Looking Back 2018 saw a sea-change in attitudes and actions towards Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. By March, of the 94 cruise ships on the global order-book, 18 under construction were LNG-powered. This represented 20% of all newbuilding…
The shipping industry is rapidly reaching a point of no return: Emission limits and, in the more distant future, complete decarbonization will change ship operation dramatically. The question is: How should container ships be built today? The Paris Agr…
Tomorrow´s ship fuels Read More »
It has come to the attention of the Club that new regulatory requirements concerning the reporting of energy consumption from ships have been introduced for vessels calling at ports in China, with effect from 1st January 2019. Although no official tran…
It’s taken a couple of weeks, but shipbrokers are now starting to report that the first demolition candidates are emerging, as ship owners have started this year’s process of renewing their fleet. In fact, 2019 is a critical year for scrapp…
Demolition Candidates Being Evaluated as Scrapping Activity Bound to Increase Read More »
As we quickly approach the turning point of a new decade, there is much speculation on what would be decided in terms of regulations imposed on the shipping activity. IMO’s working group has been analysing some future strategic possibilities to be intr…
The Regulations for 2020 – The next decade of Shipping Regulations Read More »