InterManager Daily News 20.02.2024

1. Turkey’s Devbulk conducts more business with Maestro Shipping Fast-growing Turkish owner Devbulk has paid some $28m to Swiss outfit Maestro Shipping for the Maestro Sapphire, a 39,800 dwt bulker built by Japan’s Saiki Shipbuilding in 2020. The high-spec open hatch box shape bulk carrier will be renamed Devbulk Servet. https://splash247.com/turkeys-devbulk-conducts-more-business-with-maestro-shipping/
2. Geneva Dry Dialogues: ABS The dry bulk sector, which accounts for a substantial part of the global shipping industry, faces unique challenges on its path to decarbonisation. The sector’s trading structure, with vessels serving a diverse array of ports and anchorages, makes the transition to low or zero carbon fuels more complex. The sector’s green pathway will be under the microscope on May 3 during the high-level dry decarbonisation session at the Splash-organised Geneva Dry summit. https://splash247.com/geneva-dry-dialogues-abs/
3. Shipping’s largest sector lags behind in green investments According to data from AXS Marine, so far only 3% or 915 vessels are equipped with dual fuel propulsion from the total global bulk, tanker and containership fleet of 30,487 ships. AXS Marine statistics show how dry bulk, the largest sector in shipping, has been the most reluctant so far to invest in dual fuel technology. https://splash247.com/shippings-largest-sector-lags-behind-in-green-investments/
4. Oil from capsized vessel off Tobago makes its way back to Venezuela On the morning of February 7, local authorities detected an oil slick spewing from a capsized vessel off the west coast of Tobago. The slick quickly hit the southwest shoreline of the Caribbean island with a national emergency declared and thousands of volunteers helping in the subsequent clean-up. https://splash247.com/oil-from-capsized-vessel-off-tobago-makes-it-way-back-to-venezuela/
5. Canada Says China Has Role To Play In Keeping Red Sea Safe Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Sunday said China should play a role in keeping the Red Sea safe for commerce because Chinese ships are at risk there as well, and urged Beijing to stop helping Russia sidestep international sanctions. https://gcaptain.com/canada-says-china-has-role-to-play-in-keeping-red-sea-safe/
6. UK-Registered Cargo Ship Reported Under Attack In Bab al-Mandab Strait British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Sunday that a Belize-flagged, UK-registered and Lebanese-operated open hatch general cargo ship reported being under attack in Bab al-Mandab Strait. https://gcaptain.com/uk-registered-cargo-ship-reported-under-attack-in-bab-al-mandab-strait/
7. France Reaches Deal For Ample Grain Flow On Seine During Olympics A million tons of grains shipped along the Seine River are set to reach their destination this summer — despite a brief halt for the Paris Olympic Games. Organizers reached a deal with grains producers to curb the amount of time the river will close to traffic in Paris due to the Olympics, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau told reporters Thursday. It will now be shut for 6.5 days leading up to the start of the Games on July 26, instead of 10 days originally planned. https://gcaptain.com/france-reaches-deal-for-ample-grain-flow-on-seine-during-olympics/
8. Surging Cocaine Violence Has Uruguay Clamoring For DEA Help Uruguay’s main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads. Unfortunately, during delivery one of them fell into the sea.Since then, cocaine shipments to Europe have surged through the port of Montevideo, which handled a record 1.1 million containers last year, fueling a rise in gang violence and undermining Uruguay’s reputation as a beacon of stability in turbulent South America. https://gcaptain.com/surging-cocaine-violence-has-uruguay-clamoring-for-dea-help/
9. CBI lens on export ‘scam’ at Maharashtra’s Nhava Sheva A multi-crore rupee fraud of bogus exports that appears to have made a mockery of the Central government’s export benefit scheme has been caught by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is now scanning the past six years’ export entries at the Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.https://www.shippingtribune.com/news/shipping/CBI+lens+on+export+%E2%80%98scam%E2%80%99+at+Maharashtra%E2%80%99s+Nhava+Sheva
10. Transport Minister meets with new board of Cyprus Ports Authority Minister of Transport Alexis Vafiadis this week met with the newly appointed board of the Cyprus Ports Authority, engaging in discussions that focused on a number of key issues, including infrastructure improvements, and the potential of new investments.https://www.shippingtribune.com/news/shipping/Transport+Minister+meets+with+new+board+of+Cyprus+Ports+Authority