BIMCO launches Ship Recycling Alliance to help fuel change

 

 

 

"Ship Recycling Alliance"

BIMCO

Overview

BIMCO has launched a Ship Recycling Alliance to help accelerate safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships. The alliance will co-ordinate the voices of the ship recycling industry and the shipping industry and help facilitate the global implementation of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC). 
In June 2025, the HKC will enter into force. This comes at a time when more than 15,000 ships are estimated to be recycled over the next 10 years and the need for compliant yards from main recycling states such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan is critical.

Today, only a minority of shipowners choose voluntary HKC compliant recycling. Therefore, co-ordinating the voices of the

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Suez Canal launches crew change service

 

by The Editorial Team

 The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has introduced a Crew Change service, launched on November 1, to meet growing demand.

This service is provided through the Suez Canal Yacht Marina at Ismailia and extends to vessels and marine units transiting the Canal in both directions. Key locations include Lake Timsah and the Great Bitter Lakes waiting area. The service allows maritime agencies to book digitally via the SCA website, simplifying procedures and expediting service delivery.  

The digital Crew Change service on the SCA’s official website allows the online booking of this service with ease to all maritime agencies. Following that comes the completion of the required procedures with the competent authorities, then the provision of the service

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Evergreen podría haber ordenado once buques Megamax de combustible dual metanol

 

 

 

18 de Noviembre de 2024

 
Se dice que los portacontenedores de 24.000 TEUs serán entregados entre 2028 y 2029

A pesar de las numerosas órdenes de grandes portacontenedores de entre 13.000 y 17.000 TEUs, así como de buques compactos PNPX de hasta 21.000 TEUs, las naves Megamax (MGX) no habían recibido órdenes este año. Sin embargo, Alphaliner tiene entendido que actualmente se están negociando con astilleros dos series de buques Megamax. Una de ellas se espera que sea para Evergreen, que se cree que ha emitido una solicitud de propuestas para once naves de combustible dual metanol de 24.000 TEUs. 

Al parecer, la línea naviera propuso a los tres grandes astilleros coreanos KSOE Hyundai Group, Samsung Heavy Industries y

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Norsepower Installs Rotors on Gas Carrier as SHI Presents New Wind Concept

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samsung Heavy Industires incorporated its wing sail design into a futuristic LNG carrier (SHI)

Published Nov 20, 2024 1:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

 

 
 

As wind-assisted propulsion continues to gain momentum it is expanding to more segments of shipping including gas carriers. In the latest examples, Norsepower, which produces rotors completed the installation on a gas carrier while Samsung Heavy Industries received design approval for a new concept that it plans to incorporate into future LNG carriers.

Each class of ship comes with challenges for wind-assisted propulsion ranging from air draft to stability and visibility. General cargo ships, bulkers, and tankers have been among the first to incorporate the technologies while designs to place the different systems on gas

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Preguntas frecuentes sobre agresión sexual, acoso sexual y requisitos de denuncia del acoso

 

 

 

https://www.news.uscg.mil/maritime-commons

 

29 de septiembre de 2023

La mala conducta sexual, que incluye incidentes de agresión sexual y acoso sexual, no tiene cabida en la industria marítima y la Guardia Costera está comprometida a prevenir estos incidentes y responder a las acusaciones para eliminar este comportamiento tóxico del lugar de trabajo. Los cambios recientes en la ley ahora requieren que la entidad responsable de un buque informe a la Guardia Costera sobre cualquier queja o incidente de acoso, acoso sexual o agresión sexual. Con este fin, la Guardia Costera publicó MSIB 1-23 , que proporciona orientación sobre cómo denunciar casos de mala conducta sexual.

A partir de abril de 2023, los oficiales a cargo de las inspecciones marítimas (OCMI) de la Guardia Costera

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