Tarea 1 : Preparación para el delivery El primer punto a tomar en cuenta por el surveyor es tener a disposición los instrumentos adecuados( Cinta métrica , termómetro electrónico, indicador de agua y aceite , botellas de muestreo , ect) para realizar las mediciones adecuadas. En muchos casos se realizan muestreos del producto antes [...]
Uljanik may receive a millionaire loan from the government of Croatia. A lump sum of EUR 96 million (USD 115.6 million) may be provided to help the shipbuilder. Hrvatska poštanska banka (HPB) and other banks (international and/domestic), would be behind this operation, according to a stock exchange filing provided by Uljanik. The loan is intended to [...]
Merchant ships around the world are required to change fuel in order to reduce the amount of sulfur emitted, according to new rules set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). In 2020, global fleet of merchant ships will have to reduce drastically how much sulfur their engines emit. Even though it means a lot of benefits for [...]
Last month, the DL Marigold arrived in Tauranga, New Zealand. The ship coming from Indonesia had an unpleasant welcome due to a lack of hull cleaning. For the first time, an international ship has been ordered to leave a New Zealand port because of biofouling. Now new rules will apply for international vessels planning to [...]
Container Ships Passing through the Panama CanalContainer Ships Passing through the Panama Canal The number of container ships passing through the Panama Canal continued to slide in May, down 9 percent year-over-year. The pace of the decline has accelerated over the past two months. The total number of all types of ships moving through the [...]
Work on the current Panama Canal expansion project. When the Panama Canal finally does open its new locks to commercial traffic, it will be able to handle most, but not all, of the world’s container ships. The third set of locks now under construction will be 1,400 feet long, 180 feet wide and 60 feet [...]
Freight rates for the biggest vessels to navigate the Panama canal are poised to slump to a record because of Indonesia’s ban on exports of nickel and aluminum ore, according to an operator of the ships. The daily rate to hire Panamax ships, which can carry about 70,000 metric tons of commodities including coal and [...]
Many questions remain on whether the economics of the expanded waterway will prove attractive for LNG shipments Owners and operators wanting to send an LNG carrier through the expanded Panama Canal are starting to get a feel for the costs but many questions remain. Those following the toll structure process suggest the price of a [...]
Contractors at the Panama Canal have received the second set of rolling gates from Italy for a new set of locks, part of a massive project to expand the waterway for larger commercial vessels. The Panama Canal Authority said the project is making good progress after previous disruptions. One of the key commitments obtained by [...]
In its June 3 monthly canal operations summary, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced the chartering of a Neopanamax vessel for training pilots and tugboat captains who will be assisting in transiting the new lanes of the expanded canal. The vessel will be used for several months to test the new locks and is the [...]
