

One of the challenges that navigating officers’ face is a large number of ECDIS systems found on vessels, all with different user interfaces. However, on boarding vessels officers need to be able to competently use the ECDIS, as it could be their main source of navigation. In order to assist the shipping industry, Seagull...
I-Tech AB, the company behind the development of the unique antifouling ingredient Selektope®, has applied for admission to trade the company’s shares on the Nasdaq First North Stockholm exchange.The first day of trading of the I-Tech AB (publ) company on Nasdaq First North is estimated to be 28 May 2018. The listing is...
The industry must limit plastic pollution from grey water waste streams with the same regulatory control it has in place for sewage, says ACO MarineGrey water, that is to say domestic waste other than sewage, is largely unregulated. Yet it can form the larger percentage of water discharged overboard by ships. On the other hand,...
Since mid 2015 when MCA first approved a Thailan-based seafarer training facility, the growth of that destination as a popular focus for both advanced seafarers and also entry level crew to complete STCW 2010 and the new updating STCW courses, has been nothing short of astonishing.Anthony Gould, CEO and major investor in Galileo...
The Baltic Exchange has entered into discussions with a group of Dry Panellist Brokers with the aim of jointly developing a charterparty and recap tool for the dry bulk market. The goal is for the Baltic Exchange and Panellists to work together and produce an industry standardised recap manager and charterparty editor.The Baltic...
Smart shipping needs smarter support and Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) thinks the industry has an ideal opportunity to showcase the best that technology can offer the maritime world.Panos Kirnidis, CEO of PISR, believes the next decade in shipping will be dominated by smart technology and increasing concerns about cyber...