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News from OCIMF - SIRE 2.0 developments, publications, ship to ship provider assessment
OceanScore: the biggest challenges with ETS so far - system readiness, data anomalies, transparency and contractual responsibility
26 WiseStella’s customers share SIRE 2.0 inspection experiences - deficiencies seen relating to rectifying defective equipment, knowledge of enclosed space procedures, permits to work
Drewry's product tanker market outlook - a big impact from Nigeria’s Dangote refinery; newbuilds will put pressure on rates
Ammonia turbines for propulsion – a turbine requires much less maintenance than an engine, is easy to replace, and can work on any mixture of ammonia and natural gas. Baker Hughes and Hanwha Ocean have one in development. Could this be the future of marine propulsion?
Gibraltar 2024 tanker developments - a ship to ship transfer of ammonia, a container ship collision, launch of Hercules Tanker Management, developments at Sandvik Marine Electronics
TANKER OPERATOR HAMBURG FORUM
Resilience can be more important than optimisation in today's world - said Martin Shaw, past president of IMAREST, also sharing perspectives on further improving safety, autonomy, and decarbonisation
Experiences with SIRE 2.0 at Essberger - a “vast improvement” but comes with challenges, said SSHEQ manager Niall Mushet, presenting his experience with trial inspections and how he thinks the system could be improved
Better critical decision making onboard - now can seafarers be supported to make decisions better? NSB Group’s Ankit Acharya shared perspectives
Harren’s experiences with SIRE 2.0 - Captain Yigit Daysal, Quality and Safety Superintendent, Harren Group presented the company’s experiences doing four trial inspections
How shipping will get value from AI - probbaly more from decision support tools, helping reducing fuel and emission costs, and future “agentic” tools which complete simple tasks for us, said DNV’s Ola Drange Veglo
Nearly all seafarers are now scanning for job opportunities during time at home - shipping companies may be better working with the situation and continually recruiting, said Henrik Jensen of Danica Crewing Specialists
DECARBONISATION
"Don’t worry about clean ammonia supply” says ammonia producer Yara - with so many projects being planned
Suction sails proving popular with tankers - Bound4blue installations are completed or planned with Odfjell, Eastern Pacific, Louis Dreyfus, Marfleet Marine and Klaveness
Transport of CO2 by ship or rail - will be required by any industrial facility that wants to store its CO2 and is not near a pipeline. A London carbon capture conference discussed when it might be available
Managing the cleanliness of hulls - with antifouling coatings, ultrasonic vibration, and underwater cleaning; while considering risks of copper release from coatings. The Port Inspection and CleaningConference in Italy (PortPIC) explored the issues
Shipboard carbon capture trial finds no ‘dealbreakers’ - Dutch research project “EverLoNG” put a CO2 capture system onboard a TotalEnergies LNG carrier
SOFTWARE, DATA AND EQUIPMENT
IACS cybersecurity notation on a newbuild tanker - Metrostar Management Corporation's CIO shared his experience
Mintra: 114 tanker specific training courses available on its platform - also AI tools to provide customised training
How tanker terminals can better manage vessel delays using data - Robert Kessler of MIS Marine explains
Off specification fuels - over 10 per cent of HSFO and ULSFO fuels tested by VPS during January to October 2024 were off specification. VPS shares advice on how to avoid it
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