Consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie believes that the range of potential outcomes from the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s 0.50% global sulphur cap on 1 January 2020 remains wide, and ‘clarity may not emerge’ until the fourth quarter of this year.
Dateline: 12:00 UTC – 27/02/2019 Les Sables d’Olonne. France
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| Uku Randmaa – now within 1200 miles of the finish |
 Mark Slats entering his home port of Scheveningen to be given a hero’s welcome on Saturday |
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| The whiskey barrel driving efforts to recover Gregor McGuchin’s Biscay 36 Hanley Energy Endurance. |
Third placed Estonian sailor Uku Randmaa is hungry…Hungry because he has caught no fish during the past week to supplement the last of his food stocks…Hungry to finish…and Hungry to see his young family after more than 8 months alone at sea.
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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has signed three framework agreements with South Korean energy companies to explore bunkering opportunities for both crude oil and LNG as well as upstream exploration and production opportunities, and potential downstream investments.
Subic Bay Cup starts with Match Racing… |
SOURCE: Oman Sail
The first ever Haute Route Oman is all systems go, with a sold out entry of 265 road cyclists set to take on the challenging course through the Sultanate which starts Friday, March 1st. Enthusiastic amateur riders from 26 countries have signed up for the inaugural event – a new addition in 2019 to the high-profile international Haute Route Cycling Series and the first ever in the Middle East.
Columbia Shipmanagement proudly announces the launch of its own eLearning Management System (LMS) in partnership with Adobe Systems.
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the decision in principle by the UN IMO that safety or operational concerns about the quality of low sulphur fuels may, in exceptional circumstances, be a valid reason for shipowners to be issued with a Fuel Oil Non Availability Report (FONAR) when the IMO global sulphur cap, requiring fuels to have a sulphur content of 0.5% or less, comes into full effect on 1 January 2020.
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Subic Bay Cup turns on the charm…
