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Indian Govt Offers Economic Relief to Cabotage Sector
India’s maritime cabotage sector is to get some respite from the high cost of bunker fuel. The government has said that coastal shipping should be exempt from port- and vessel-related charges for the next six months. An additional move aimed at keeping coastal shipping going is for state governments to lower VAT on diesel fuel... -Ship & BunkerPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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IMO Welcomes Maritime Human’ Corridor In Black Sea
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim on Friday (22 July) welcomed the signing of an agreement between, the Russian Federation, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Nations to establish a humanitarian maritime corridor to allow ships to export critical cargoes of grain and foodstuffs from Ukraine. The agreement was signed in Istanbul, Türkiye after several weeks of talks. Senior IMO officials participated as part of the UN delegation... -Marine InsightPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Filipino seafarer missing at sea from ship bound for Canada
A Filipino seafarer has been declared missing in the high seas from a ship that sailed from South Korea bound for Canada. The missing seafarer was identified as Kristoferry Mantilla Tañeca, 35, a crew member of the M/V Navios Phoenix, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Tañeca, a 3rd officer on his ship is the second Filipino seafarer declared missing from a ship in a week... -INQUIRER.netPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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First Inmarsat dual band satellite reaches geostationary orbit
Inmarsat has confirmed that the first of its new generation I-6 satellite fleet has now reached geostationary orbit 36,000km above the Earth, following its launch from Japan in December 2021, and has begun on-orbit testing. Carrying both L-band and Ka-band payloads, I-6 F1 will provide a significant enhancement to Inmarsat’s existing L-band and Ka-band networks... -Smart Maritime NetworkPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Seafarers on edge as monkeypox declared a global public health emergency
Seafarers around the world are bracing for possible further inconveniences from port states in the wake of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring over the weekend that the monkeypox outbreak is now classed as a global emergency meaning it has become an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response... -Splash 247Posted On:26-Jul-2022
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Could Flag States Be Sued for Reckless Behavior?
A team of Australian and American researchers has come up with a remarkable solution for reckless for-profit flag states that enable illegal fishing: change their financial calculus by suing them for their ships’ misconduct. The world’s least responsible open-registry flag administrations operate as a source of revenue for low-income countries, and many are privatized. Lightly staffed for enforcement, the lowest-end registries compete on price to provide registration at speed... -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:26-Jul-2022
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UK House Of Lords Committee Disappointed With UK Government’s Response To Extensive Human Rights At Sea Recommendations
The UK House of Lords International Defence and Relations Committee Inquiry ( 1 March 2022) into the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 being ‘Fit for Purpose in the 21st Century’ continues to challenge the UK Government for its failures to respond to the Inquiry’s recommendations, including explicit coverage of issues pertaining to human rights at sea... -Marine InsightPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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An ocean of risk? Managing new cyber threats from MLC amendments
Seafarers have won the right to mandatory internet access while at sea, under an update to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) agreed in May. What this will mean in practice will not become clear any time soon; shipowners are under no obligation to provide the service for free and coverage will vary according to location and business priority... -Splash 247Posted On:26-Jul-2022
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Seafarers’ wellbeing and ship safety: The role of Internet onboard
Improving crew welfare onboard is not only a necessity for the shipping industry to show it cares for its seafarers, but also a contributing factor to ship safety, experts agreed during a webinar organized by the Standard P&I Club on the occasion of the Day of the Seafarer, last month... -Safety4SeaPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Steamer agents express concern over decision to stop crew change at Kochi port
The facility for crew change in the outer harbour of Kochi port, which has carried out a large number of crew change operations since May 15, 2020, has been stopped through an order of the Director General of Shipping, said the president of Kerala Steamer Agents’ Association M. Krishnakumar here on Monday. He said that Kochi had handled a large number of crew change operations and these included handling of 1,081 ships,.. -The HinduPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Seafarers MiFi project receives extension
A project that ensures seafarers and fishermen can gain high-speed internet access while visiting UK ports to contact family and friends has been extended for another year. The UK Port Welfare MiFi Partnership Project is run by the Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB), The Seafarers’ Charity (TSC) and the Department for Transport (DFT) – all of whom have pledged to fund the project for the third successive year... -Safety4SeaPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Companies join initiative to make maritime shipping more sustainable
The “Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program” welcomes the first three companies to join its Brand Ambassador Initiative. Launched in March of this year, the initiative is a new effort from the voluntary California-based Vessel Speed Reduction program to continue to reduce the environmental impacts of maritime shipping along the West Coast... -Supply Chain DivePosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Study: Battery Power Could Work for Boxships
Battery-electric propulsion could offer the container shipping industry an effective route to decarbonization if mechanisms are put in place to lower the costs of battery and charging points are deployed along shorter maritime routes, a new study suggests. The new study suggests that it could be possible to install cost-effective batteries in container ships covering a distance of up to 2,700 nautical miles,.. -The Maritime ExecutivePosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Cargo Shippers Pressure EU For Review Of Container
Ten trade organizations representing the owners and forwarders of cargo, port terminal operators and other parts of the supply chain dependent on container shipping are demanding an immediate review of European Union’s Consortia Block Exemption Regulation for the container shipping industry... -MarineLinkPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Strong Dollar Adds Instability To The Ship Recycling
As the ship recycling sector continues to try and adjust to these new lower realities on price, in addition to adhering to new regulations on L/C limits amidst a dire shortage of U.S. Dollars foreign exchange / reserves in both Pakistan and Bangladesh, the industry is certainly going through an uncertain period... -MarineLinkPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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"CC-Ocean" Project Receives "Marine Engineering of the Year 2021" Award
"Carbon Capture on the Ocean" (CC-Ocean) project* conducted in cooperation with Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has received the "Marine Engineering of the Year 2021 (Doko Memorial Award)" from the Japan Institute of Marine Engineering (JIME)... -marketscreener.comPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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AASTS students to train on Zakher Marine fleet
Zakher Marine International announced it will provide practical training for 32 AASTS students on-board its fleet. The 14 male and 18 female students from the Maritime Transport technology department of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport Sharjah Branch (AASTS) will receive training aboard Zakher’s fleet of offshore support vessels, anchor handlers and barges... -Seatrade Maritime NewsPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Australia Bans Tanker for Underpaying Crew, Insufficient Food and Water
A Liberian-flagged tanker has been banned from Australian ports for six months for underpaying crew wages and insufficient food and water. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) announced the ban Monday against the AG Neptune, a 105,405 dwt crude oil tanker, after the ship was inspected at the Port of Gladstone in June in response to a complaint regarding the underpayment of seafarers and welfare issues... -gCaptainPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Shipping’s New ESG Rules Could Starve Millions
A new report found that more than 75% of ships will not meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new Environmental social and corporate governance (ESG) index aimed at decarbonizing the industry. This means that many ship owners will be forced to slow ships down to reduce emissions but doing so could deepen the global food and energy crisis by reducing available ship capacity... -gCaptainPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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Baltic Exchange to provide standardised emissions reference point for shipping industry
London-based maritime industry information provider Baltic Exchange is developing a project that aims to provide a standardised emissions reference point and find a simpler way to understand round voyage emissions against the transport work done. Starting on 1 January 2023, two new energy efficiency requirements EEXI and CII will come into force as part of the global measures to reduce GHG emissions from shipping... -Offshore EnergyPosted On:26-Jul-2022
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