AUGUST 11, 2017 — Rising long haul exports of crude oil from the U.S. and Nigeria will not be sufficient to push tanker shipping freight rates higher, given lower anticipated Middle East
AUGUST 11, 2017 — Marking a double first, Maynard, MA, headquartered Ecochlor reports that its patented ballast water treatment system has become the first U.S. manufactured BWTS to receive USCG Type Approval.
AUGUST 11, 2017 — Shell Western LNG B.V. is marking a double milestone for its LNG marine fuels business. The 6,500 cu.m LNG bunkering vessel Cardissa, ordered in 2014 from South Korean shipbuilder
AUGUST 10, 2017 — BAE Systems Australia has submitted its bid to the Australian Government for that nation’s SEA 5000 Future Frigate program. The bid is to partner with the Government to develop
AUGUST 10, 2017 — By working with the International Seabed Authority (ISBA), Nigeria is set to benefit from deep sea mining, said Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and
AUGUST 10, 2017 — Classification society ABS has published a report on Best Practices for Operation of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS). The report is based on feedback provided by shipowners and
AUGUST 10, 2017 — A 367 ft asphalt bitumen tanker departed Baltimore this past Saturday, after it was detained for numerous safety discrepancies found during compliance inspections in 2016 and 2017. The
AUGUST 10, 2017 — St. Johns Ship Building (SJSB), Palatka, FL, launched a 190 ft landing craft vessel, the Grand Master II, for Bahamas Ferries in front of a crowd in excess of 300. Designed
AUGUST 10, 2017 — The Capt. Brian A. McAllister, the first EPA Tier 4 tug on the U.S. East Coast is now at work for McAllister Towing. Named after the company’s Chairman,
AUGUST 9, 2017 — Early this morning, reports the UN Migration Agency IOM, a human smuggler, in charge of the boat, forced more than 120 Somali and Ethiopian migrants into the pitching