Splash 247
January 28, 2021
Eight days into his presidency and there’s already a host of initiatives signed by Joe Biden that will have enormous ramifications for shipping and offshore.
Yesterday the 46th president of the United States focused on climate change.
An executive order signed by Biden called for “enhanced climate ambition” with focus on shipping as well as aviation, the Arctic, ocean sustainable development among other topics.
John Kerry, Biden’s, special presidential envoy for climate, will now promote “innovative approaches, including international multi-stakeholder initiatives” to resolve climate issues, including in shipping, the order stated.
With both the Congress and the Senate in Democrat hands, the discussions, which started last year on pushing shipping towards a European style emission trading scheme, are
Covid-19 is destroying the market for tankers that deliver about a fifth of the world’s crude oil. The result is likely to be booming trade on the beaches of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, where obsolete ships go to get blow-torched and sold for scrap.
Covid-19 is destroying the market for tankers that deliver about a fifth of the world’s crude oil. The result is likely to be booming trade on the beaches of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, where obsolete ships go to get blow-torched and sold for scrap.
Last week, the 1,200-foot vessels plying the industry’s busiest trade route — from the Middle East to Asia — effectively had to subsidize the delivery of cargoes because of how
Saudi Arabia’s oil production cuts have hit the tanker market so hard that owners of the biggest vessels are effectively subsidizing cargo deliveries on the industry’s main trade route.
Supertankers delivering 2-million-barrel shipments of the kingdom’s oil to China are losing $736 a day for the privilege, according to data from the Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesday. While owners might, in practice, be able to mitigate such losses by ordering captains to sail the vessels slower, the reality is that some ships are losing money on Middle East-to-Asia deliveries, according to
Indonesia incauta un barco petrolero iraní y otro panameño sospechosos por sospecha de traslado ilegal de petróleo en aguas de su país
Las autoridades indonesias incautaron el domingo un barco petrolero iraní y otro panameño sospechosos de llevar a cabo el traslado ilegal de petróleo en aguas de su país, informó la Agencia de Seguridad Marítima.
Los petroleros — el MT Horse con bandera iraní y el MT Frea con bandera panameña — fueron incautados en aguas en la costa de la provincia Borneo Occidental de Indonesia, según Wisnu Pramadita, vocero de la agencia.
Se sospecha que los petroleros han cometido varias infracciones, como no exhibir las banderas nacionales, desactivar sus sistemas de identificación, atraco ilegal, así como el traslado ilegal de combustible entre buques y derramar petróleo, agregó Pramadita.
La televisión iraní reconoció que el petrolero fue incautado, citando autoridades indonesias. El reporte no dio más detalles.