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Marie Münster, Professor of Management Engineering at DTU (Technical University of Denmark), presented the main findings of the MarE-Fuel project, where a number of scenarios were analysed. She also looks ahead to upcoming research.
Lifeboats are supposed to save lives, and indeed they do. But lifeboats have also turned out to constitute quite a work hazard, and each year lifeboat drills cause injuries to seafarers and occasionally even seafarer deaths.
Jon Lorentzen Nordgard from Massterly will be talking about autonomous vessels. In addition to reducing costs, autonomy can become an important piece in the energy transformation from fossil to renewable propulsion systems in shipping. Several autonomous vessels are now in the testing phase to achieve unmanned commercial operations. Massterly will share with you their thoughts on how autonomy will impact the shipping industry.
BIMCO started reporting from 30 September 2020, a series of articles, informing members of what to expect in the revised International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code ( Amendment 05-19), which wlll come into force on 1 January 2021. This is the 2nd article of the series. Today, BIMCO reports on the changes made to the " Bauxite" cargoes in the IMSBC Code.
One billion bottles - What can and should the shipping industry do to play it’s part in addressing marine plastic litter? Ship-based sources of plastics to the ocean are largely unknown but its estimated that they are significantly lower than plastics from mismanagement on land. This is particularly valid for commercial ships where regulation is simple – discharge of all plastics into the sea from ships is prohibited. Nonetheless at BIMCO we believe that shipping should play its part in the marine plastics story –we have the potential to be leaders in this area- removing and reducing unnecessary plastics on board as well as advocating for change in how plastic waste is managed on land.
The carriage requirements of UN 3077 environmentally hazardous solid bulk cargoes under the IMSBC Code. This article has been updated. Please see " UN 3077 Environmentally hazardous Solid Bulk Cargoes Update " issued on 3 June 2021
Viktor Avlonitis, from Hempel Marine Solutions talked about biofouling monitoring, hull inspections and hull cleaning. Good practices on inspections and cleaning interventions have considerable implications for both hull performance and for the environment.
