Environment
Interlake moves ahead on LNG fuel plans
MAY 8, 2013 — Middleburg Heights, Ohio, based Great Lakes operator The Interlake Steamship Company has reached an agreement in principle with Shell to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to support Interlake's conversion of its vessels to LNG as the...
AMHS developing IMO-mandated SEEMPs for three ships
APRIL 24, 2013 — Design Alaska, a Fairbanks-based architecture, engineering, and surveying firm; and Art Anderson Associates, its naval architecture subconsultant, were recently awarded a contract for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) to... Read More
APRIL 24, 2013 — Design Alaska, a Fairbanks-based architecture, engineering, and surveying firm; and Art Anderson Associates, its naval architecture subconsultant, were recently awarded a contract for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) to... Read More
Overhaul inspection of ME-GI engine draws U.S. operators
APRIL 19, 2013—Following up on the full scale demonstration of the ME-GI on April 17, Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. hosted a group that included ship owners, operators, and naval architects for a first-hand overhaul inspection of... Read More
APRIL 19, 2013—Following up on the full scale demonstration of the ME-GI on April 17, Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. hosted a group that included ship owners, operators, and naval architects for a first-hand overhaul inspection of... Read More
OceanSaver offers BWT "future-proofing" deal
FEBRUARY 11, 2013 — Drammen, Norway, based OceanSaver says it "is ripping up the rulebook of the ballast water treatment (BWT) industry to give shipyards and shipowners something that is truly unique for the sector – total certainty in an increasingly... Read More
FEBRUARY 11, 2013 — Drammen, Norway, based OceanSaver says it "is ripping up the rulebook of the ballast water treatment (BWT) industry to give shipyards and shipowners something that is truly unique for the sector – total certainty in an increasingly... Read More
Maersk tests ballast water treatment in a box
FEBRUARY 8, 2013 — Nørresundby, Denmark, headquartered DESMI Ocean Guard A/S says that A.P. Møller – Maersk has tested its containerized solution for ballast water treatment and has concluded that it is a very attractive solution, particularly for... Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 2013 — Nørresundby, Denmark, headquartered DESMI Ocean Guard A/S says that A.P. Møller – Maersk has tested its containerized solution for ballast water treatment and has concluded that it is a very attractive solution, particularly for... Read More
Study shows green advantages of Lakes-Seaway shipping
FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — A comprehensive report released today has defined the modal and environmental advantages of using marine shipping to transport goods in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway region. The study, entitled "The Environmental and Social... Read More
FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — A comprehensive report released today has defined the modal and environmental advantages of using marine shipping to transport goods in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway region. The study, entitled "The Environmental and Social... Read More
GE Marine to offer innovative exhaust heat recovery solution
JANUARY 30, 2013 — GE Marine has signed an agreement with Echogen Power Systems, Akron, Ohio, to be the exclusive provider of Echogen's exhaust heat recovery system for use on commercial and military marine vessels worldwide. Echogen's product enhances... Read More
JANUARY 30, 2013 — GE Marine has signed an agreement with Echogen Power Systems, Akron, Ohio, to be the exclusive provider of Echogen's exhaust heat recovery system for use on commercial and military marine vessels worldwide. Echogen's product enhances... Read More
MAN B&W powered bulkers gain EEDI certification
JANUARY 30, 2013 — Chinese shipowner Centrans (Tianjing) Ocean Shipping has received EEDI compliance certificates for two 180,000 dwt newbuildings, an achievement it reports as being a world first in the Capesize segment. The bulk carriers were built at... Read More
JANUARY 30, 2013 — Chinese shipowner Centrans (Tianjing) Ocean Shipping has received EEDI compliance certificates for two 180,000 dwt newbuildings, an achievement it reports as being a world first in the Capesize segment. The bulk carriers were built at... Read More









