hour and the distance to just 19 km... -YourStoryPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Gambia: Maritime Negligence can lead to Fathomable Disaster
Abas Saidykhan Head of the maritime safety and security department has said Maritime safety is important because neglecting it can lead to unfathomable disasters such as the fatal tanker explosion of a bow mariner. In his presentation, he cited the sinking of the Motor Ship (MS) Estonia, the MS Herald of Free Enterprise accident, and the sinking of the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic.. -Voice Gambia NewspaperPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Container tariffs and transparency
At the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), tariffs published by container carriers have drawn increased scrutiny. Investigation into fees and surcharges are in line with the regulator’s expanded focus and its overarching objective of bringing greater transparency to rate determination. Beginning in 2021, the FMC began looking at automated tariffs filed by carriers... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Berge Bulk chooses Anemoi sails for large bulkers
Singapore-based Berge Bulk is to install Anemoi Rotor Sails on two large bulk carriers. The 388,000 dwt Valemax, Berge Neblina, built in 2012, and the five-year-old Newcastlemax Berge Mulhacen, 210,000 dwt, will each have four ‘folding’ sails to reduce fuel consumption. The Berge Neblina was made ‘wind-ready’ during a scheduled drydocking earlier this year and will have the first installations consisting of four sails... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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LNG lobby calls for like-for-like fuel comparisons
A lobbying group for the use of LNG as a marine fuel has called for apples-to-apples comparisons of future marine fuels. SEA-LNG believes that LNG is getting a raw deal in some comparisons of future fuels as green versions of fuels like ammonia and methanol are "too often" compared with the fossil or grey version of LNG... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Another heroin haul from container
THE seizure of 75-kg heroin by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) from a container near the Mundra port in Kutch district, following a tip-off by the Punjab Police, buttresses the conclusion drawn by Central and state agencies that drug traffickers are preferring the maritime route for their operations. The contraband had arrived at the port from the UAE two months ago and had been kept at a nearby container freight station... -The Tribune IndiaPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Why shipping might be about to get a little bit slower
If shipping is the beating heart of global trade, its pulse is about to get slower. Faced with uncertainty about which fuels to use in the long term to cut greenhouse gas emissions, many shipping firms are sticking with ageing fleets, but older vessels may soon have to start sailing slower to comply with new environmental rules... -World Economic ForumPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Indonesia Jails Ship Captain Over Illegal Anchoring
The captain of a fuel tanker arrested by the Indonesian navy in May on suspicion of illegally anchoring in its waters has been jailed for 15 days and fined 200 million rupiah ($13,350), a navy spokesman said on Wednesday. The Nord Joy, a Panama-flagged oil products tanker, was detained on May 30 whilst anchored in Indonesian waters to the east of the Singapore Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes... -gCaptainPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Crew members aboard vessel survive fire in East Java waters
All 25 crew members aboard a motor vessel survived after it burst into flames in the waters off Paiton coast in East Java’s Probolinggo District on Tuesday evening. "Based on the information we have received, all the crew members survived (the fire incident), so none of them fell victim to it," Chief of the Water Police Unit at Probolinggo District Police Adjunct Commissioner Slamet Prayitno stated... -ANTARA EnglishPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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Container ship Captain missing during voyage, Mediterranean
Container ship ALGECIRAS EXPRESS reported missing Captain in Jul 3 in Mediterranean being halfway between Malta and Panteleria islands, while en route from Istanbul to Tanger-Med with ETA Jul 6. The ship started SAR, which lasted from morning Jul 3 until morning Jul 5, with understood, involvement of SAR and CG of coastal states. The ship arrived at Algeciras on Jul 7, she was thoroughly searched by police, all crew were interrogated, but Captain’s disappearance remained a mystery... -FleetmonPosted On:14-Jul-2022
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