Blog of CODie Maritime

9. August 2017

Ship Manager: Why it is a good idea to carry out pre-management audits

The dry bulk market may be struggling, but more and more ship managers are taking on vessels which fall back to the banks as distressed tonnage. This brings opportunities to ship managers to scale up their fleets, however it also comes with the danger of being held accountable for the ship’s possible bad state of maintenance. As it […]

15. February 2017

What’s in it for the crew? The current market situation analysed.

Forecast 2017: Rising Maintenance and Crew Costs The international shipping consultant Moore Stephens is expecting 2017 to be a very expensive year for ship owners and managers. The costs of operation are expected to rise across the board, for all vessel types. Container ship managers will see the highest anticipated rise at 3.4%, compared to other main vessel […]

6. February 2017

How to Become a Dynamic Positioning Operator With an Unlimited Certificate

The energy companies have stopped many offshore projects, where DP operators were needed due to the global oil crisis. Thus, finding a vacancy is nowadays rather complicated, despite the expanding gas carrier market (VLGC). However, you may feel it is the right time to invest in training for a new qualification. There are still rigs out there which […]

7. December 2016

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Challenges of IMO’S Global Sulfur Cap – An Analysis

This article tries to break down some of the challenges of the 2020 sulfur cap which lay ahead. It cannot provide a complete list of all possible challenges, but will try to inspire your thoughts. How was the sulfur cap of 0.5% legalized? As most people are aware, the IMO voted in its 70th session of the […]

5. October 2016

Latest Software Highlights of our new Ship Management Software

Due to this year’s SMM trade show being the most successful of recent time, CODie’s SMM Team was very satisfied at the close of the exhibition. The audience welcomed the new features of CODie’s maritime-management-center (MMC), a software suited to manage the vessels and the shipping company. New Software Highlights of CODieBOARD# maritime-management-center The new PMS functionality For […]