Forbes: ExxonMobil Eyes Marine Fuels Business Expansion As IMO 2020 Deadline Looms - 0.5% LSFO Available From Q3 2019
Source: Forbes website - As the shipping world scrambles to get ready for the International Maritime Organization's IMO 2020 ruling, oil major ExxonMobil's marine fuels outfit is "...
Over 3,000 ships to boast scrubbers by the end of 2020
Over 3,000 ships are set to be fitted with scrubbers by the end of 2020, according to the latest statistics.   A surge in demand for companies to fit scrubbers next year means 3,018...
Nigel Smith former SKANReg leader to retire as new head plans for growth
3/13/2019 Source: SKANReg Press release - Nigel Smith, inaugural International Registrar of the London-headquartered St Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg), is retiring in May...
Chinese lessors are not about to go away, but they are starting to slow down
After a breakneck decade of transforming ship finance, the big leasing houses are pausing for breath   "I don’t think it will cease to exist,” said ­­Robert Perri,...
EMSA - Ballast Water Management - Guidance for best practices on sampling
3/7/2019 Source: European Maritime Safety Agency - This document provides best practice guidance and a harmonised approach to sampling for compliance in accordance with Article 9 of the IMO...
FONARS ARE ‘NOT A FREE PASS’ TO USE NON-COMPLIANT LOW SULPHUR FUEL, WARNS ICS
  2/26/2019 Source: ICS - The International Chamber is pushing back concerning the possible loophole reported by Tradewindsnews.com (Regulators allow shipowners a safety loophole on IMO 2020, 2/...
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency - SAFETY BULLETIN 13 - GPS Week Number Rollover.
Source: UK MCA -  The Maritime & Coastguard Agency would like to make Operators that use the Global Positioning System (GPS) for both position and UTC (Coordinated Universal Time),...
BIMCO DEMANDS 4TH IMO GHG STUDY BASED ON REALISTIC ECONOMIC GROWTH
2/13/2019 Source: BIMCO - BIMCO has proposed that the Fourth International Maritime Organization (IMO) Greenhouse Gas Study does not include unrealistically high gross domestic product (GDP) growth...
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)has issued the latest Queensland Coastal Passage Plan (QCPP)
2/8/2019 Source: AMSA - The plan prepares vessels for transit through environmentally sensitive areas such as the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. All Masters and coastal pilots transiting these...
European Commission calls for ‘urgent’ changes to IMO scrubber rules
Secretary-general says exhaust gas scrubbers are ‘expected to lead to a degradation of the marine environment’.   IMO rules on exhaust gas scrubbers must be changed as soon as...