Deals aren’t being concluded as fast as they could be, based on the number of candidates in the ships’ demolition market. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas said that “it would appear that we have returned to the ‘unknown’ z…
Demolition Market In Limbo Read More »
The push for the international shipping industry to reduce its role in global air emissions has resulted in new environmental rules and regulation being introduced at an accelerated pace. The industry needs to take action in order to ensure compliance…
New emission regulations in shipping Read More »
With the IMO 2020 deadline looming, shipowners around the globe are faced with a difficult choice. The time for hoping the enforcement of emissions regulations will be delayed has passed, and owners are now forced to decide on how they will comply. Unt…
Scrubbers – the retrofit wave is coming Read More »
Choosing the most effective, sustainable and aconomically feasible strategy to comply with the new emission limits is not an easy task. The decision must be based in part on assumptions that may or may not prove to have merit. TANKER UPDATE summarizes …
The Fuel Challenge in Shipping Read More »
Total vessel operating costs in the shipping industry are expected to rise by 2.7% in 2018 and by 3.1% in 2019, according to our latest survey. Responses to our latest annual Future Operating Costs Survey revealed that drydocking is the cost category l…
Ship operating costs expected to rise in 2018 and 2019 Read More »