Month: July 2019

Swiss-based IT and engineering firm MESPAS launched MESPAS Connect, its e-procurement trading platform in August 2018. MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MAN connects with e-procurement platform

According to the semi-official Iranian news agency Fars, the 23 crew members of Stena Impero was taken to Iran’s Bandar Abbas Port, where all 23 crew members are being held on board until subsequent legal proceedings are concluded. GENERAL NEWS

Unions call for release of Stena Impero crew

PSC inspectors are likely to focus on emergency systems REGULATION

PSC inspections focus on emergency systems

The US Coast Guard has issued new guidelines on the procedures for the non-availability of compliant fuel Photo: Igor Grochev/Shutterstock.com REGULATION

USCG issues new fuel procedure

The crew of the 49,683 dwt Stena Impero are 'in good health', while the vessel is at the Bandar Bahonar anchorage near the Port of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. GENERAL NEWS

Stena Bulk: Stena Impero crew in good health

Yara Marine Technologies’s ceo Peter Strandberg called for the industry to allay washwater sceptics’ fears. EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

In for the long haul

Captain Richard von Berlepsch shared his thoughts on the 'Sajir' LNG conversion project among other topics. INTERVIEWS

A view from the mountaintop

The Swedish-owned, British-registered Stena Impero is reported to have been diverted from its course in the Strait of Hormuz on 19 July 2019. GENERAL NEWS

ICS: concerns about British tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Safe Bulkers has installed a scrubber system on a Japanese Post-Panamax vessel Photo: Safe Bulkers EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Safe Bulkers installs scrubber system

Dr Kostas Gkonis, secretary general, Intercargo. FUELS & LUBRICANTS

INTERCARGO warns on 2020 sulphur cap implementation