British freight forwarders and logistics companies are up in arms over container line sulphur surcharges ahead of the 2020 sulphur cap describing them as “blatant profiteering”.
Major container lines Ocean Network Express (ONE), Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and APL all say that the costs of complying with the 2020 low sulphur cap will have to be passed onto customers.
The number of ships fitting scrubbers to meet the requirements of the 2020 sulphur cap continues to grow rapidly, but it is not an option available or suitable to all.
A combination of the looming 2020 0.5% sulphur cap for marine fuel, and the more stretch goal of a 50% reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 is producing a confusing, and potentially rather expensive, picture of what shipowners need...
The IMO is working with its Member States and the shipping industry “to identify and mitigate transitional issues” surrounding introduction of the global sulphur cap in January 2020, delegates were told at the 5th biennial gmec (global maritime...
With the vast majority of owners expected to use low sulphur fuels to comply with the 2020 sulphur cap ClassNK is planning to publish a guide to use of such fuels onboard ship.
Bergen-based weather intelligence and decision support services provider StormGeo announced at SMM that it has agreed to buy fellow Norwegian maritime charts supplier Nautisk from NHST Media Group for an undisclosed sum.
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...
