According to Global Service Maritime (GSM) and GAC, and due to suspicious infiltrations in Depositi Costieri Trieste, the company managing the bunker deposit in the port, all bunkering operations with place at Port of Trieste, Italy, have been suspended. Few months ago, the port authority requested an information report related to the anti-mafia law, as part of
According to Gibson Shipbrokers, 2018 may be a very busy year, perhaps the busiest since 2010 when it comes to deliveries. For 2018, 40 million dwt of crude and product tankers (over 25,000 dwt) are expected to be delivered, compared to the 35.5 million of 2017. U.S. crude production is expected to average 775,000 b/d higher
MAN Diesel and Turbo's gas, and marine fuels and LNG manufacturer, MAN Cryo, secured a contract with Swedish infrastructure company Swedegas to supply a liquefied natural gas storage facility in the port of Gothenburg. This gas pipeline will provide a more flexible solution for LNG customers and suppliers and will be open to multiple suppliers.
The Chinese government has made cruise shipbuilding its main target in its Made in China 2025 program, in order to take advantage of the $ 117 billion industry profitability with improvements to its domestic capacity, which is why Chinese shipbuilders are increasingly interested in being part of cruise shipbuilding, whose segment accounted for almost half
“I will not hesitate in defending our waters or tolerate any form of aggression. "Britain will never be intimidated when it comes to protecting our country, our people, and our national interests." Those were the words of Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson regarding the Russian warship Admiral Gorshkov. On December 23rd, Frigate HMS St Albans was
Regardless being pointed as the world’s most indebted oil company, Petrobras has announced they will stick to its investment commitment for the next 5 years period (2018-2022). The estimated amount of investment is around the $74.5 billions of dollars, a little bit more than the last investment in the previous period (2017-2021) for $74.1 billions.
The Post Panamax, MV Hamburg, one of the container vessels of Diana Containerships Inc, has entered into a charter contract with Wan Hai Lines, from Singapore. Not directly, but through a separate subsidiary – The company specializing in the ownership of containerships said. Diana Containerships Inc.’s fleet currently consists of 11 container vessels (6 Post-Panamax
The Technology Services Company, ABB, has expressed its support for the Ocean Pollution Control Group by providing on-board systems and expertise to support research trips carried out by a charity whose primary mission and purpose is to highlight the damage caused by the millions of tons of plastics that end up polluting the waters of the world's oceans every year. The environmental advocacy group that is benefiting is
On June 16, 2017, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided to require shipowners and administrators to incorporate cybersecurity management into the security systems established by the ISM code, which is why the telecommunications organization COMSAT makes its announcement to create a set of cyber security solutions for the maritime industry, this emerges as an imperative need to protect fleets against harmful attacks, after recent events. COMSAT offers a
Ballast Water Management - The world leader in testing, inspection and verification services, Bureau Veritas, has launched a new e-commerce solution to help the Shipping Industry with the Ballast Water Management deadline for approved certificates and plans scheduled for last September 8. The solution that Bureau Veritas has found for the shipping industry is through an application that will help Shipowners to obtain International BWM certificates and approved BWM plans for their ships.
