Compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Vessel General Permit regulations under the Clean Water Act can get complicated. Failure to comply can get expensive. The EPA has settled with two shipping
Metals and other environmentally hazardous substances in ships’ scrubber discharge water are putting the marine environment at risk, according to a new study from researchers at Sweden’s prestigious Chalmers University of Technology.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Steamboat Company (NOSC), was charged on May 26, 2023, with violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) in connection
A U.S. court may have just sentenced Colombia’s “Prince of the Semisubmersibles” to a hefty prison term, but that doesn’t mean that the narco sub problem has gone away. On May 12,
On May 2, 2023, the Department of Transportation published a final rule in the Federal Register allowing oral fluid testing to be used for DOT drug tests, in place of urine-based testing,
Glyfada, Greece, headquartered Zeus Lines Management S.A. pleaded guilty on Monday in Providence, Rhode Island, to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the illegal discharge of oily bilge and for failing
Imports of wind turbine components may be good news for ports, but some vessels arriving in the U.S. carrying them may find themselves in breach of U.S. bridge visibility regulations. The Coast
Can attaining the desired CII value for a voyage be as simple as setting it on a control panel slider? Swedish marine green tech company Qtagg says “yes.” With shipowners getting increasingly
In its most recent port entry ban, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) yesterday issued a refusal of access direction notice banning the Liberian-flagged containership MSC Kymea II from Australian ports for
On February 9, Singapore’s Unicious Energy Pte Ltd was among nine companies targeted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for facilitating the sale and shipment