The European region is looking to import as much LNG as it can, with tankers facing an uphill “battle” against time and other clients from other regions, to cater to this demand. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “as we are h…
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BIMCO has published a revamped version of the popular GENCON charterparty. Our author, Helena Biggs, was a member of the drafting committee. She highlights the changes and the reasons behind them. One of the critical questions in publishing a new contr…
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“While autonomous technology is available, the biggest challenge is building trust in automated systems that can function safely in many different maritime situations without human intervention,” explains DNV’s SAFEMATE Project Manager Grunde Løvoll. D…
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The international ship registries of Djibouti and the Cook Islands suspended the flags to five oil tankers, following sanctions by the United States this month for having facilitated oil trade for Hezbollah and Iran’s Quds Force, non-government organiz…
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The most important of all international maritime safety conventions is the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). The first version was adopted at a conference in London in 1914. The catalyst for this conference was…
Firefighting at Sea – Towards a Safe Ship Concept Read More »