Shipowners are being invited to submit data and information directly to the World Maritime University on the Ballast Water Convention to build a complete and realistic picture of how it is really working.
Shipowners are being invited to submit data and information directly to the World Maritime University on the Ballast Water Convention to build a complete and realistic picture of how it is really working.
All the talk and rumours in the industry and in the press about ship orders being cancelled, delayed or postponed is beginning to show in the order book
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) have recently released the CG-CVC Policy Letter 18-02, “Guidelines for Evaluating Potential Courses of Action When a Vessel Bound for a Port in the United States has an Inoperable Ballast Water Management (BWM) System.”
Shipping Analyst at BIMCO, Peter Sand, spoke earlier this week at the 23rd International Lloyd's List & Lloyd's Shipping Economist Ship Finance & Investment Conference in London, UK on 16-17 November 2010.
Lack of compliance with the US Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) continues to result in significant financial penalties for shipping companies and ships being barred from entering ports in the USA.