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Using an abundant, if toxic, resource to power the maritime fleet. A mature future fuel already in use - but will it become dominant? LNG is currently the most popular lower carbon fuel, but with bio and e-LNG it could move beyond its current transition fuel status supported by extensive existing infrastructure. Numerous NGOs protested against the IMO earlier this year putting biofuels in its Global Fuel Standard, but the “fuel versus food” debate seems to have been solved by deriving fuels from waste. Technically the cleanest possible fuel source available to the maritime world and one that has the longest history, dating back to the 1950s. Why is it not in common, non-military use? Read More Read More Read More Read More Read More
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NewsAdmiralty Court ruling reinforces importance of passage planning
A ruling by the English Admiralty Court on the case of container operator CMA CGM''s container vessel, ''CMA CGM Libra'', which grounded sailing out of Xiamen port in southern China in 2011, found the absence of a passage plan was causative of the grounding. Commenting on the ruling, Ben ...
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NewsUK P&I Club opens Rotterdam office
Shipping insurance company, the UK P&I Club has won approval from the Netherland’s financial regulator for a licence for its Rotterdam-based subsidiary UK P&I Club NV (UKNV).
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NewsLow sulphur fuel concerns
The UK P&I Club says that concerns remain over the use of low-sulphur fuel, largely because many countries have their own bespoke requirements with differing rules and costs across jurisdictions.
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NewsBallast water compliance warning
The UK P&I Club has warned its members not to delay in ensuring they comply with the new strict ballast water management controls coming into force.
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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”.
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NewsMLC checklist backed by mobile app
Lloyd’s Register and the UK P&I Club are jointly launching another pocket checklist, the latest being intended to help prepare for MLC 2006 inspections, and for the first time it will be available as a smartphone app.
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Settlement agreed for ship designer in hull cracking case
International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC), managed by Thomas Miller, has highlighted the level of exposure to liability which naval architects can face, especially in today’s financially troubled shipping industry.
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Cruise ships must meet tough new US regulations
The UK P&I Club has drawn attention to the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act 2010, due to become US law very shortly, which imposes substantial requirements on cruise ships carrying over 250 passengers on international voyages which embark or disembark passengers in any US port.
