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Balls to emissions EQUIPMENT Honeywell reports that US tank barge operators are increasingly turning to the company’s Tanksystem portable level gauges to help meet current expectations for environmental protection |
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Inside job POLLUTION Illegal discharges of oily water have landed Columbia Shipmanagement with a hefty fine in the US. But it was only the actions of certain crewmembers that brought the practice to light, as Brian Warshaw reports |
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Waiting for the turnaround RESULTS Continued poor returns from the chemical tanker sector have held back profits at Stolt-Nielsen, and indications for the rest of the year are little brighter |
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Ready for take-off LNG BUNKERING It finally looks realistic that supply and demand for LNG bunkering facilities will level up into a workable arrangement. Now the lack of regulation and common safety guidelines the next obstacle to be overcome before 2015 |
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Beady eye on EEDI LNG Gas carriers are still a grey area in the now mandatory Energy Efficiency Design Index requirement for new vessels. SIGTTO has been working to clear things up |
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Safe haven MARKETS Gas shipping has been one of the star performers in the maritime sector in recent years. But not every LPG tanker operator has been laughing all the way to the bank, as this review of recent financial results indicates |
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Berth control LNG TERMINALS The search for cost efficiencies leads to ever-larger ships and, as a consequence, dock facilities. Equipping such facilities to handle the largest LNG carriers demands special expertise, as Trelleborg explains |
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Hyundai bags VLGC orders Hyundai Heavy Industries is said to have won orders for up to nine VLGCs, four of which are firm contracts. |
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Odfjell enjoys happier quarter Odfjell SE has reported EBITDA of $27m on revenues of $291m for the first quarter 2013. Both figures are down on last year but show some improvement from the fourth quarter. |
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Closer oversight on Yangtze The Yangtze Maritime Safety Authorities have this week adopted a new strategy for supervising the movement of 79 different dangerous goods in bulk on the Yangtze. |
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LNG powers Shell barges Shell has put two LNG-fuelled inland barges into service this week.
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Odfjell, NCC to cease Handysize pool Odfjell Tankers and National Chemical Carriers (NCC) have decided to terminate their pool of Handysize coated chemical tankers. |
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SDSs for chemical tankers A group of business associations has completed a comprehensive information paper on the requirements for Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for chemical tankers. |
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Weak market hurts Stolt Stolt Tankers has reported an operating loss of $2.8m during the first quarter of 2013, compared with the $2.6m operating profit posted for the fourth quarter of 2012. |
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Ports look seriously at LNG The International Association of Ports & Harbours (IAPH) has set up a working group on LNG-fuelled vessels as part of its World Ports Climate Initiative. |
