APL records best ever fleet carbon reductions

JULY 18, 2017 — Containership operator APL — now part of the CMA CGM Group — reports that in 2016 recorded fleet carbon dioxide emissions were down by 48%, compared to its

DryShips plans to “vigorously defend” class action allegations

JULY 18, 2017 — As more law firms filed class action suits against George Economou’s DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) and certain of its officers, the company said, in response to one of

Hoegh LNG and Nakilat sign MoU to explore FSRU opportunities

ULY 18, 2017 — Höegh LNG today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qatari LNG transportation company Nakilat, exploring collaboration for Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) business. An FSRU is

BAE tech will give Navy subs an asymmetric edge

JULY 18, 2017 — The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a $4.6 million contract for its Mobile Offboard Clandestine Communications and Approach (MOCCA) program. The MOCCA

Unified Command lifts sunken towing vessel

JULY 18, 2017 — A Unified Command yesterday lifted the sunken towing vessel Eric Haney at mile marker 9.7 on the Upper Mississippi River near Cairo, Illinois, Monday. The Unified Command consists

Majestic Fast Ferry takes delivery of 39 m high speed cat

JULY 18, 2017 — Majestic Fast Ferry Pte Ltd , which operates vessels between Singapore and Batam, Indonesia, has taken delivery of another Incat Crowther-designed high speed catamaran. Built at Majestic’s Batam

Disney to build third LNG fueled cruise ship at Meyer Werft

JULY 18, 2017 — Bob Chapek, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, used last weekend’s D23 Disney fan event in Anaheim, CA, to announce plans add a seventh ship to Disney

R-R inks service agreement with Siem Offshore and Subsea 7

JULY 18, 2017 — Siem Offshore and Subsea 7 have signed a joint three-year service agreement with Rolls-Royce. The agreement covers a total of 74 offshore vessels. This is the first agreement

New security warning for Gulf of Aden region

JULY 17, 2017 — New advice from Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) issued yesterday says that recent attacks against merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb have highlighted there are still

ABS updates exhaust gas scrubber advisory

JULY 17, 2017 — Classification society ABS has updated the ABS Advisory on Exhaust Gas Scrubber Systems (Scrubber Advisory) to help industry prepare for IMO’s 2020 global sulfur cap. “As I meet

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