Cross-channel ferry crew members fail urine test

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Under the headline “the High Seas,” Britain’s Daily Mail reports that 13 crew members of a P&O Ferries cross-Channel ferry have been suspended after failing random tests. The

New K-Fleet app helps meet EU CO2 reporting requirement

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — A new EU regulation that entered into force in July 2015 will, from January 1, 2018, require large ships using EU ports to report their verified annual emissions

Maersk Supply sheds two more

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Maersk Supply Service is halfway to meeting the divestment goal it announced back in August, when it said it planned to shrink its fleet by up to 20

Stena renews MacGregor planned maintenance contract

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Swedish ferry operator Stena Line has renewed its planned maintenance agreement with Cargotec’s MacGregor subsidiary. Stena Line has held MacGregor Onboard Care (MOC) agreements since 2008 and its

Hull Vane saves energy, reduces wake

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — A new 25 m RPA-8 patrol vessel for the Port of Rotterdam under construction at Shipyard Kooiman, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands will sail in a densely populated area, with heavy

NTSB releases transcript of El Faro bridge audio

DECEMBER 13, 2016 — The transcript from the El Faro’s voyage data recorder bridge audio is one of five factual reports added Tuesday to the National Trasportation Safety Board’s El Faro investigation

Wartsila licenses CSSC subsidiary to manufacture BWMS

DECEMBER 13, 2016 — Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), based in Jiujiang, China. The two-way agreement

Gondan launches Europe’s third dual fuel tug

DECEMBER 13, 2016 — At high tide today, Gondan Shipyard, Figueras, Spain, launched the third dual fueled tug thus far built in Europe. The vessel is the last of in series of

Bollinger delivers twenty-first FRC

DECEMBER 13, 2016 — Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA, has delivered the USCGC John McCormick, the 21st Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery of the

Russian yard completes advanced dredge series

DECEMBER 13, 2016 — Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard, (which is part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation) has delivered the Kadosh, the third of three state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredges, to FSUE Rosmorport. Built

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