What are Bunker Surveys?

What are Bunker Surveys?   Why Do vessels require Bunker Surveys? In order to ensure that the buyer and seller of bunker fuel are both protected from any type of fraudulence at the moment of recieving or providing bunker fuel it is necessary to perform Bunker Surveys.  This ensures that the quality and quantity of [...]

By | November 8th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on What are Bunker Surveys?

Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy – what happens next?

By Marcus Hand from Singapore------It has been two weeks since Hanjin Shipping dropped what Seaspan’s Gerry Wang likened to a nuclear bomb on the supply chain and huge uncertainty remains as to how the bankruptcy of the world’s seventh largest container shipping company will be unraveled. The numbers are staggering - $14bn worth of cargo [...]

By | September 15th, 2016|Group News|Comments Off on Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy – what happens next?

U.S. Clarifies Ballast Water Convention Stance

Rear Admiral Paul Thomas, assistant commandant for prevention policy at the U.S. Coast Guard, has welcomed the news that the 2004 International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (Ballast Water Management Convention) has been ratified and will now enter into force in September 2017. It is an important step [...]

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ICSClass launches new training program for Class Surveyors

New Training Program for Class Surveyors We are proud to announce that ICS Class, a Recognized Organization (RO) duly authorized to perform statutory work on behalf of different flag States has developed a new and practical Training Platform for Class Surveyors worldwide. Our technical teams at ICSCLASS and Training have developed 15 IMO module courses [...]

By | September 13th, 2016|Group News|Comments Off on ICSClass launches new training program for Class Surveyors