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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Put the SOx on the other foot
IT may come as no surprise, but the Norwegian government has extended its NOx tax system until 2017.
When it comes to government incentives that support environmental goals, and have the support of industry, I can think of no better. It is a unique state derived system that pleases all.
For its next goal it wants to [...]
Gathering clues to gain a future advantage
TWENTY years ago would you have thought that ships would be specifically designed to transport, and erect, offshore wind turbines?
Who foresaw the unique demand for ice class heavy lift vessels, support vessels and the assortment of other attendant vessels that come with the burgeoning arctic oil exploration and production.
So who knows what the picture will [...]
Waiting for the next WikiLeak
WE HAD to write about WikiLeaks sooner or later. Much as shipping might try and ignore what has been happening in the wider world — and sometimes it does a damn fine job of that — there is just so much in the WikiLeaks data that sooner or later something shipping related was going to [...]
Installation overload may compromise ballast rules
MORE than 20 ballast treatment systems need to be installed every day between now and the end of the decade for shipowners to meet the requirements of the ballast water convention.
Forget the fact that it is not yet in force, it will be soon. Forget also the thorny issues of testing for compliance, there will [...]
A case of the plane calling the ship dirty
IT IS entirely legitimate to mount a reasoned criticism of the shipping industry for its contribution to the world’s output of greenhouse gases. However, airline billionaires surely have no automatic claim to the moral high ground on this issue.
Richard Branson — who is paying for the www.shippingefficiency.org website — didn’t get where he is today [...]
A concept collision or the Wacky Races?
It is getting a little bit like the Wacky Races with the range of concept vessels coming into existance.
With the proliferation of concept ships coming into Lloyd’s List, or at least across my desk, I would not be surprised to read about the first concept collision where two well meant environmental vessels accidentally [...]
If only hot air sailed ships
THE greatest problem with the IMO, an organ of the UN, is quite simply the fact it operates within an aura of compromise. While it strives for the highest standards in ship safety and environment, it can get nowhere without liberal helpings of political compromise where one party cedes something for the sake of a point more important [...]
Expectant inspections
TIME was when 200 Marlboro Reds and a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black would have been enough to keep most port state control inspectors sweet. But usually the need for such a recourse was restricted to the less salubrious ports of the third world.
Now it seems that some western European countries are intent on extorting [...]
Merry sailing….
IS December, and that can only mean one thing in all countries where having fun is not actually banned. Yes, it will soon be time for the workplace Christmas party.
Everybody will get horribly over-refreshed, nine out of 10 inappropriate amorous advances from respectable middle-aged married men will be duly rebuffed, and more than likely the [...]
Trouble on the waterfront as commission fights for life