InterManager Daily News 25.04.2023.

1. NGO Tuna Forum issues Worker Rights Guidance following Human Rights at Sea’s Intervention. The NGO Tuna Forum has recently published guidance on workers’ rights for companies engaged in the tuna industry.Tuna are fished in more than 70 countries and are among the world’s most popular fish and therefore among the most commercially valuable. Yet, the fishers in this multi-billion-pound industry still encounter some of the worst forms of human and labour abuses experienced in the sector. https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2023/04/24/ngo-tuna-forum-issues-worker-rights-guidance-following-human-rights-at-seas-intervention/
2. DSME squares off with HD HHI over preferred Bidder Selection Process. Competition is heating up between Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, which will become an affiliate of Hanwha Group later this month, and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.On April 19, DSME submitted a request to the Korean Board of Audit and Inspection to audit whether there was any illegality or irregularity in the process of selecting a contractor that picked HD HHI as the preferred bidder to build the next Korean destroyer. https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2023/04/24/dsme-squares-off-with-hd-hhi-over-preferred-bidder-selection-process/
3. Boskalis remove oil from FSO Safer in Yemen to avert environmental and humanitarian disaster. Boskalis through its subsidiary SMIT Salvage has reached an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme for the oil removal from the FSO Safer moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. This project is a part of the UN-coordinated operation to remove and transfer more than one million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker into a safe modern tanker and the responsible disposal of the Safer. https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2023/04/24/boskalis-remove-oil-from-fso-safer-in-yemen-to-avert-environmental-and-humanitarian-disaster/
4. Shortage of CO2 tankers predicted. Shipyards ought to expect imminent signings of many carbon dioxide (CO2) tankers to match all the planned CO2 storage projects pencilled in around the world.Brokers Gibson has warned that if many of the CO2 projects currently undergoing feasibility studies get approved, there could be a shortage of shipping capacity. https://splash247.com/shortage-of-co2-tankers-predicted
5. Modern bulkers fetch high prices. Over the weekend, brokers report two rare modern bulker deals, ships sold shortly after being circulated for sale. The price tag attached to the latest deals also shows an increased appetite for modern ships.Ten days ago, Belgian Conti Lines tempted the market with the 61,000 dwt Iwagi-built Cl Ebisu. The ultramax was quickly sold for just under $27m. The short time frame from initial marketing to it being sold shows that Japanese-built ships in this age group are far easier to sell than for other types and ages. https://splash247.com/modern-bulkers-fetch-high-prices/
6. Fuel magic and shipping’s third revolution. This newspaper told us a week ago that according to DNV there are 106 methanol-fuelled ships under construction or on order, of which 68 are containerships. I’ll amend that to dual-fuelled ships because not one shipowner is proposing to rely entirely on something other than very low sulphur heavy fuel oil to propel a ship. https://splash247.com/fuel-magic-and-shippings-third-revolution/
7. China To Intensify South China Sea Drills. One of the announced military exercises will be held for three days in waters off the port city of Qingdao, home to a major naval base for the People’s Liberation Army, according to a statement by China’s Maritime Safety Administration Thursday. Unspecified “major military activities” were conducted in the same area from 9 a.m. till noon Tuesday. https://gcaptain.com/china-to-intensify-south-china-sea-drills/
8. US Congress Wargames Maritime Invasion Of Taiwan. A group of US lawmakers gathered around maps spread out on tables in a committee room on Capitol Hill Wednesday night, pretending to advise the president after a hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The members of the House’s new China committee spent more than two hours gaming out possible scenarios, working through the first month of imagined fighting. Representative Mike Gallagher, the Wisconsin Republican who leads the committee, said the war game demonstrated “disastrous economic consequences” for the global economy if China attempts to seize the self-governed island by force. https://gcaptain.com/wargames-maritime-invasion-taiwan/
9. Philippines Opens ‘More Lines Of Communication’ With China To Resolve Maritime Conflict. “We are currently working on that and are awaiting the Chinese response and we are confident that these issues would be worked out that would be mutually beneficial for both our nations,” Marcos said in a statement after a meeting with China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who is on a three-day visit to Manila, his first trip to the Southeast Asian nation. https://gcaptain.com/philippines-opens-more-lines-of-communication-with-china-to-resolve-maritime-conflict/
10. Government set to tweak captive berth policy for major ports. Cargo berths run by port dependent industries for their captive use at state-owned major ports will be allowed to extend their contract beyond the original time frame through a right of first refusal (RoFR) mechanism when such facilities are put to re-tender on completing the term, according to a proposal drafted by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways. https://www.shippingtribune.com/news/shipping/Government+set+to+tweak+captive+berth+policy+for+major+ports

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