The 70th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) concluded today with a decision on defined tasks and…
EMSA issued Equasis Annual Report 2015 providing a picture of the worlds’ merchant fleet in 2015, derived from data contained in the Equasis database. It…
IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee, 70th session, began yesterday with the aim to address important issues and discuss the hot-debated proposals concerning the adoption of…
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 70) is this week discussing proposals to adopt a mandatory regulation for ships to record and report their fuel…
The total trading LNG carrier fleet has expanded to 452 vessels, with a total capacity of 65.7 million m³, as of 1 September, after 17…
Jason Stefanatos, Senior Research Engineer, DNV GL, gave a presentation entitled “The voice of the Greek shipping community’’ in which he referred to a recent…
These – it would seem – are good times to be in the shortsea tanker business. The belief that there is a good future for…
Consolidation, greater focus on risk management and higher finance costs: BIMCO’s new analysis on the wider impact of the dry bulk crisis BIMCO has today…
The future of European shipping policy was debated on Wednesday in a seminar held in Valletta, Malta, a few days after the European Commission published…
Despite the current low rates and excess capacity, the future for LNG shipping is bright, was the message from the LNG panel at the Capital…
Shipping is currently facing the unusual situation of all the main shipping segments performing below the seven-year historic trend, now the tanker market has also…
About 90% of global trade is moved by cargo ships which are collectively responsible for about 2.2% of the world’s total Green House Gas (GHG)…
