JULY 30, 2018 — The Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Center has received its 16th application for Ballast Water Management System type approval. This newest application is for the inTank BWMS manufactured by
JULY 30, 2018 — A recently completed survey of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) members reports a rapidly accelerating uptake of marine scrubbers with 71 scrubbers ordered in May 2018 alone.
JULY 24, 2018 — Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) has signed an agreement to purchase 55 ballast water treatment systems from Maynard, MA, headquartered Ecochlor, Inc. Installations are expected to begin in the
JULY 24, 2018 — Efforts to prepare for the refloating of a Wagenborg cargo ship grounded in the Orkney Islands since July 18 are continuing. The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard agency reports
JULY 24, 2018 — Classification society ABS has updated the ABS Advisory on Exhaust Gas Scrubber Systems (Scrubber Advisory, providing deeper insights into installation and operational considerations for existing vessels. “Many in
JULY 20, 2018 — Wärtsilä says that its Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has successfully completed all testing procedures required for United States Coast Guard (USCG) type approval compliance. The
JULY 18, 2018 — Marseilles headquartered container shipping giant CMA CGM has contracted France’s BIO-UV Group to supply its Bio-Sea ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) to 17 containerships. The company’s nine 22,000
JULY 17, 2018 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says it is encouraged by efforts made by IMO Member States to resolve some pressing practical challenges ahead of the January 1,
JULY 3, 2018 — Tanker operator DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) has joined the rapidly growing number of shipowners opting to fit scrubbers to a sizable slice of its fleet in preparation for
JULY 2, 2018 — Classification society DNV GL has awarded Sandia National Laboratories an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a new “Zero V” research vessel developed in collaboration with