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USA - EPA Penalty Policy for ECA Violations
20 Jan, 2015
Following the introduction of MARPOL Annex VI, Regulation 14. 4 regarding fuel standards to reduce sulphur emissions while operating in a Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA), the new requirements entered...
Cargo Tank Cleaning and Preparation Onboard Tankers: Best Practices and Guidelines
20 Dec, 2024
Tank preparation involves tank cleaning often followed by gas freeing and tank entry. This one of the most dangerous and time-consuming operations on a tanker. The task must be carefully assessed for hazards,...
Overview of ULSFO off-specs
08 May, 2024
In December 2022 the 79th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 79) adopted Resolution MEPC.361(79) establishing a Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for sulphur oxides...
Self-insuring or gambling the company - the perils of being an uninsured charterer
18 Nov, 2021
The P&I insurance offered by the Clubs of the International Group is a commercial bargain realisable only through the buying power of 90% of the world’s ocean-going tonnage. How are you, the Charterer...
Barytes - Danger of Liquefaction
09 Nov, 2022
A Member’s vessel recently called at a port in China to load a cargo of barytes. Barytes (which may also be described as barites or barium sulphate) is a principal source of barium and is commonly used...