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Joint venture to harness technology for advanced training

The worlds of commerce and academia have combined in order to deliver state-of-the art training courses for the tanker community, anywhere in the world. GAC Training & Service Solutions (GTSS) is a joint venture between global shipping, services and logistics provider GAC...

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EU allows for transition, not delay, on in-port sulphur limits
Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2010
Contrary to industry rumours, the European Union has not postponed its requirement that, as of January, ships at berth in EU ports burn only 0.1 per cent sulphur fuel (Directive 2005/33/EC). This has ...
Paris MOU announces inspection overhaul
Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2010
The Paris MOU has announced the adoption of a new inspection regime that will replace the existing one on 1 January 2011. The Sirenac database will be replaced by a new system, to be called Thetis, ...
Demolition, storage and Asian demand buoy the market
Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2010
Movements in the newbuilding market are usually duplicated for the secondhand market. After an emphasis on bulk carrier transactions, buyers have now stepped up interest in tankers. Values have ...
MAN engine debuts on Chinese-built MR tanker
Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2010
Torm Alice is the first in a new class of medium range, IMO type II product tankers from Guangzhou Shipyard International Co (GSI) in China. Danish product tanker specialist, Torm, which will take ...
Was Copenhagen just a lot of hot air?
Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2010
The Copenhagen Accord struck a silent note for shipping, says Edwin Lampert (pictured), editor of Tanker Shipping & Trade. For all the excitement and expectation in the build-up to COP 15, marine ...
Pre-emptive strikes against pirates are overdue
Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2010
The marine industry is often compared with the airline business argues Capt Ian Mathison (pictured), director of the safety department, Bibby Ship Management. Do we think for one second that if the ...
North American owners punch above their weight
Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2010
America’s largest tanker owner, Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) is maintaining its fleet modernisation programme, evidenced by its newbuilding schedule and occasional secondhand purchase. In ...
Brazilian offshore ambitions lead the way
Tanker Shipping & Trade December/January 2009/10
Data and statistical information provided by BRL Shipping Consultants The recession has taken its toll on shuttle tanker development and new orders as offshore field exploration is cut back and ...
Oil will hit $100 per barrel by early 2010
Tanker Shipping & Trade December/January 2009/10
The West needs to wake up: peak oil is decades away, while renewable resources will not make any meaningful contribution to energy needs and political correctness is undermining security of supply, ...
Venezuela aims to realise its ambition via Brazil’s shipyards
Tanker Shipping & Trade December/January 2009/10
Venezuelan tanker operator, PDVSA, wants to double the number of vessels that it currently operates and has earmarked Brazilian shipyards for their construction as part of a wider strategic plan to ...

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