More Regulation – Page 18
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NewsShipping and the marine insurance industry in 2014
The shoots of recovery which appeared in the last months of the old year for shipowners are expected to firm as 2014 progresses, though many analysts still predict that a solid improvement will not emerge until 2015; Denzil Stuart takes a look at prospects for shipping and insurance in the ...
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NewsBoiler condition could be a marketing tool
DNV is trying to encourage ship managers to take a new, more vigilant approach to boiler monitoring and maintenance, explains by Wendy Laursen
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NewsRINA joins with Russian Register on ice class
RINA Group’s certification company, RINA Services, and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) have agreed to co-operate on specific projects where each society claims complementary strengths.
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NewsEEDI certification from GL
The NSC Group has commissioned Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to provide voluntary energy efficiency design index (EEDI) certification for the whole of its 53-strong fleet. NSC operates 31 container ships, four tankers, four bulkers and 14 multi-purpose vessels.
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NewsNew timetable may ease installation bottleneck
Concerns about the industry’s capacity to fit a large number of ballast water treatment systems may be easing with the interplay between US and IMO regulations, writes Wendy Laursen.
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NewsNOx delay still under contention
The battle to overrule the MEPC65 decision to delay NOx requirements in ECAs until 2021 has just begun, writes Wendy Laursen.
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NewsDNV bags first Danish LNG ferry
Det Norske Veritas says that it will be classing the first LNG-fuelled ferry for domestic Danish trade.
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NewsReprieve for owners or manufacturers?
According to Wendy Laursen, opinions differ on how the extra time made available before ballast water treatment systems need to be fitted should be used to best advantage.
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NewsGHG abatement debate morphs to survive
Wendy Laursen outlines the political progress made at IMO''s recent MEPC65 meeting on greenhouse gas emissions, but adds that the debate is shifting its focus.
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NewsMLC not just for passenger ship and bulkers, says DNV
Det Norske Veritas has advised shipowners that the major port state control bodies will go beyond International Labour Organisation Resolution XVII recommendations to initially just concentrate on passenger ships and bulk carriers in implementation of MLC 2006.
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NewsKRS leads green-ship equipment certification centre project
The Korean Register of Shipping says it is leading a project to build and operate the first-ever green-ship equipment certification centre.
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US-based society reaches tonnage milestone
ABS recently announced that its registered fleet has surpassed 200 million gross tons, made up of about 12,000 vessels sailing under 105 different flags.
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Russian class invites owner input
The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) says that it has established an expert group for rendering technical documentation services for sea-going ships in operation.
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Class NK expedites ‘MOL Comfort’ investigations after remaining part sinks
Japanese classification society ClassNK says that following the sinking of the fore part of the ‘MOL Comfort’, its casualty investigation team intends to expedite the investigation into the cause of the incident.
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NewsElastic shaft notation
Bureau Veritas has introduced a new set of requirements for shaft alignment on high powered ships.
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NewsIMO looks at West and Central Africa piracy
The International Maritime Organization has pledged its support to assist with the implementation of a new Code of Conduct concerning the prevention and repression of piracy, armed robbery against ships and illicit maritime activity in west and central Africa.
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NewsLosses continue to cause concern to insurers
Preliminary marine casualty statistics for 2012 indicate a somewhat topsy-turvey situation, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance, as Denzil Stuart reports.
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NewsABS focuses on environmental performance
US classification society ABS has recently formed an Operational and Environmental Performance department.
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NewsGL studies design of offshore windfarm installation and supply vessels
Henrik Segercrantz describes a recent study by Germanisher Lloyd on development of windfarm projects, and the requirements for turbines, construction vessels and the support fleet.
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NewsGrounds for detention
On one hand you have Lloyds Register working hard to provide easy to read regulation guides and checklists which, as Nigel Carden of Thomas Miller P&I says “gets rid of some of the verbiage and brings it down to bullet points”.
