With the industry’s eyes firmly fixed on the 2020 sulphur cap, shipowners might be paying less attention to installing a ballast water management system. But time will run out to comply with the ballast water regulation and delaying to the last minute …
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Decarbonisation is in focus for the shipping industry and as a firm advocate of more environmentally responsible shipping, NORDEN has been investigating alternatives to the current fuel types. In September 2018, NORDEN made a breakthrough, when the com…
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2018 marked international maritime charity, Sailors’ Society, 200th birthday. Founded in London in 1818 to minister to the needs of destitute seafarers who had returned home from the Napoleonic Wars. It is due to the generosity of organisations like th…
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China will ban imports of waste foreign vessels to protect the environment, China Daily reported on Dec 24. The country’s ship-breaking yards, which have been tearing apart the world’s retired vessels from both civil and military sectors, a…
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Capesize Panic set in in the East as the holiday season approaches, with owners chasing rates lower. Rates on the key West Australia/China route collapsed with business concluded at under $6.00 having touched $9.00 just a week before. Some owners were …
Dry Bulk Market: Capesize Market on Backfoot as 2018’s End Draws Near Read More »