Safety & Regulation
The wedged cargo ships have been separated and brought under control, according to Havariekommando.
MPC has placed firm orders for five units from an unnamed supplier for installation prior to the implementation of the global 0.5% sulphur cap on marine fuels on 1 January 2020.
Vessel designed to run on hydrogen and solar power will not produce carbon emissions.
New code of practice, which has been prepared by the UK Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group (MASRWG), supersedes the first version published in November 2017.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, and tech company NTT DATA said the trial has been completed and will dramatically reduce the time for claims to be paid.
The report found that violent truck hijackings account for 24% of cargo theft incidents globally, while food and beverage cargoes are the biggest current targets at 27%.
Legal implications for shipowners and charterers are now set to dominate the IMO 2020 sulphur cap agenda.
The club’s Asian operating company, Standard Asia, has entered a co-operation agreement with China’s biggest general insurer, Ping An.
The venture will manufacture and install scrubbers in China and deliver them to a range of maritime industry customers for both newbuildings and retrofitted vessels.
Iran's LPG exports peaked at about 580,000 tonnes in August, the highest monthly volume since 2016, when the previous round of international sanctions were eased.