Blockchain technology is described as a ‘business disruptor’, bringing increased transparency and traceability into global supply chains. Lesley Bankes-Hughes offers a progress report on the work of a cross-sector initiative to introduce blockchain into marine fuel supply operations and commercial transactions.
Dateline 12:00 UTC 13.11.2018 – Les Sables d’Olonne, France
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| Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has made running repairs to Matmut’s rig, which now faces a stern test from an approaching storm |
 Uku Radmaa’s yacht (above), Tapio Lehtinen and Igor Zaretskiy have suffered huge barnacle growth on their hulls. |
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| ‘Capt Coconut’ – Mark Sinclair – has been enjoying an easy ride so far, but staying north in the Southern Ocean, has not had the same amount of rain as others, and is now worried that he may run out of drinking water. |
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede may have to earn his passage around Cape Horn. The embattled French leader nursing a damaged mast on his Rustler 36 Matmut after the yacht was pitchpoled in a storm a week ago, has the prospect of having another Southern Ocean buster roll over him this weekend followed by two more when rounding the infamous Cape.
Image caption 1: The SceneScan represents a significant advance in SOV safety around wind farm installations.
Image caption 2: Sea trials for the SceneScan were successfully carried out onboard the ‘Windea La Cour’. Copyright: Bernhard Schulte. Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 14 November 2018 at 10 am EET
SceneScan Monopole is the first laser sensor developed for offshore wind farm applications where the need for installing fixed reflective targets is eliminated. This ground-breaking technology is designed to increase safety onboard service operation vessels (SOVs), since vessel positioning sensors that rely on targets fixed to the structure, are often unreliable because of poor placement, poor quality, and obscurement by workers on the platform. The SceneScan has been designed and developed by Guidance Marine, which was acquired by Wärtsilä in 2017.
As the company climbs back into profit, it says it contractually committed to a $80 million spend on scrubbers in Q3 2018 and reiterates that IMO 2020 could add over $2 billion to its annual bunker bill.
Metal Shark completes second of two New Orleans RTA ferries
November 13, 2018 — Jeanerette, LA , headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has completed the second of two 105-foot, 150-passenger, high speed aluminum catamaran passenger ferries constructed for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). The first of the two new ferries was completed earlier this year and delivered to New Orleans in July. The second vessel is 100% complete at Metal Shark’s Franklin, LA, shipyard.
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A Regional Meeting of Asia’s leading seafaring nations has highlighted the plight many seafarers face in the event of a maritime accident and has pledged to lead the drive towards proper and effective implementation of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Labor Organization (ILO) agreed Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers.
ASIA PACIFIC: Singapore bunker sales edge up
Some 4.13 million metrics tonnes of marine fuel were sold in October compared to 4.01 million mt during the same month in 2017.
GLOBAL: New project to use ‘lighter’ composite carbon fibre technology for LNG tanks
SPACE TECH4SEA, a collaboration between ABS, OceanFinance and California-headquartered Scorpius Space Launch Co., will focus on adapting composite technologies developed for the space industry to LNG shipping.
ASIA PACIFIC: Petrolimex subsidiary seeks winding up of Singapore bunker supplier
The Singapore arm of Vietnamese oil trader Petrolimex is reported to have posted an application in the Singapore High Court requesting the winding up of Brightoil Petroleum Singapore Pte Ltd.
The 44,180kW Spartacus, also said to be the world’s largest CSD, was constructed by Royal IHC for DEME.
The global shipping industry faces technical, operating and financial challenges in meeting new rules to reduce sulphur emissions which could put some smaller companies under financial strain as a 1st January 2020 deadline draws near, says Scope Ratings. |
Hamilton Bermuda, November 12, 2018
Highlights:
Longcheer wins back the China Cup