Australia has presented a study to IMO MEPC 81 to evaluate the performance of ballast water management systems (BWMS) fitted on board ships that visited Australian ports between 2021 and 2023.
On June 26, 2023, the accession by Bangladesh and Liberia triggered the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (The Hong Kong Convention, or HKC) with entry into force on June 26, 2025, highlights Stela Spiraj, Senior Engineer, Regulatory Affairs Department, ABS.
German bulk carrier company Oldendorff has become the latest ship operator to embrace a resurgence in wind propulsion technology with a contract with Norsepower to fit three rotor sails to one of its vessels.
Thinking outside the box is more than just a business cliché. It starts well before we’re “boxed in”, before we confront a unique situation and start forcing it into a familiar “box” that we already know how to deal with. Or at least think we know how to deal with.