Sustainability has been the theme of German shipowner Robert Lorenz-Meyer, during his two years as BIMCO President which ended last week in Vancouver at the organisation’s General Meeting.
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As we observe National Maritime Day honoring seafarers, we also recognize the need for them to ply their trade in an environment that is healthy.
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The oil price crunch that is now upon us, together with tougher emissions regulation, are a “double whammy” for operators, engineers and yards.
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Frank Dunne, Chairman of Watson, Farley & Williams, a major London maritime law firm, has warned that “a lot of owners pay lip service to environmental issues. The industry needs to change, or it will face serious consequences”.
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We are now, it seems, in the early stages of yet another oil price shock. But who ever heard of a gas shock? The answer is that gas shocks don’t happen.
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What a wonderful word “reasonable” is, conjuring up visions of something that has been carefully thought through, so that it is practicable and “do-able”.
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Why is it necessary for governments to employ Emergency Towing Vessels to lurk about dangerous and vulnerable coasts to prevent marine disasters happening?
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Who thought that there had been some sort of international accord on what we are enjoined to term “places” of refuge, so that wounded ships may be afforded some degree of safety?
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The complexity of how oil gets produced involves exploration, development, technology, maritime transport, pipelines and lots and lots of money. And politics.
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So this week, I'm in Hamburg for the bi-annual shipbuilding and ship machinery behemoth that is SMM and have been kindly asked by Jochen Deerberg to speak at his new environmental conference that runs parallel to the exhibition.
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