UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2023 calls for a “just and equitable transition” to a decarbonized shipping industry. The sector, whose greenhouse gas emissions have risen 20% over the last decade, operates an ageing fleet that runs almost exclusively on fossil fuels. As global leaders prepare for the next UN …
Green is now the new buzz at the shipping ministry. In an endeavour to cut down on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limit damage to coastal life, the ministry is planning to introduce a discount for ‘green ships’ that enter Indian ports. This is a prevalent practice at some major …
The Goa government’s reluctance to scrap a controversial shipyard project has left the 200-odd families of Chicalim village distraught. In 2005, Bharti Shipyard Limited proposed to construct a Rs 250-crore shipyard on about 0.8 hectare of mudflats in the ecologically fragile Chicalim Bay in Mormugao taluka. The Goa Coastal Zone …
India's Mundra port has banned ships older than 25 years of age from entering its waters after a sunken cargo ship leaked oil off the coast of Mumbai last week, a maritime firm said on Wednesday. Panama-flagged cargo ship Rak Carrier, carrying 60,000 tonnes of Indonesian coal, sunk last Thursday …
The city police, which registered an FIR under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) against owner and crew members of the sunken vessel MV Rak have now booked them under the Environment (Protection) Act and Water (Prevention And Control Of Pollution) Act. The FIR under IPC section 336 (act …
The Gujarat Government has decided to ban entry of ships above 25 years of age at ports which come under its administrative control. The move follows the sinking of the 27-year-old ship, m.v. Rak Carrier off the Mumbai coast last week, while on its way to the Gujarat port of …
Mumbai: The oil spill from the sunken MV Rak Carrier hit several parts of the city and neighbouring regions on Tuesday even as authorities claimed to have contained the leak. In areas as wide apart as Dadar Chowpatty, Gorai, Bandra Bandstand, Uttan, Alibaug and even Kihim, there were reports of …
In pursuance of the constant monitoring of the environmental impact of the oil spill at Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control the Board (MPCB) had taken water samples on Juhu Beach on 8th August and sent them for lab analysis.
MUMBAI: The oil spill from MV Rak Carrier, which sank off the city's coast last Thursday, underlines the need to fix liability for marine pollution caused by vessels. Maritime experts say the Centre should ratify at the earliest the International Maritime Organization's Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea Protocol 2010, …
Mumbai’s latest unwelcome maritime visitor, MT Pavit, could cause severe erosion of the iconic Juhu beach if it is not towed away soon, warn marine science experts. It might be recalled that the unmanned MT Pavit was found grounded near Mumbai’s Juhu-Versova beach early on July 30. The Panama-flagged oil …
Rattled by the recent incidents of grounding of ships, MV Wisdom, MT Pavit and MV Rak carrier, the fishermen's association in Mumbai today threatened to move the Bombay High Court over safety and security of coastal area and also for demanding compensation. Less than a month after MV Wisdom was …
Oil spills in the Arabian Sea, off the Mumbai coast, seem to have become an annual affair. MV Rak, the Panama-flagged cargo ship that sank off Mumbai on Thursday, started leaking oil late on Saturday night. Last August, the collision of merchant ships MSC Chitra and MV Khalija at the …
MUMBAI: The city's fishing community, glued to television screens since Thursday, when the MV Rak Carrier sank with over 60,000 tonnes of coal and 343 tonnes of oil, became extremely worried on Sunday as news reached them that the ship had started leaking and that an oil slick had been …
The Panama-flagged bulk carrier, MV Rak Carrier, was carrying 60,000 metric tonnes of coal in its holds. Experts feel that though the coal may not cause environmental problems, the fuel that the ship was carrying is a huge cause of concern. Coast Guard officials confirmed that the ship has around …
In a major incident on the high seas on Thursday morning, Indian maritime security agencies managed to save the lives of 30 crew members of a sinking cargo ship, 20 nautical miles off the Mumbai coast. At around 7.25am, the Vessel Traffic Monitoring System (VTMS) received a distress call from …
Vessel’s Oil, Coal Cargo Fuel Environmental Pollution Worries Mumbai: An ailing cargo ship loaded with coal and fuel oil sank 20 nautical miles off Mumbai on Thursday, raising the spectre of massive environmental damage, even though its crew of 30 were saved. The Panama-flagged, Qatarbased M V Rak Carrier, on …
New rules to cut the greenhouse gas emissions of the global shipping fleet have finally been agreed in a move politicians hailed as a world first. New cargo and container ships will have to be built to technical standards that will make them more energy efficient, under a measure approved …
Ahmedabad:Around one lakh litres of diesel spilled off Mundra coast in Kutch district of Gujarat from the oil jetty of a private port on Tuesday, when a consignment of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) was being off-loaded from a ship.
Dona Paula (Goa): India is getting ready to safeguard its 7000-km coastline from invasive alien species. The seemingly harmless cargo ships coming from foreign shores can bring with them harmful organisms and even radioactive material that can have deleterious effect on the country
