Environment

German multipurpose and heavy lift ship operator BBC Chartering has added a 9,821 dwt multipurpose ship to its fleet fitted with an auxiliary wind propulsion system by Hamburg-based SkySails GmbH. ...

João Cândido, the first in a series of ten 160, 000 dwt Suezmax tankers building at Brazil's Atlântico Sul Shipyard (EAS) for Transpetro, is equipped with Evac's complete wastewater system. Evac's system has also been selected for the series of five 110,000 dwt Aframax tankers being built by Atlântico Sul.The delivery of MT João Cândido is a historical milest ...

Money from a proposed IMO environmental compensation fund could be used to help ports adapt to the effects of rising sea levels as a result of climate change. The proposal was made by Simon Bennett, Director of External Relations of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS),  at a UNCTAD (United Nations Committee on Trade and Development) meeting held in Geneva last month. ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that the energy-saving Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) device has now been ordered for 2,000 vessels worldwide. The PBCF breaks up the hub vortex generated behind the rotating propeller, giving a 3-5 percent reduction in fuel consumption in the case of a large containership.Developed by MOL, West Japan Fluid Engineering Laboratory Co., Ltd. ...

The U.S. EPA has approved a petition to designate the coastal waters of Outer Cape Cod as a “No Discharge Area.” It says that the designation means that the Towns Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown are protecting their coastal water quality from boat sewage pollution by prohibiting the discharge of treated and untreated boat sewage int ...

Four corporations involved in owning and operating a fleet of vessels regularly visiting New Orleans were today sentenced to pay a $1 million penalty and banned from doing business in the United States for the next five years by Judge Carl J. Barbier, the Justice Department announced.Stanships Inc. (Marshall Islands), Stanships Inc. (New York), Standard Shipping Inc. and Calmo ...

Bahamian shipowner Campbell Shipping Ltd. has signed an order with Tsuji Heavy Industries (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. located at Zhang Jia Gang, China for two 37,500 dwt double-hull log fitted bulk carriers, with an option for two more.These ships, which will be classed by ABS and fly the Bahamas flag, will be 179.9 meters length overall, with a 30.4 meters beam, a s ...

ABS has issued the following regulatory update: CARB – Low Sulfur Fuel Regulations The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a 15-Day Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text for the Proposed Regulation “Fuel Sulfur and Other Operational Requirements for Oceangoing Vessels within California Waters and 24 Nautical Miles of the California Baseline� ...