Shipping

The global summit hosted by the UK government on 9 July 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on crew changes saw 13 countries pledge to take action. However, BIMCO is concerned about the number of participants.

A new report from EastGate contemplates the state of the dry bulk industry half way through a difficult year.

Conoship International and KenzFigee have collaborated to offer a cost-efficient transhipment crane barge combination to meet the specific needs of the dry bulk and break bulk transhipment market.

IMO’s Secretary-General has welcomed the commitment of 13 countries to facilitate crew changes and achieve key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial summit hosted by the UK Government on 9 July 2020.

Diana Shipping Inc. has recently announced that it has entered into a time charter contract with ST Shipping and Transport Pte. Ltd for one of its panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Selina.

Despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis on global production and logistics chains and a pandemic-driven drop in demand, the Port of Antwerp remained 100% operational.

The Panama Canal Authority has announced an increase of the maximum authorised draft for neopanamax vessels transiting the Panama Canal.

Singapore-based Trust Energy Resources Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Power, has announced the sale of its three ships.

SwiftBulk Holding Co. Ltd has partnered with FUELTRAX to install EFMS and FUELTRAX Vision on its kamsarmax dry bulk carrier vessel, the Thestelia K.

Wärtsilä is one of 11 founding members of an international coalition dedicated to accelerating the energy transition in the transport and logistics industries.

Several South Korean ports will have designated national sulfur emission control areas from midnight 1 September 2020.

Maritime Singapore is committed to sustainable international shipping as guided by the targets of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping.

Wärtsilä, in cooperation with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol, as well as with the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will commence the world’s first long term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine.

This year, Port of Antwerp will continue extending its shipping guidance in order to manage traffic in the port even more safely and efficiently.

The Federal Transport Authority (FTA) has signed an MoU with SAFEEN, the marine services subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, to conduct emergency response services across UAE’s waters.