“What’s in Your Stack?” Unites students, regulators, industry, and conservationists to Save Our SeasBy: Nina Quaratella, Education and Outreach Director, NAMEPAFog set over the Golden Bear, the maritime training vessel docked at California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime), and…
“What’s in Your Stack?” Conference unites students, regulators, industry, and conservationists to Save Our SeasJanuary 17, 2019 – The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) and California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) co-hosted the “What’s in Your Stack?” conference…
Shipping Industry Facing Identity CrisisAligning with Public Facing Stakeholders a Commercial NecessitySINGAPORE, 15 January 2019 – Increased regulatory requirements. Public demand for reducing environmental impacts. Transparency provided by the internet and social networks. All these factors are contributing to the…
Cargill Inc., known for its land-based agriculture, is also a dominant presence on the world’s waterways and is hoping to use its power position to clean up the ocean-shipping industry. The Minnetonka-based conglomerate recently committed to reducing its greenhouse-gas emissions at sea by 15 percent in the next two years, but it’s going to need help from its partners to achieve this.
IMO is taking a significant step forward in banning the use of fuel that exceeds the .5% sulphur limit as of 2020 unless an operational scrubber is in place. This helps level the playing field in discouraging those endeavoring to benefit by not using compliant fuel. Also necessary will be enforcement of this amendment.
Niels Aalund, West Gulf Marine Association's Vice President of Maritime Affairs, was unanimously elected by the Harris County Commissioners court as the at-large director to the Houston Ship Channel Security District (HSCSD) Board of Directors.
Seaspan Corporation enlists help from DNV GL as a partner for EU-Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of their entire fleet.
EU-MRV regulation aims to quantify and reduce CO2 emissions from shipping while creating a new method for benchmarking. Due to the global nature of the maritime business, most vessels will trade in European waters. To prepare, ship owners with a global operation must act by January 2018.
Low Sulfur Fuel in 2020, aka the "Ramsey Report", provides an overview of the projected maritime low sulfur fuel market for 2020, with a concentration on petroleum fuels. Projections made by two research consultants are compared to shed light on the uncertain future of this market.
In preparation for the United Nations Oceans Conference set for 5-9 June 2017 in New York, a number of preparatory committees and side events are being conducted. On February 15, 2017, a side event was held at the UN, sponsored jointly by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Government of France. The event was titled "At the crossroads: Global Shipping Lanes and Whale Conservation". . .
With this summary of the event in mind, the purpose of this email is to alert the shipping industry . . .
Since September of last year, when the implementation date of the International Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention became clear, all eyes have been focused on the U.S. Type Approval Process. Ship owners and operators have been concerned, in particular, with the differences between the between the U.S. and International Type approval processes and the potential that BWMS meeting the more stringent U.S. requirements may not be available prior to the entry into force of the International BWM Convention in 2017.
In December 2016, the Coast Guard type approved three BWMSs, and we expect to see more systems submitted for type approval early this year.