AkzoNobel and Maersk Line partner on sustainability

MARCH 30, 2017 — AkzoNobel and leading global container shipping company Maersk Line have signed a strategic sustainability partnership to reduce carbon emissions per container shipped by 10%. Both companies are customers

Linking Post-Panamax boxes to Heartland via river

MARCH 30, 2017 — A new intermodal container terminal on the lower Mississippi River is being developed “from the ground up” that will accommodate both the largest Post-Panamax containerships and innovative new

Philly Shipyard delivers second Kinder Morgan tanker

MARCH 29, 2017 — Philly Shipyard, Inc. today delivered the American Freedom, the second of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers that it is building for American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a

Russian yard lays keel for river cruise ship

MARCH 29, 2017 — Russia’s Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (a United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC, yard located on the Volga River) has laid the keel of the Project PV300 river cruise ship ordered in

New Zealand bans biofouled bottoms

MARCH 29, 2017 — From May 2018, all vessels arriving in New Zealand will need to have a clean hull. As we reported in January (see story),hull biofouling can be as big

U.K. port takes delivery of versatile Shoalbuster

MARCH 29, 2017 — The U.K.’s Bristol Port Company has taken delivery of a Damen Shoalbuster 2308S. Modified with several customized options, the vessel will be able to take on a multifunctional

Epic Gas takes delivery of eighth from Kyokuyo Shipyard

MARCH 29, 2017 — Singapore headquartered Epic Gas Ltd. has taken delivery of the 11,000 cu m LPG carrier Epic Salina, the last vessel in a series of eight pressurized LPG newbuildings

VIDEO: Norwegian Joy heads for Shangai via the Ems

MARCH 29, 2017 — Norwegian Joy, Norwegian Cruise Line’s first cruise ship custom-designed for the Chinese market, began her journey to her home port of Shanghai this week, departing the Meyer Werft

France reportedly pushing for Mediterranean ECA

MARCH 29, 2017 — France has reportedly used a meeting of a European Council working party to push for creation of a Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area (ECA). The proposal is getting

VIDEO: NASSCO christens, launches eighth ECO tanker

MARCH 28, 2017 — On Saturday, March 25, General Dynamics NASSCO christened and launched the Palmetto State – the final ship in an eight-ship ECO Class tanker program to be constructed at

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