OPENING
News from OCIMF - latest SIRE 2.0 plans, meetings in Asia Pacific, meetings on emissions and shore power
Tanker hits pier in South Carolina due to "bank effect" - findings of a NTSB investigation
MEPC 81 and the future decarbonisation regulations - DNV experts explain current plans for achieving IMO’s revised decarbonisation goals through regulation, with separate technical and commercial elements, and where nations disagree
UK cargo ship / gas carrier collision - gas carrier which was stationary due to an engine fault. Neither vessel kept a proper watch, and alarms had been disabled, a UK investigation found
How the VLCC market is evolving - by Charlie Grey, CEO of Tankers International, covering oil production growth, longer voyages around the Cape, sanctions on Russia and increase in newbuilds
How NAPA Studios supports collaborative vessel performance projects - find new ways to improve performance, drawing on shipbuilding design technology expertise
GREECE REPORT / TANKER OPERATOR ATHENS
Martin Shaw, president of IMAREST - on why most tanker companies are not looking autonomous vessels, the risks of decarbonisation, and why the term human element is misunderstood
How ESMH manages crewing - Alexandros Serpanos, Fleet Personnel Manager for Euronav Ship Management Hellas presented the major challenges with crewing today, and how the company recruits, trains and retains, with a focus on in-house development
Challenges with training and how to solve them - it is often not given enough priority, the quality can be poor, training schedules can be impractically big. Konstantinos Agas explained how the industry could do better
Decarbonisation decision challenges - making the right decision about what sort of vessels to build is extremely difficult, said Leonidas Polemis, CEO of Empire Chemical Tankers
Perspectives on SIRE 2.0 - from Gregory Spourdalakis, managing director of CSM Greece; Nikolaos Katechos, Vetting/Marine Manager, Samos Steamship; and Patrick Joseph of Uirtus Marine Services, a former oil company global vetting and clearance manager
TECHNOLOGY
Voyage routing developments - the Blue Visby initiative tackling ‘sail fast then wait’, cheaper official charts for office use, and studies combining sails with voyage optimisation
MEPC and ballasting in challenging waters - an agreement on what ships should do if ballast water is difficult to treat because of challenges with UV systems or filters. By Andrew Marshall, CEO of Ecochlor
Harren Group on BWTS - Wolfgang Volkens, fleet manager of Harren Group shared his experience with ballast water systems
Ballast water news - many vessels are non-compliant says Australia; Optimarin acquires Hyde Marine; INTERTANKO’s water quality database; IACS testing recommendations
First chemical tanker with wind propulsion - 16 metre aluminium wind sails have been installed on a 134m chemical tanker MT Chemical Challenger, which sails between the US East Coast and the Mediterranean.