Calling Out IMO on Wakashio Oil Spill Response
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), with its IMO 2020 regulation capping ships' sulfur emissions at 0.5% and heavily publicized goal of cutting in half international shipping's 2008 [...]
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Posted Coronavirus & IMO 2020 Good News, Bad News
2020's international shipping news cycle so far has been an exercise in good news, bad news. To get at what I'm talking about, let me introduce you to a fun book by Jeff Mack I read [...]
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Posted Scrubbers Could Harm People Through Food Chain Per IMO Report
What's worse, air pollution or pollution pumped into the ocean that could make the seafood you eat toxic? The transition to the new IMO 2020 regulation that requires a sulfur emissions cap of [...]
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Posted 2020 Outlook for Ocean Shipping
This is a guest post by Sandy Burkhart. Have you already started planning your shipping activities for the year that's just started? Then you might want to consider learning all about the [...]
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Posted Low Sulfur Surcharge Controversy
We promised to blog on this, so here it is... the controversy surrounding low sulfur surcharges. Big news events affecting the international shipping industry, specifically the Phase One Trade [...]
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Posted China Halves Tariffs & Coronavirus Epidemic Disrupts Shipping
This post could be thought of as an update to both last week's post about how the coronavirus is affecting international trade with China and our three part series going through the Phase One [...]
In Container Shipping & Transport, export, freight rates, fuel prices, Global Business, Global Economy, IMO 2020, import, International Shipping, ocean freight, ocean freight rates, ocean shipping, ocean shipping lines, shippers, shipping
Posted 2 Major Factors to Affect Freight Rates in 2020
Freight rates in the international shipping industry are always volatile, especially for small to medium shippers who play the spot market for their import and export pricing. There are many [...]
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Posted How Is IMO 2020 Launch Going?
IMO 2020 went into effect on January 1st, requiring sea vessels, including container ships, to abide by a 0.5% sulfur cap on fuel or use scrubbers (systems that clean fuel in engines) in order to [...]
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Posted Fire, Water & Corrosion: Scrubbers May Be Dangerous IMO 2020 Answer
Ocean carriers' biggest answer to meeting the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) upcoming 0.5% sulfur cap on fuel (IMO 2020) might not be the answer after all. Or better stated, it might [...]
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Posted Will IMO 2020 Have a Grace Period on Implementation?
In only 5 months, starting on January 1st, 2020, cargo ships have to meet the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) new 0.5% sulfur cap on fuel known as IMO 2020. [...]