A milestone was reached in the greening process that took place at the Port of Gothenburg on September 2, 2016. M/T Ternsund bunkered natural gas…
In the following article, Capt Pradeep Chawla, Managing Director, QHSE & Training, Anglo-Eastern Univan Group Company, discusses the role of certificate of competency in safety training.…
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has been given the task by Regulation (EC) No 721/2004 to “draw up on a regular basis a list…
The heavy lift and multipurpose (HL/MPV) shipping sector is under extreme pressure. With desperately low commodity prices laying waste to new capital projects, and increasing…
BCC Research has revealed in its new report that the global shipping industry is scheduled to implement ballast water treatment systems in its entire vessel…
The Swedish Government will investigate the consequences for Swedish industry by the introduction of a nitrogen emission control area, NECA, in the Baltic Sea and…
The new product tanker of the Swedish shipping company Terntank received the first Rotterdam ‘LNG bunkering incentive’, a premium amounting to a discount of ten…
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006). The aim of…
Terntank’s LNG-powered 15,000 DWT chemical tanker Ternsund will be the first vessel to receive a discount on gross seaport dues in the Port of Rotterdam as part…
The EU-funded TelliSys project has designed a new, environmentally-friendly, volume-optimised, intermodal transport system for the European transport sector. It is already available on the market.…
The European Commission’s newly published communication on a European Strategy for low-emission mobility rightly points out that all transport sectors need to contribute towards reducing…
The themes for European Shipping Week 2017 have been formally announced with the competitiveness of European shipping globally and the strategies being developed by the…
