[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Even as global steel output saw a 0.1% contraction during the first 10 months of the current year, India’s production growth rate remained not just in the positive terrain, but was also the highest among [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DNV GL recently announced the opening of the new Maritime Safety Research Centre (MSRC), an industry-university partnership result, involving Strathclyde’s Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL), and DNV [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Together with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III (MIP III),* NYK Ports, NYK’s subsidiary company, has made the decision to invest in Maher Terminals (Maher), which operates a terminal in the U.S. port of New York and [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dingjing Huang, Underwriting and Legal Analyst at UK P&I discuss Annex VI of the Environment Protocol and why shipowners trading in the Antarctic should be aware of their potential liabilities. “Annex VI of the Environment [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In what could release further VLCC tonnage in the market, Iran’s floating storage play could be nearing its end. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson noted that “when Iranian nuclear sanctions were lifted in [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Oil companies booked tankers to store as many as 9 million barrels of crude in northwest Europe amid signs that space in on-land depots is filling up, a ship-operator said. The glut could get bigger [...]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to the Ministry of Shipping, the policy for reimbursement of freight for movement of phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilizers under the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Policy and for urea has been extended to movement [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the latest issue of North P&I Club’s loss prevention newsletter Signals, the Club advises how to reduce hazards associated with the use of stevedores by the crew ensuring efficient movement of cargoes, both on [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the following article, Dr Olivia Swift and Dr Rikke Jensen, Researchers in the University of London, use existing research to investigate how connectivity and social media can help and/or hinder seafarers’ mental health and [...]
