The Dutch shipowners have for years been working to introduce a new licensing scheme in order to resolve the bunker problems in Rotterdam. Suppliers, meanwhile, say that shipping companies also carry some of the responsibility.
Closed-loop, open-loop and hybrid scrubbers will all be permitted in South Africa, the country's maritime safety authority, SAMSA, has decided, shows an IMO 2020 document sent to stakeholders including shipowners
Germany's Bremenports will work with Icelandic partners to build a new deep vessel port on the fringe of the Arctic circle. The port will be a joint venture with two Icelandic municipalities.
The Port of Rotterdam is considering mass flow meters as one of several measures to combat bunker problems, says a spokesperson from the port after several shipping companies told ShippingWatch that they are experiencing problems with undersupply.
Among the world's ten largest ports, nine were in Asia last year, according to a survey by Alphaliner. China in particular sits on a large part of the global trade.
Several shipping companies are experiencing problems when they tank fuel for their ships in Rotterdam. One company is now considering taking matters into its own hands with an unconventional proposal for its suppliers.
Maersk has spent hundreds of millions on making its port division more efficient using robot technology. Now it turns out that a grand prestigious project worth USD 600 million has had the opposite effect.
ExxonMobil makes multi-billon dollars investment in its refinery fecilities in Singapore to be able to deliver even more low-sulfur fuel, the company informs.
One in three containers floating though the Port of Hamburg is on its way to or from China. And yet, port executive Axel Mattern is not worried about the turmoil surrounding the Chinese economy. There is still a momentum, says Mattern in an interview with ShippingWatch.
Global Ports, which APM Terminals owns a third of, has emerged from 2018 with a larger deficit than in 2017. The Russian container market is carrying out fundamental changes, says the company's CEO.
PSA International, one of the world's largest port operators, has emerged out of a tough 2018, but the challenges for 2019 are yet to be seen.
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