

Hamburg Süd and CNCo have received regulatory approval and completed the transfer of RAO and the bulk activities in Furness Withy and Aliança Navegação e Logística to CNCo.Hamburg/Singapore, April 1, 2019. Hamburg Süd and The China Navigation Company (CNCo), a subsidiary of the Swire Group,...
Speaking in Istanbul, Simon Bennett, Deputy Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has warned that avoiding overcapacity and unsustainably low freight rates is still a major challenge ten years after the massive downturn of 2008.Mr Bennett said: “In that time shipping companies needed to show restraint...
Leading classification society ClassNK has released the ClassNK Cyber Security Approach which outlines its basic approach to ensuring onboard cyber security for ships. It was released alongside its Guidelines for Designing Cyber Security Onboard Ships for newbuilding designs as the first part of the ClassNK Cyber Security Series...
The Baltic Index Council (BIC) has announced its decision on the implications of the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap for the Baltic Exchange’s timecharter indices. As formally announced to the Baltic Exchange members, the Baltic will be adding clarificatory wording to its Capesize, Panamax, Supramax and Handysize vessel descriptions...
Over the last few months the rudders and running gear of different types of vessels were given an Ecoshield protective coating at yards in the USA, Mexico, Canada, Turkey, Poland, Malta, Romania, China and Singapore. Most of the ships treated belonged to different owners. Some of them were new customers, others returning...
BIO-UV Group has completed successfully the testing of an enhanced BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system designed to reduce further the time in which treated water has to be held onboard prior to discharge overboard.Holding time is the minimum period between the uptake and discharge of ballast water to ensure it has been properly...