Lacklustre seaborne trade growth figures should serve as a “warning” that national policies can have a negative impact on the maritime trade and development aspirations of all. UNCTAD secretary-general Mukhisa Kituyi made that comment in response to gr…
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The accumulated growth rate for US inbound containers has almost been cut in off half from 5.1% in 2018 to 2.6% in August of 2019. Towards the end of 2018, US retailers frontloaded consumer goods ahead of the planned tariff hike in January 2019. While …
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The IMO specification change will limit Sulphur content in ships’ fuel oil from 3.5 to 0.5 percent from January 2020. This will shift a large amount of bunker demand from high-Sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) to low-Sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) and gasoil across reg…
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A new GHG Pathway Model from the latest Maritime Forecast to 2050 report can help the maritime industry to assess and prepare for the effects of regulatory and technological change in reducing world fleet greenhouse gas emissions. “Meeting Internationa…
ABS Chairman, President and CEO, Christopher J. Wiernicki, mapped out the future of marine fuels in a high-profile speech at the 15 th annual World Shipping Summit yesterday. “Technology advances of the next decade may entirely change our view of the f…