Classification society DNV GL has launched a new application on its My DNV GL portal – the Port State Control (PSC) Planner. The PSC Planner has been designed to help ship owners, managers and operators increase their operational efficiency by

Given the mounting pressure on freight rates and continuing fleet growth over the next two years, Drewry believes that excess vessel supply will reduce only gradually with the recovery in rates pushed back to the latter part of next year,

A New Global Benchmarking service giving employers of crew reliable and easily-comparable pay data for all officers and ratings has been launched.

The product comes from the HR Consulting division of maritime HR and Recruitment specialists Spinnaker Global Ltd, which already

One of the highlights of HullPIC 2.0, the hull performance and insight conference in March 2017, is the contribution by Torsten Büssow and Jarle Blomhoff about how monitoring reporting solutions are impacted by MRV.
The conclusion of the two DNV

The European Investment Bank and Dutch bank ABN Amro will sign an agreement today to support investments for greening the European shipping fleet. This framework is the first with a financial institution in the Netherlands and is supported by the

In Q1 2017, over 2.5 trillion ton miles were completed by the global VLCC and Suezmax fleet. This was down 4.6% from the previous quarter with a reduction in VLCC work done being the major contributor at -5.42%.

Over 50% of

Classification society DNV GL has gained the accreditation from German accreditation body DAkkS to verify compliance with the EU Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (EU MRV) regulation. The regulation, part of the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, requires operators

ERMA FIRST becomes the first full flow electrolysis BWTS vendor worldwide that filled its type approval application to the USCG on Tuesday, 11th of April, 2017.

ERMA FIRST FIT BWTS, being type approved by IMO and several classes, has remained without

Verifavia, the world’s leading emissions verification company for the transport sector (aviation and shipping), today announced that it has received a second accreditation by France’s national accreditation body Cofrac as a global EU monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) verifier. This

EU Regulation 2015/757 on the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emission from Maritime Transport (the “Regulation”) has entered into force on 1st July 2015. The Authority for Transport in Malta (“Transport Malta”) has recently issued Notice 133 concerning