Markets Friday syndrome; geopolitics in disarray
Markets, Military, Reports, Shipping Indices, Statistics, Stock Markets, Tankers, Trade and Commerce — August 18, 2017 at 3:53 PMJohn Faraclas
The BDI ended up at 1,260 – that is with 13 points plus since yesterday and 228 since last week’s closing – 1,032. On both occasions the Market’s and in particular the driving force – the volatile Capers managed 32 and 25 points plus respectively, losing steam… The Geopolitical scenery worsens. The Barcelona atrocities might open the Aeolus Winds and the Tempest so to speak will be...
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Marine Insurance
HRAS News: Fishing, safety and the Human Element
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The recent Nautical Institute Seaways article (June 2017) in co-ordination with the New Zealand based FISH Safety...
Aug 18, 2017 11:20
Shipmanagement
Don’t fight I.T – just be flexible
Sue Terpilowski OBE
The human element in new technology will be just as important as IT developments in the shipping world...
Aug 18, 2017 14:40
Organisations
Blue MBA graduation ceremony reminded of urgent industry need for high degree of talent
The Graduates, Class of 2017 of the Executive MBA in Shipping & Logistics
Prominent maritime personalities, including...
Aug 17, 2017 16:52
Markets
DNV GL applies data analytics techniques to reduce downtime
Kjell Einar Eriksson
Opportunities for digitalization are currently being embraced by the oil and gas sector. However,...
Aug 18, 2017 11:52
Recent
What is a release call?
Joining a mutual P&I Club means each Member shares in the fortunes of that Club and its membership. The continuity of Club membership, which is typical within the mutual P&I environment, permits longer term investment and planning to be undertaken.
Estimating premiums doesn’t work as well in...
August 18th, 2017 | Communication, P and I Clubs | Read More
Partners win specialist Russian order
The MAN 21/31 engine
MAN Diesel & Turbo and AKA to provide diesel-electric propulsion package for federal vessel
MAN Diesel & Turbo and AKA have received an order in connection with the building of a multi-purpose supply vessel for a federal Russian agency.
Delivery is scheduled for March 2018...
August 18th, 2017 | Marine Equipment Products and Services, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Technical, Technology | Read More
Closure of the Rhine valley rail corridor: Swisstrain offers replacement schedule
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Frenkendorf, Switzerland, 18 August 2017: Following the closure of the railway line between the German cities of Rastatt and Baden-Baden, the Swisstrain has developed a replacement schedule for rail freight transport between the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp and the terminal in Frenkendorf/Basel.
The...
August 18th, 2017 | Land Trasnport, Logistics, Ports & Terminals, Rail | Read More
How to follow the Laser Radial Worlds 2017
From 21 – 26 August 2017, the world’s best Laser Radial sailors will participate in the first World Championships held in the Netherlands since the Laser Radial became an Olympic-class boat in 2008. The two fleets of 100 women and 64 men representing 45 countries will sail two races back-to-back...
August 17th, 2017 | Sailing, Sports | Read More
Hot Port News from GAC
17-Aug-2017
ROWING EVENT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAU
Hong Kong
HIGH WINDS FORECAST FOR PORT KEMBLA & ILLAWARRA COAST
New South Wales, Australia
Rowing event between Hong Kong and Macau
Thursday, August 17, 2017, Hong Kong
A rowing event between Hong Kong and Macau will...
August 17th, 2017 | Port Conditions, Ports & Terminals, Rowing, Weather | Read More
Nominations Open Through Sept. 16 for 2017 SHIPPINGInsight Award
NORFOLK, Va. – Aug. 17, 2017 – (Marine NewsWire) The nominations deadline for the 2017 SHIPPINGInsight Award is coming soon, but there’s still time to submit entries.
The SHIPPINGInsight Award is given annually to a shipping company and its technology partners for the successful implementation...
August 17th, 2017 | Awards, Events, Conferences,Forums and Symposiums, Exhibitions, IT and Communications | Read More
The thing with catfines
Olivier d’Olne, General Manager at Aderco Marine and Group Technical Director
Earlier this year the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a revised edition of its ISO 8217 specifications for marine fuels, which still maintains a 60 mg/kg limit for catfines (catalytic fines)....
August 17th, 2017 | Bunkering, Emissions, Environment | Read More
Admiral Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz takes part in a symbolic coin ceremony at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
Damen CEO Rene Berkvens with Admiral Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz presenting the coin during the keel-laying ceremony of the Mexican Navy’s Damen Sigma 10514
Damen Sigma 10514 integral part of Mexican Navy fleet modernisation project
On Thursday 17th August, the Secretary of the Mexican Navy,...
August 17th, 2017 | Military, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Technical, Technology | Read More
Australian salmon farming gets new Falcon technology
Falcon is at the leading edge of Huon’s developments in advancing the use of technology in aquaculture.
