FINANCING AND REGULATING DECARBONISATION
Shipping decarbonisation won’t happen unless rules are made, incentives created and investment is available. ICS panel with a former EC DG of transport, the chairman of V.Group, and head of HSBC’s Centre of Sustainable Finance
SHIP MANAGEMENT
Seafarers and Covid19 – ship management perspective - The CEOs of Anglo Eastern and Synergy Marine Group shared their perspective on seafarers, COVID-19 restrictions and who will do the vaccinations in an ICS panel
Seafarer happiness survey - The Mission to Seafarers’ quarterly seafarer happiness survey, with 33 per cent respondents onboard tankers, found mixed responses
ICS Tanker Safety Guide (Chemicals) new edition
SHIP REGISTRY
Flag registry news - ICS’s Flag State Performance table; remote inspections from Marshall Islands; IOM’s seafarer app; best growth at Panama; Liberia is fastest growing; Cyprus’ green initiatives
Accepting LPG fuel stock for pre 2016 code gas tankers
TECHNOLOGY
How Deloitte helped oil majors improve chartering
A different way to manage remote equipment monitoring via satcom
Monitoring scrubber washwater
Are fuel cells useful for tankers?
StormGeo – hands on fleet performance
SHIP TO SHIP TRANSFER
Direct ship to ship transfer of cargo (STS transfer) is a growing business for some – and a way to do illicit operations for others. It appears to be on the increase – although safety and legal concerns continue