1.Genting Hong Kong,cruise operator,informed that it will buy scrubbers as a measure to comply with the upcoming IMO 2020 sulphur cap.Specifically,the company will retrofit three of its ships with exhaust gas cleaning systems.
2.The American P&I Club issued a translation to the Shanghai ECA map.As of 1st October 2018, all vessels on international and domestic coastal voyages are required to use fuel with a sulfur content of up to 0.5% m/m,while navigating and berthing in Shanghai Port.
3.Hundreds of wind-power engineers and workers have kept working at sea during the annual National Day holiday for the construction of China's farthest offshore wind farm in the Yellow Sea.
4.The Global Maritime Issues Monitor 2018,a survey revealing the fears of the world’s maritime sector was unveiled at the Global Maritime Forum in Hong Kong on 3 October.And it showed that the possibility of cyber attack rates were high.
5.Swedish company Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems to an FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel to be built in China.
6.Minor bulk operators, Asia Maritime Pacific and Fenwick Shipping Services have merged their operations.
7.OCTOBER 4,2018—The chief executives of Euronav,Cargill Ocean Transportation and Gaslog are among a group of 34 CEOs and industry leaders brought together by the Global Maritime Forum that has signed a call for action in support of decarbonization of the marine industry.
8.Oil Major Shell has announced upcoming availability its newly developed VLSFO ahead of the IMO's 0.50% global sulphur limit for marine fuels which comes into force in 2020.
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