El valor de la flota mercante mundial ha superado el billón de dólares este mes debido al aumento de los precios de buques de segunda mano, especialmente en los sectores de portacontenedores y graneleros, según datos de Clarkson Research publicados por el portal especializado Splash247.com. El índice general de precios de segunda mano de dicho …
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The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, gained on Wednesday to its highest since September 2010, as demand strengthened across vessel segments. The Baltic dry index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels rose 68 points, or 2.4%, to 2,957, a peak since mid-September …
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In shipping there have been clear winners and loser in the global war against the Covid-19 pandemic. In the latter camp sit cruise ships and to some extent tankers, who have seen earnings spike from storage demands only to fall back as international oil demand waned. In prime position in the winners’ circle are container …
With the recent rapid surge in the COVID-19 cases, coal demand in India is forecast to slow down in May and June to around 15 million tons (mt) each month, down 22% from the April 2021 level, following an 8.4% month-on-month (m/m) rise in April. In the second quarter of 2021, total seaborne coal imports …
China’s surging imports of metals, grain and other commodities are providing a boost to a bulk-shipping sector at the center of global industrial production. Daily freight rates for capesize ships, the largest bulk carriers, jumped to an 18-month high this week at around $35,000 and the Baltic Dry Index, which tracks the cost of moving …
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Hong Kong International Convention for Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC) was adopted in 2009. For the HKC to come into force, three criteria were mentioned. Out of the three, only the first has been fulfilled as of today. Shipping industry stakeholders expect the last criterion to be fulfilled by 2023. But during …
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Proyecto busca la aplicación de mejores prácticas para la prevención, reducción y control de la basura plástica marina Recientemente, la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) anunció los 30 países seleccionados para desarrollar el proyecto de asociaciones denominado GloLitter, iniciativa que pretende asistir al sector del transporte marítimo y al de pesca, para reducir los desechos plásticos …
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Third Engineer on Oil products tankerJoin date: 8.05.2021Duration of contract: 4 monthVessel’s Type: Oil products tanker Interesados: efimko.opensea@gmail.com
Over the past few years, and especially in 2020, new geographical areas have been getting onto the offshore wind map and are likely to have their first projects up and running in the next decade, or the time leading up to 2050 – when renewable energy and other energy transition developments should be majorly contributing …
Of the 204 ships broken in the first quarter of 2021, 155 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia, notorious for poor work safety and environmental practices, the latest report from NGO Shipbreaking Platform shows. According to the report, Greek ship owners sold the most ships to South Asian yards, closely followed by …
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