1. InterManager calls for action on accident reporting. There is a significant lag between accident occurrences onboard ships, their investigation, and the casualties report being uploaded into the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS), shipmanagement association InterManager has warned.
https://splash247.com/intermanager-calls-for-action-on-accident-reporting/
https://splash247.com/intermanager-calls-for-action-on-accident-reporting/
2. Shipowners and managers must look at solutions to help them comply with upcoming FuelEU Maritime rules, says Columbia Group. Solutions must be in place to help ship owners with navigating the complex challenges of complying with the new FuelEU Maritime regulations, says Columbia Group.
The introduction of Fuel EU Maritime restrictions that will enforce a reduction of carbon intensity levels on vessels by 2% next year is a challenge ship owners and managers trading in and out of EU waters will need to address and prepare for over the next six months.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/07/17/shipowners-and-managers-must-look-at-solutions-to-help-them-comply-with-upcoming-fueleu-maritime-rules-says-columbia-group/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/07/17/shipowners-and-managers-must-look-at-solutions-to-help-them-comply-with-upcoming-fueleu-maritime-rules-says-columbia-group/
3. 16 feared dead as tanker capsizes off Oman. Sixteen crew are feared to have perished after a small tanker capsized off Oman on Monday.
Search and rescue operations to find the 13 Indians and three Sri Lankans who were onboard the 7,056 dwt, Comoros-flagged Prestige Falcon have thus far been unsuccessful.
https://splash247.com/16-feared-dead-as-tanker-capsizes-off-oman/
https://splash247.com/16-feared-dead-as-tanker-capsizes-off-oman/
4. The UK has a shipping pollution problem. Is the new government ready to solve it? A recent study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) demonstrates severe air pollution problems in UK waters, due to heavy shipping traffic and a lack of adequate regulation. And it is only set to get worse.
https://splash247.com/the-uk-has-a-shipping-pollution-problem-is-the-new-government-ready-to-solve-it/
https://splash247.com/the-uk-has-a-shipping-pollution-problem-is-the-new-government-ready-to-solve-it/
5. Calmer weather expedites salvage ops on grounded Ultrabulk vessel. Calmer weather off South Africa has provided good conditions to expedite salvage work on the Ultrabulk-operated grounded general cargo ship Ultra Galaxy.The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) said that its top priority was the extraction and relocation of the vessel’s fuel and oils on board to prevent possible pollution at sea and the adjacent land area.
https://splash247.com/calmer-weather-expedites-salvage-ops-on-grounded-ultrabulk-vessel/
https://splash247.com/calmer-weather-expedites-salvage-ops-on-grounded-ultrabulk-vessel/
6. Broken Offshore Wind Blade Debris Washes Up in Nantucket. Investigators are probing the cause of a damaged offshore wind turbine blade that sent debris washing ashore at Nantucket Beach and shut down swimming in the area.The incident occurred Saturday evening at the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project under construction near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, prompting the probe by federal officials, developers Avangrid Inc. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S, and GE Vernova Inc., which manufactured the Haliade-X turbines used at the site.
https://gcaptain.com/broken-offshore-wind-blade-debris-washes-up-in-nantucket/
https://gcaptain.com/broken-offshore-wind-blade-debris-washes-up-in-nantucket/
7. LNG Carrier Completes Arctic Voyage to China in 18 Days, Four More En Route. This year’s Arctic summer shipping season is off to a busy start. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Carrier Eduard Toll completed an early-season eastbound voyage along Russia’s Northern Sea Route arriving in Xiuyu, China around 3 weeks after departing with cargo from the Yamal LNG project. It passed through the Arctic section of its voyage in under a week.
https://gcaptain.com/lng-carrier-completes-arctic-voyage-to-china-in-18-days-four-more-en-route/
https://gcaptain.com/lng-carrier-completes-arctic-voyage-to-china-in-18-days-four-more-en-route/
8. Iraq to establish maritime single window for major ports. Iraq is embracing the move to digitalize its maritime sector, with plans to establish a maritime single window for the major ports of Um Qasr (North and South).
A team of IMO experts completed a mission to Basra (30 June – 4 July) to identify what support the country needs to deliver on its ambitions.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/07/17/iraq-to-establish-maritime-single-window-for-major-ports/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/07/17/iraq-to-establish-maritime-single-window-for-major-ports/
9. Piracy threat to crew persists despite global decline. The 2024 half-year reports on piracy and armed robbery by IMB PRC and ReCAAP ISC confirm a drop in the total number of piracy incidents. They also express concern about Somali pirate activity, rising number of incidents in Bangladesh and Indonesia, as well as an increase in violence against seafarers.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/07/17/piracy-threat-to-crew-persists-despite-global-decline/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/07/17/piracy-threat-to-crew-persists-despite-global-decline/
10. Dirty-to-clean switch caps high LR2 tanker freight rates as supply widens. Robust earnings on clean LR2 products tankers coupled with tonnage tightness due to the rerouting of ships from the Red Sea have prompted large-scale switching of dirty tankers into trading clean products, according to shipping market sources.
This move has caused considerable pressure on clean tanker freight rates with demand for loading refined products falling in this segment due to the competitiveness of larger-capacity dirty petroleum product, or DPP, tankers, the sources said.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/07/17/dirty-to-clean-switch-caps-high-lr2-tanker-freight-rates-as-supply-widens/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/07/17/dirty-to-clean-switch-caps-high-lr2-tanker-freight-rates-as-supply-widens/