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Being M.R.V. Ready before the Deadline of 31 st August 2017 By 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 - TOTAL SERVICES (INCLUDING VERIFICATION) 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 experien

Description of Software The electronic reporting templates (ie. noon reports, COSP, EOSP, Inbound, Inport, Outbound, Stoppage, etc.) ensure seamless input of necessary variables/parameters, providing simultaneously restrictions and guidance for correct and reasonable relevant values (ie. RPM , Speed, Position, Weather Data, etc.). Benefits and Advantages Gains are summarized as follows: Ease of use. Tailored to Company’s Reporting Policy. Good Data Quality of reports. Minimization of human errors to vessel’s reporting due to ship-specific limits and standardization of typing/wording. Easy transmission of reported data for further processing as well as for assessment of Voyage Performance and compliance to new regulations (ie. MRV). Simple generation of automatic email with all the required data for easy reporting to all the concerned parties. Smooth and care free integration of the

Panama Canal Authority issued a Marine Advisory, reminding that vessels must complete the switch (changeover) from heavy fuel oil (residual fuel) to light fuel (distillate fuel) to their propulsion engines, auxiliary engines, boilers and other ancillary equipment, prior to arriving at Panama Canal waters, and also informing on the modifications of the requirement.

The European Investment Bank and Dutch bank ABN Amro will sign an agreement to support investments for greening the European shipping fleet. The framework guarantee agreement will ensure that promoters of sustainable projects in the maritime transport sector can benefit from favourable financial terms, as a result of the EIB’s AAA rating. EIB informs that the facility is open for both retrofitting of existing shipping, as well as for projects that envisage the construction of new vessels with a green innovation aspect. It also applies to both inland shipping and seagoing operators. EIB vice-president, Pim van Ballekom, said the Investment Plan for Europe enabled the creation of a new instrument that helps shipping companies to achieve compliance with the European sustainability standards. EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, said: “Financing the transition to more sustainable transport systems and networks requires a commitment to invest. Today’s agreement dem

IBM and Danish transport company Maersk said they were working together to digitize, manage, and track shipping transactions using blockchain technology. The technology, which powers the digital currency bitcoin, enables data sharing across a network of individual computers. It has gained worldwide popularity due to its usefulness in recording and keeping track of assets or transactions across all industries. The blockchain solution being built by the two companies is expected to be made available to the ocean shipping industry later this year, according to a joint statement from International Business Machines Corp and the container unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk. It would help manage and track the paper trail of tens of millions of shipping containers globally by digitizing the supply chain process from end to end. This will enhance transparency and make the sharing of information among trading partners more secure. When adopted at scale, the solution based on th

The European Commission has just published its online Frequently Asked Questions on the implementation of the MRV shipping regulation. The Commission’s FAQ provides very useful information and answers to a number of highly relevant questions concerning the regulation. These Frequently Asked Questions aim to assist MRV (monitoring, reporting and verification) companies, verifiers and other stakeholders to implement the European Union MRV shipping legislation. It requires ships carrying out maritime transport activities to or from EEA ports to monitor and report information including verified data on their CO2 emissions from 1st of January 2018. The legal framework for these obligations is established under Regulation (EU) 2015/757 on monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, (the MRV Shipping Regulation) which has been amended by Delegated Regulation 2016/2072 and it is to be read in conjunction with Delegated Regula

At the end of fiscal year 2016, the Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division imposed criminal penalties of more than $363 million in fines and more than 32 years of imprisonment from cases related to intentional discharges of pollutants from vessels. SMM Oil Record Book ( ORB ) Trainer Software minimizes the margin for error in data entries to the Official Oil record Book to the best possible extent. Considering the difficulties involved for the shipping companies to ensure the means, resources, time and/or know-how to keep the standards of completion of Oil Record Books under close scrutiny, we are pleased to provide a practical and user friendly software that can assist in the harmonization of ORB completion standards . Real Time warnings inform and prohibit the user for/from any incorrect entry based on Real Time processes/algorithms with given incinerator/pump/tank/O.W.S. capacities and ship specific tanks connections, enabling different

Background For chartering purposes, in case you need to issue a Dual Load Line certificate. Our Services We are at your disposal to check if the Class Requirements for Damage Stability for B-60 Type vessels (Vents Positions, subdivision etc.) are met and to advise the following: 1) Study for p ossibility for assignment of deeper draft 2) Procedure for Dual Load Line certificate issuance 3) Authorization procedure concerning the flag’s requirement

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 specificall

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 ® The SMMCrewHourR

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 “surprisingly” we found ou

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

AUTO -MRV REPORTING TO E.U. COMMISSION BY 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 SOFTWARE In reference to M.R.V. Compliance and more specifically the Reporting Scheme , kindly note that development of an M.R.V.-Specific Software for fully automatic generation of Emissions Reports in line with EU Commission requirements

  This article is based on the earlier research works of Mr. Daejin Lee to explain the recent trend of the shipping market with a special focus on dry bulk. Shipping is 'Pigs or Chickens'? 'Shipping is just like the country market. By the time the farmer arrives at market with his pig and finds that all the other farmers have bred pigs, it is too late. Price will fall, and the farmer, who has feed bills to pay must accept the price on offer. But this situation was created a year earlier when prices were high and everyone started breeding pigs. The smart farmers saw what other farmers were doing and switched to chickens. This has nothing to do with what the demand for pigs or chickens. It is a supply-side management. We conclude that, like the farmer, the successful shipping company must know when to steer clear of pigs!' * The story of 'Chicken and Pigs' is one of the best parts I have read in 'Maritime economics'. Bad investments often flow from