The largest majority privately owned producer of fresh salmon in Australia, Huon Aquaculture, has ordered a second Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater e-robotic vehicle.
Their newest Falcon is now enhanced...
August 17th, 2017 | Fisheries, Marine Equipment Products and Services, News, Technical, Technology, Underwater Shipping | Read More
Cloud-technology revolutionises fleet and crew management at Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt
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Cloud-technology is transforming the business and management processes at leading shipping company,Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt, who has been using Cloud Fleet Manager (CFM), developed by Hanseaticsoft, a leading provider of maritime software, since 2015.
Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt...
August 17th, 2017 | IT and Communications, Marine Equipment Products and Services, News, Technical, Technology | Read More
LR joins project to build world’s biggest sailing cargo ship
An image of Quadriga project ship model
17 August 2017 – Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined the Quadriga sustainable shipping project – an initiative from Hamburg-based Sailing Cargo, which aims to build the world’s biggest sailing cargo ship.
The project outlines a plan to build a 170-meter...
August 17th, 2017 | Alternative Sources of Energy, Associations, Automobiles, Car trade, Classification Societies, Energy, Environment, Marine Equipment Products and Services, News, Shipbuilding and Shipyards, Technical, Technology | Read More
Maersk Supply Service: Q2 interim results: Solid performance in a tough market
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Maersk Supply Service reported a loss of USD 10m (loss of USD 106m) in Q2 2017. The underlying loss was USD 11m (loss of USD 8m), driven by lower utilisation in a challenging market with oversupply of offshore support vessels.
For more information on the quarterly result, please see the attached...
August 17th, 2017 | Accountancy, Company Profiles, Reports | Read More
The BDI@1,207 with uncertain forthcoming trade rules
John Faraclas
The BDI was up 38 points and now reads 1,207 thanks to the volatile Capers with yet another triple digit spike… The geopolitics will engage new trade rules for a multiple of reasons to benefit only the state and the very few; John Faraclas’ midweek recap:
The Capers’ BCI gained 169...
August 16th, 2017 | Chartering, Containers, Dry Bulkcarriers, Events, Maritime Education and Training, Markets, News, People and Places, Reports, Shipping Indices, Statistics, Stock Markets, Tankers | Read More
Hot Port News from GAC
16-Aug-2017
FLOATING OF LOCAL CURRENCY
Yemen
SHOALING IN SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
Stockton, United States
TEMPORARY DIVERSION OF TUNG CHUNG BUOYED CHANNEL
Hong Kong
CLOSURE OF BOSPHORUS
Turkish Straits, Turkey
Floating of local currency
Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Yemen
On Monday (14...
August 16th, 2017 | Canals, Inland Waterways, Port Conditions, Ports & Terminals | Read More
Container Owners Association – August 2017 Members Newsletter
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In this issue:
20th COA Members Meeting, Amsterdam – Monday 27 November 2017: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Hotel Room Booking: Special Rate for Participants
Non-Operating Reefers – COA Guidelines published
2017 COA Flexitank Meeting to take place in Amsterdam
COA Container Pavilion at Intermodal...
August 16th, 2017 | Associations, Events, Conferences,Forums and Symposiums, Exhibitions, Logistics, Ports & Terminals | Read More
IMCA Asia-Pacific regional meeting taking place in Kuala Lumpur
Allen Leatt
The next International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Asia-Pacific regional meeting for members and invited guests will take place on Tuesday 29 August from 09:00 in Kuala Lumpur at the Novotel Kuala Lumpur City Centre.
The meeting will be attended by IMCA’s Chief Executive,...
August 16th, 2017 | Associations, Events, Conferences,Forums and Symposiums | Read More
LISW17 welcomes Joshua Rozenberg and Microsoft to its flagship conference
Joshua Rozenberg
As part of its pledge to deliver debate of the highest quality, London International Shipping Week 2017 (LISW17) is delighted to announce two world class speakers destined to crank up the thought leadership stakes at the flagship LISW17 conference to be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel...
August 16th, 2017 | Associations, Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Events, Markets | Read More
Ground-breaking Wärtsilä design…
The new salmon processing and transportation vessel for Hav Line AS, Norway, is the world’s first vessel of its kind with a hybrid/battery solution.
Ground-breaking Wärtsilä design features the world’s first hybrid propulsion solution for fish farming industry
The technology group Wärtsilä...
August 16th, 2017 | Fisheries, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Shipbuilding and Shipyards | Read More
MRV made easy by new functionality in NAPA performance monitoring systems
Existing users of NAPA Shipping Solutions, ClassNK-NAPA GREEN and NAPA-DSME Power® can achieve compliance with new MRV reporting requirements
Helsinki, Finland, August 16, 2017 – NAPA, a world leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider, has updated its performance monitoring...
August 16th, 2017 | Associations, Classification Societies, Emissions, Environment, European Union, IT and Communications, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Organisations, Technical, Technology | Read More
