SMM Hamburg has placed seafarer welfare at the centre of its exhibition this week, by choosing The Mission to Seafarers (MtS) as its official event charity, with Deutsche Seemannsmission. The partnership will not only support MtS in its essential...
At time when environmental regulations are to the fore in shipping with ballast water management the sulphur cap and greenhouse gas GHG) emissions the IMO's Tian-Bing Huang, deputy director for Protective Measures, Marine Environment Division...
Scrubbers have become flavour of the month for large vessel owners to comply with the 2020 sulphur cap, however, ensuring compliant operations could prove difficult with Euronav chief Paddy Rodgers drawing a parallel with the oil water separator...
Despite a newbuilding orderbook in the doldrums with a mere 140.3m gt representing 10% of the world fleet on order, regulations requiring the retrofitting of equipment will cause a positive “buzz” for suppliers attending next week’s SMM show in...