USCG officials visit BWMS test lab

AUGUST 16, 2016 — Over 60 manufacturers of ballast water management systems (BWTS) with foreign type-approved are now pursing U.S. type approval by utilizing Coast Guard accepted labs to test their systems

Crowley promotes Eric Evans to VP of strategy

AUGUST 15, 2016 — Crowley Maritime Corporation has promoted veteran company executive Eric Evans to vice president of strategy, a newly-created position that will focus on facilitating long-term growth through external business

Biotech based antifouling agent goes mainstream

AUGUST 15, 2016 —The first branded marine coatings to feature the breakthrough antifouling ingredient Selektope have been launched by coatings major Chugoku Marine Paints, Ltd. (CMP). Developed by I-Tech AB, a Swedish

Palfinger walks away from TTS takeover

AUGUST 15, 2016 —Salzburg, Austria, based Palfinger AG, has decided not to proceed with its planned NOK 600 (about $73 million) takeover bid for Bergen, Norway, based TTS Group AS (see earlier

New Scandlines duo: Maneuverable as well as green

AUGUST 15, 2016 —MF Berlin, the first of two new battery-hybrid passenger and freight ferries is now in service on Scandlines’ Gedser-Rostock route between Denmark and Germany. Sister vessel MF Copenhagen is

Examination of El Faro VDR data begins

AUGUST 15, 2016 —Investigators will today start examining the data found on the voyage data recorder recovered last week from El Faro, the TOTE ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin in October

Salvors set to board grounded Transocean semi

AUGUST 14, 2016 — The U.K. Maritime & Coastguard Agency reports that a team of eight salvors from Transocean and Smit was this morning making its way on board the drilling rig

Crowley takes delivery of fourth LNG ready tanker

AUGUST 14, 2016 — Crowley Maritime Corporation will hold a ceremony at Philly Shipyard, Inc. this Tuesday to christen its latest Jones Act product tanker, MT West Virginia. Crowley took delivery of

Three Boston Harbor Cruises vessels involved in allision

AUGUST 13, 2016 — A Coast Guard investigating officer and a marine inspector were responding to an allision Saturday afternoon involving three Boston Harbor Cruise vessels. No injuries or pollution have been

NOAA predicts increased Atlantic hurricane activity

AUGUST 12, 2016 — In an updated 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook, NOAA (the National Oceanographical and Atmospheric Administration) sees a higher likelihood of a near-normal or above-normal season, and decreases the

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