S.A. MALLIAROUDAKIS MARITIME (UK) LTD.

BACKGROUND OF REGULATION As a first step towards cutting greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport, the EU requires operators of ships exceeding 5,000 GT to monitor and report their carbon emissions and transport work on all voyages to, from and between E.U. ports. M.R.V. APPLICATION All ships exceeding 5,000 GT regardless of their flag, port of registry or home port are concerned, except warships, naval auxiliaries, fish-catching or fish-processing ships, wooden ships of a primitive build, ships not propelled by mechanical means, and government ships used for non-commercial purposes. OUR CONTRIBUTION In reference to M.R.V. Compliance, the most urgent part consists of Monitoring Plan with deadline on 31 st August 2017 . At SMM with our long experience in Vessels’ Performance and having recognized the potential inconsistencies involved during emissions monitoring, we are your best alternative for preparing your Monitoring Plan. More specifi...

New Modules to SMMCrewRestHour ® By S.A. MALLIAROUDAKIS MARITIME ( UK ) LTD . New Useful Features Now SMMCrewRestHour includes Non-Conformance Statistics , in way of individual N/C printout report per month. More specifically, the N/C hours deviation report, expressing as deviation percentage, takes into account the following N/C categories:  - 1st period of rest is less than 6hrs  - 2 periods of rest are less than 10hrs  - 3 periods of rest are less than 10hrs (if 24d exception has been applied)  - 7day period of rest is less than 77hrs  - 7day period of rest is less than 70hrs (if 7Day exception has been applied) - 72hrs period of work is less than 36hrs (OPA-90) If such upgrade appreciated to be of your interest, more than pleased to provide a quotation for these new features. Click here to find out more about SMMCrewHourRest Software SMMCrewHourRest...

Shipping in the Digital Era. In search of the Golden Equilibrium. by Konstantinos Lourandos Energy Efficiency Superintendent Shipping industry is a conservative industry, sometimes too conservative. We have built our “comfort zones” based on the conservative approach of performing tasks for many years in a undoubtedly “safe”, however not always “efficient” way. Safety of Navigation was the main, if not the only concern. The introduction of SEEMP back in 2013, and the unfortunate resonance of the global financial recession and the high prices of HFO, gave birth to the notion of “ Efficiency” in shipping. We have to admit that the environmental implications of shipping were never the driving force for reducing the fuel consumption. In this respect, we started evaluating hull designs, investing in new energy saving technologies to improve the propulsion efficiency, new antifouling coatings to reduce hull resistance and so on, and “s...

Kindly note that recently we have proceeded with an upgrade of MULTILOAD Loading Software in terms of the following new functions.   - EXPORT BAPLIE   More specifically, this new feature enables the user to create or retrieve a container loading condition and then click the "Export Baplie" button on Multiload's Detailed Container Loading screen. Then, the user shall fill-in the required data fields, such as "Sender" and "Receiver" Identification codes (as agreed between partners), "Control", "Message" and "Conveyance" Reference numbers, the vessel's "Call Sign" and the 5 digit code of the "Port of Departure". All the above data are described as mandatory by SMDG's Baplie documentation. Finally, the User must click the "Export" button to select the filename of the export file and the location where this file will be stored. Kindly note that, only conta...