World Environment Day was first established in 1972, and since 1974, the UNEP has been choosing an annual theme to boost worldwide environmental awareness. UNEP said that it chose this year’s theme to encourage people to take concrete actions to address environmental issues. "The economic and financial turmoil sweeping the globe is a true wake-up call, sounding an alarm about the need to improve upon old patterns of growth and make a transition to new era of greener, cleaner development,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Friday, June 5, 2009
World Environment Day today
The theme for this year’s World Environment Day, held today, as chosen by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is "Your Planet Needs You! Unite to Combat Climate Change."
World Environment Day was first established in 1972, and since 1974, the UNEP has been choosing an annual theme to boost worldwide environmental awareness. UNEP said that it chose this year’s theme to encourage people to take concrete actions to address environmental issues. "The economic and financial turmoil sweeping the globe is a true wake-up call, sounding an alarm about the need to improve upon old patterns of growth and make a transition to new era of greener, cleaner development,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Read More
World Environment Day was first established in 1972, and since 1974, the UNEP has been choosing an annual theme to boost worldwide environmental awareness. UNEP said that it chose this year’s theme to encourage people to take concrete actions to address environmental issues. "The economic and financial turmoil sweeping the globe is a true wake-up call, sounding an alarm about the need to improve upon old patterns of growth and make a transition to new era of greener, cleaner development,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Port Klang Authority faces RM148m lawsuit
Kuala Lumpur: Mega-Wan Corporate Services has filed a suit against the Port Klang Authority (PKA) for failing to settle RM148 million in corporate advisory service fees relating to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), writes news site Bernama.
Mega-Wan wants PKA to settle the payment of RM147,857,886, interest at eight per cent per annum from the date of the invoice sent to PKA on Sept 12 last year, costs and other reliefs deemed fit by the court.In its statement of claim it said that PKA appointed it as corporate advisor to provide corporate advisory service to PKA and its subsidiaries via a letter of appointment dated Jan 15 2006.It claimed that it had provided advisory service to PKA since December 2005 and had sent several letters demanding payment but to date no payment had been made.
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“Ship of the Year 2009”: Far Samson
‘Far Samson’, designed by Rolls-Royce and built by STX Europe for Farstad Shipping in Norway, will receive Offshore Support Journal’s “Ship of the Year 2009” award.
Rolls-Royce developed the design of the UT 761 CD working closely with Farstad to meet the terms of a long-term charter contract. ‘Far Samson’, which was formally named and delivered in March, has demonstrated a continuous bollard pull of 423 tonnes using all available power and more than 377 tonnes using her main propulsion system. Apart from its world record-breaking bollard pull, ‘Far Samson’ is an innovative vessel in many respects, and incorporates a wide range of new technology. It is a multifunctional offshore vessel and is capable of carrying out heavy ploughing operations for pipes and cables on the seabed, as well as subsea installation work in ultra-deepwater, along with towing, deploying ROVs and conducting a range of subsea operations. The vessel can cut trenches in the seabed in water up to 1,000 metres deep.Read More
Rolls-Royce developed the design of the UT 761 CD working closely with Farstad to meet the terms of a long-term charter contract. ‘Far Samson’, which was formally named and delivered in March, has demonstrated a continuous bollard pull of 423 tonnes using all available power and more than 377 tonnes using her main propulsion system. Apart from its world record-breaking bollard pull, ‘Far Samson’ is an innovative vessel in many respects, and incorporates a wide range of new technology. It is a multifunctional offshore vessel and is capable of carrying out heavy ploughing operations for pipes and cables on the seabed, as well as subsea installation work in ultra-deepwater, along with towing, deploying ROVs and conducting a range of subsea operations. The vessel can cut trenches in the seabed in water up to 1,000 metres deep.
Nor-Shipping: GL's Efficiency Drive
With as much as one third of the world’s total tanker and container ship capacities expected to be idle in 2010, it is clear that the ship owners and operators remaining in the market will face stiff competition.
To assist them in preparing for this challenge, FutureShip, a new Germanischer Lloyd subsidiary established recently, will launch the FuelSaver family of energy consumption optimisation (ECO) services at Nor-Shipping in Oslo. The FuelSaver product line delivers a holistic catalogue of services with a common objective: optimising ship fuel usage to improve profitability, both for ships in operation and those yet to be built. For ships in operation, it all begins with ECO-Patterns. This service is the first stage in the FuelSaver line, and delivers an overview of the operational fuel consumption performance of a ship. FutureShip experts statistically organise and analyse a ship’s voyage data considering speed, distance, and capacity utilisation factors. Ship owners are not only made aware of variances between sister vessels, but learn how their ships perform against the market average for ships of the same type and capacity. They also come away with an understanding of the factors that directly affect their operational energy efficiency.Read More
To assist them in preparing for this challenge, FutureShip, a new Germanischer Lloyd subsidiary established recently, will launch the FuelSaver family of energy consumption optimisation (ECO) services at Nor-Shipping in Oslo. The FuelSaver product line delivers a holistic catalogue of services with a common objective: optimising ship fuel usage to improve profitability, both for ships in operation and those yet to be built. For ships in operation, it all begins with ECO-Patterns. This service is the first stage in the FuelSaver line, and delivers an overview of the operational fuel consumption performance of a ship. FutureShip experts statistically organise and analyse a ship’s voyage data considering speed, distance, and capacity utilisation factors. Ship owners are not only made aware of variances between sister vessels, but learn how their ships perform against the market average for ships of the same type and capacity. They also come away with an understanding of the factors that directly affect their operational energy efficiency.
BIMCO ready with emissions proposal
BIMCO is poised to firm up its stance on reducing emissions from shipping after a undisclosed decision taken at the organisation’s general meeting in Athens.
“We have a certain preference”, said Robert Lorenz-Meyer, who has just taken over as president of the Denmark-based organisation. BIMCO, which is the largest of the industry associations by membership and represents about 65% of tonnage over all shipping sectors, is hoping its initiative can help the industry take a more unified position on emissions. “The shipping world is not yet united and that is what we are striving for,” said Mr Lorenz-Meyer.“As an industry we can only make recommendations. Unfortunately we do not decide. But it would help us very much if the industry was united.” He underlined that BIMCO considers it vital that the International Maritime Organization be the global arbiter for environmentally regulating shipping. Secretary-general and chief executive Torben Skaanild said: “At the moment you have two camps and both camps are looking for a third option.” But BIMCO’s leadership refused to be drawn on the substance of its proposal, saying a public announcement would be made “in a few days”.
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