This article is an overview of the typical causes of stack collapse as well as the legal implications when dealing with the resulting liability claims. CAUSES Understanding causation is key to preventing incidents, but also to determine liability in in…
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For a number of months the world has been dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite this, shipping has on average only seen modest declines in activity and the bunkering industry continued to develop with new production and supply locations appearing…
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The implications from Libya’s latest absence from the tanker market are bound to affect rates in this part of the world. While a return to stability appears to still have some way to go, before it’s materialized, recent efforts to restore production an…
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Capesize The Capesize market made new highs for the year this week after strong iron ore demand to the far east continued to develop in the market. Earnings have lifted from sub operating cost levels under two weeks ago, to now having surged up to have…
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IMO issued Circular Letter No.4204/Add.22 on 11 June 2020 (link), informing of the Singapore Crew Change Guidebook (see also https://www.ssa.org.sg/images/ssa/pdf/SG-Crew-Change-Guidebook.pdf). Recognizing the ongoing challenges that the industry is fa…
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