In his well reviewed 2007 book The Tankship Tromedy, Former MIT Naval Architecture professor and ship owner Jack Devanney has strong opinions on the best color to paint tankers: white! The most effective way of controlling deck dribs and drabs is simple: white decks and topsides. Most tanker owners paint their decks a dark color, usually a brownish red. This does an excellent … [Read more...]
Incident Video: Car Carrier Crunches Tugboat in Durban Harbour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q917DGJIQQc Check out this incident video show the moment a vehicle carrier hit a moored tugboat at the port of Durban in South Africa on Friday, April 13, 2018. As you can see from the video, the tug was nearly lifted out the water when it was it amidships by the bulbous bow of the vehicle carrier, which we understand was under command of … [Read more...]
Xi Presides Over China’s Largest-Ever Naval Operation
by Philip Wen (Reuters) - In full military uniform President Xi Jinping presided over the Chinese Navy’s largest-ever military display on Thursday, state media reported, the country’s latest show of force in the disputed South China Sea. State broadcaster China Central Television showed footage of Xi boarding the destroyer Changsha before sailing to an unspecified location … [Read more...]
IMO Reaches Deal to Cut CO2 Emissions from Ships
By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon emissions, following years of slow progress. The compromise plan, which will cut emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050 compared with 2008 levels, fell short of more ambitious targets. Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the … [Read more...]
IMO Moves Forward with Ban on Vessels Carrying High-Sulphur Fuel
LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - The International Maritime Organization said it approved on Friday an amendment that would ban ships unequipped to strip sulphur from carrying high-sulphur fuel from 2020 - when new sulphur-content limits come into effect New 2020 limits cut the amount of sulphur in the fuel that ships worldwide are allowed to use, from 3.5 to 0.5 percent by … [Read more...]
