Signing a supply agreement with Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science (Hitachi High-Tech), Wilhelmsen will supply Hitachi High-Techs industry-leading handheld XRF analysers to the maritime market, enabling vessel crews to accurately and effi

Parsippany and Copenhagen, 14 February 2019 A.P. Moller - Maersk and PBF Logistics LP (PBFX) today announced an agreement for Maersk to source and PBFX to process crude oil at CPI Operations LLC, a PBF Logistics LP terminal facility in New

Hong Kong, 8-10 May 2019 Click here for details and registration BIMCO Asia Shipping School is a comprehensive shipping course on specific chartering subjects. The course is a unique blend of key principles on bills of lading, voyage and ti

BIMCO has proposed that the Fourth International Maritime Organization (IMO) Greenhouse Gas Study does not include unrealistically high gross domestic product (GDP) growth projections to predict future transport demand - and thereby emissio

With a year to go before the implementation of the 2020 Sulfur Cap, few topics will be higher on the list of priorities for shipowners than complying with Annex VI of the IMO MARPOL Convention (2008). However, the reduction of sulfur conten

Lloyds Register (LR) and University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS) have released Zero-Emission Vessels Transition Pathways, a study that aims to show what is needed to enable the transition, both at the ship and supply infrastructure lev

The 2020 global sulphur cap will be the regulatory game changer of the decade with profound implications for the economics of shipping believes chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, Esben Poulsson. But there are even more profo

The CEO of the Port Authority of Piraeus, Captain Fu Chengqiu and the President of the North Adriatic Sea Port Authority, Pino Musolino, during a meeting held at the PPA headquarters, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at stre

VIDA establishes a new framework for the regulation of vessel incidental discharges. The wide implications of this new law are still under assessment but the crucial provisions of VIDA may be summarised as follows: It provides for the estab

Emission limits and complete decarbonization in the near future will change ship operation dramatically. No alternative to the combustion principle that generates thrust to propel a large ship leaves less room for renewable fuels. Choosing

A sub-committee under the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have forwarded three documents for adoption in June, moving one step closer to the adoption of a standardised system for electronic navigation. This years Navigation, Commu

According to new data released today by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 744 large ocean-going commercial vessels were sold to the scrap yards in 2018. Of these vessels, 518 were broken down on tidal mudflats in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan

Responsibility to comply with IMO regulations will be on carriers. Many would opt for scrapping rather than retrofitting due to high cost involved. Ocean freight rates would probably increase, and shippers should prepare themselves for the

Liberia is the second largest ship registry in the world, according to leading shipping analyst Clarksons in its Clarksons World Fleet Monitor January 2019. This report confirms that, in gross tonnage terms, Liberia has overtaken and outgro

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) have issued their annual 2018 piracy and armed robbery report, which has shown an increase in reported incidents compared to last year. The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) recorded 201 incidents of