Bunkering is an essential part of vessel operations, but frequent disputes take place because of fuel quality problems causing machinery damage or loss of propulsion and can culminate in substantial claims.
In order to provide an overview of a proper bunkering operation, Loss Prevention Associate, Steamship, and Syndicate Associate, explain what the right procedures are and make general recommendations.
The nature of work in shipping can be harsh with increased workload and stressful situations. Employee engagement is a complex task; when people’s skills exceed the amount of challenge in their work, they lose interest, but when the challenge is too high, they are stressed. Where does the fine balance lie?
Back in April 2020 we announced the launching of our inhouse intranet portal; Joinship. Today it’s with a great pleasure to announce you that we have achieved another milestone of a new era in training provided in to our staff onboard and ashore; the launching of our in-house developed Learning Management System [LMS]. The new LMS has been develped by by IQ Solutions based on our consultation and vision on what this new tool should facilitate.
VesselsValue’s head cargo analyst, Olivia Watkins issued a list of the world’s top ship owning nations ranked by total fleet value.
As informed, November 2021 total fleet values in the Top 10 Ship Owning Nations include the vessel types covered by VesselsValue: Bulker, Tanker, Container, Reefer, Small Dry, LNG, LPG, Vehicle Carriers, RoRo, Cruise, OSV, OCV, MODU and CTV.