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Windward Maritime Analytics has offered to provide open access to its data and insights, offering a greater understanding of global trade flows and helping to strike a balance between protecting public health and maintaining global economic stability.

The Commonwealth Litter Programme (CLiP) is an initiative delivered by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The initiative supports developing countries across the Commonwealth in preventing plastics entering the ocean.

Port reception facilities are a crucial tool for the good functioning of the maritime industry and thus for the delivery of goods to all. As many others, EUROSHORE’s members have put in place contingency plans to limit the propagation of the COVID 19 while continuing delivering MARPOL services at best.

Members with ships fitted with scrubbers and trading in European ports are advised that based on the information provided by the club’s correspondents in France, Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar that there are restrictions placed on the use of open loop systems.

Lighter fuel oil blends are believed to be entering Singapore’s bunker stream. The risk with such blends is they may be derived from blending with waxy diesel oil, the use of which can result in excessive sludge, one expert suggests. Traders are bringing in compliant, lighter fuel oil blends to Singapore — the world’s top marine fuel hub.