Diminishing seafaring appeal to tighten officer availability

Officer availability varies significantly by nationality and rank, with important implications for recruitment, retention and wage rates, particularly in light of tightening labour market conditions. Earlier in the year Drewry projected that the current officer shortfall to crew the global merchant fleet would widen, despite the dampening effect of Covid-19, due to the reduced attractiveness …

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The Marshall Islands Registry Focuses on Enhancing Resources

After a banner year for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) fleet in 2019, with its best ever ranking from port State control (PSC) authorities globally, the RMI Maritime Administrator (the “Administrator”) remained focused on enhancing resources despite the challenges 2020 has brought to the shipping community. The RMI had its best performance year …

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European Commission Reacts To Industry’s Concern About IHM Compliance

The European Commission (EC) has listened and reacted to industry’s concern about adhering to the upcoming deadline on 31 December 2020 for the European Union’s Ship Recycling Regulations (EUSRR) inventory of hazardous materials (IHM) owing to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The new EC guidelines give shipowners a limited but welcome respite by …

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Singapore suspends OBS’ bunkering licenses after Hin Leong debacle

Singapore has suspended the bunkering licenses of Ocean Bunkering Services, part of the beleaguered Hin Leong Trading Group, but the move has had limited market impact on the world’s largest bunkering port, industry sources said. “The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has been monitoring the development of Ocean Bunkering Services, an affiliated company of …

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Importance Of Bunker Declaration To Customs Directorate At Turkish Ports

The vessels visiting Turkish Ports, according to Customs Directive, items as such bunker, oil, cigarettes, alcohols in the vessel have to be declared to Customs Directorate. Based on our experiences we have had recently, when the missing or the excess declarations are determined, according to the relevant directive, Customs Directorate commence an investigation and impose …

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ABS approves DMSE’s FLNG hull design

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has approved Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s FLNG hull design. Courtesy of ABS ABS issued an approval in principle for the design of a wide breadth, single row, near-shore LNG floating production storage offloading vessel (FPSO) hull with a jetty-moored system. The AiP is the completion of a joint development …

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