September 20, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Maritime Industry / 0 comments
Image Courtesy: Pixabay under CC0 Creative Commons license A product tanker anchored in Conakry Anchorage, Guinea, was boarded by four armed robbers on September 17, 2018, IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre said. The vessel in question has been identified as oil/chemical tanker STI Hammersmith, which is listed as part of Monaco-based Scorpio Tankers’ fleet, based on the vessel’s […]
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No delays to implementing shipping fuel sulphur cap in 2020 -IMO
September 26, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Maritime Industry / 0 comments
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will not delay implementing a reduction in the amount of sulphur in marine fuel in 2020, officials with the UN’s shipping agency said on Tuesday. “I can categorically say there will not be a delay,” said Edmund Hughes, the head of air pollution and […]
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Nigeria vows to free sailors from Swiss pirate attack ship
September 25, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Piracy / 0 comments
Nigerian authorities on Monday said they were working to find and free 12 crew members of a Swiss-registered cargo ship who were kidnapped by sea pirates at the weekend. The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it had “commenced search (and) rescue operations” for the abducted crew from the MV Glarus. The ship […]
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Ship Managers Detained as Capsized Tanzanian Ferry Death Toll Reaches 224
September 24, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Maritime Industry / 0 comments
MV Nyerere that overturned is seen off the shores of Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Tanzanian authorities said on Sunday the number of people who died in a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria had risen to 224 and the vessel’s managers had been detained for questioning. The ferry, MV Nyerere, sank on Thursday evening just a […]
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Report: Pirates Kidnap 12 Crew off Nigeria
September 24, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Piracy / 0 comments
Image Courtesy: Op Atalanta/EUNAVFOR Twelve crew members of a Swiss bulk carrier MV Glarus were taken hostage while in Nigerian waters on September 22, Reuters reports citing a statement from the ship’s operator Massoel Shipping. Based on the statement, the ship was underway, loaded with a cargo of bulk wheat, around 45 nautical miles southwest […]
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Death Toll Reaches 136 in Tanzania Ferry Disaster
September 22, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Maritime Industry / 0 comments
(Photo: Ukerewe Distric Council) (Photo: Ukerewe District Council) At least 136 bodies have been retrieved after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania’s top police official Simon Sirro said on Friday, and scores more were still feared missing as rescuers searched for survivors on the morning after the disaster. The ferry MV Nyerere capsized on Thursday afternoon just […]
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Product Tanker Ransacked by Armed Robbers in Guinea
September 20, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Maritime Industry / 0 comments
Image Courtesy: Pixabay under CC0 Creative Commons license A product tanker anchored in Conakry Anchorage, Guinea, was boarded by four armed robbers on September 17, 2018, IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre said. The vessel in question has been identified as oil/chemical tanker STI Hammersmith, which is listed as part of Monaco-based Scorpio Tankers’ fleet, based on the vessel’s […]
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TGE Marine Inks Deal for Tema LNG’s Small-Scale FSRU
September 20, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / General Energy News / 0 comments
Germany’s construction engineering company TGE Marine Gas Engineering has inked a supply contract for one of the world’s first small-scale floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). Under the deal signed with Chinese Jiangnan Shipyard at the end of July, TGE Marine will design and supply the cargo handling system and tank material for the unit. The 28,000 […]
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Boat Built with Recycled Plastic to Highlight Pollution
September 19, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Environment / 0 comments
(Photo courtesy The Flipflopi Expedition) Kenyan islanders have built a boat made entirely of recycled plastic collected during clean-ups of the ocean to highlight the growing menace of plastic waste that ends up in the sea. (Photo courtesy The Flipflopi Expedition) Last year, the Kenyan government imposed the world’s toughest law against plastic bags, with […]
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Marine insurer slams ‘criminal’ lack of African IUMI members
September 18, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Safety / 0 comments
Only four African countries are members of IUMI. Credit: Getty Images The International Union of Marine Insurance’s (IUMI’s) newly appointed ambassador for Africa has said that he will start to engage with African maritime nations immediately. Speaking at the IUMI’s annual conference, Hilton Adams, head of Marine and Aviation for Munich Re, Africa, told that […]
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Could IMO 2020 sulfur cap be subject to law of unintended consequences?
September 17, 2018 / by Sherritta Ablah-Wetsi / Maritime Industry / 0 comments
The International Maritime Organization’s 2020 global 0.5% marine sulfur cap is an act of stewardship to protect the planet and human health for generations to come, but the supply and demand imbalances created by the cap encapsulate the law of unintended consequences. The new sulfur cap is expected to displace around 3 million b/d of […]
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