NEWS AND VIEWS FROM SHIPPINGINSIGHT MEDIA SPONSORS – WEEK OF OCTOBER 31

IMO: No Final Climate Plan Until 2023

October 28, 2016 — This week, the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) agreed to require most blue-water merchant ships to log their fuel consumption.

For full story see http://maritime-executive.com/editorials/imo-defers-formal-climate-plan-until-2023

The Maritime Executive

BIMCO: Sulfur cap “no walk in the park”

October 28, 2016 — The world’s largest international shipping association is voicing its concerns over the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee’s plans to implement a global sulfur cap on shipping by January 1, 2020.

For full story see http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=23641:bimco-sulfur-cap-on-shipping-no-walk-in-the-park&Itemid=231

MarineLog

Liberia leads drive for Effective Implementation of BWMC

October 31, 2016 — Liberia is leading a move to amend the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) which will allow certain ships additional time beyond 2020 in order to ensure that adequate new ballast water management (BWM) systems are commercially available, along with the necessary dockyard space for installation.

For full story see
http://www.marinelink.com/news/implementation-effective417608

MarineLink

‘World First for Weighing Containers on Chassis’

October 28, 2016 — BISON, the specialist developer of portable container weighing solutions, will launch a world first system for weighing containers on trailer chassis at the Intermodal Europe trade fair in Rotterdam in mid-November.

For full story see
http://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/world-first-weighing-containers-chassis-297506