EPA grant will help Port of Long Beach upgrade three cranes, four tugs

NOVEMBER 17, 2017 — The Port of Long Beach has been awarded $2.4 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), Foss Maritime and Curtin Maritime

Ships that don’t meet sulfur limit could be deemed “unseaworthy”

NOVEMBER 16, 2017 — Edmund Hughes, Head of Air Pollution and Energy Efficiency at IMO’s Marine Environment Division, reminded delegates at an Athens conference this week that the 0.50% limit on sulfur

Shipping escapes EU emissions trading net — for now

NOVEMBER 13, 2017 — The European Parliament and the EU member states last Thursday agreed on a revision of the EU’s Emissions Trading System, ETS, that does not subject shipping to the

MAN will retrofit TOTE RO/RO duo to dual fuel LNG operation

NOVEMBER 9, 2017 — TOTE Maritime Alaska has contracted MAN PrimeServ – MAN Diesel & Turbo’s after-sales division – to convert its roll on/roll off ships North Star and Midnight Sun to

Safe Bulkers will install Erma First BWTS fleetwide

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — Monaco headquartered Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE: SB) reports that it has reached an agreement with the manufacturer to install Erma First ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) in all

Royal Caribbean to pilot cruise ship fuel cell system

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — ABB is to deliver what will be the first fuel cell system to provide an energy source for a cruise ship. The 100 kW pilot system will be

ICS vision: zero CO2 emissions from shipping

NOVEMBER 7, 2017 – The 2017 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) opened in Bonn, Germany, this week. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), representing owners controlling over 80 percent of the

Cloud based solution eases EU MRV compliance

NOVEMBER 3, 2017 — To help shipowners meet the European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation that comes into force January 1, 2018, Rolls-Royce has added a cloud-based fuel consumption and

ECSA says IMO will adopt ambitious strategy for CO2 reductions

OCTOBER 30, 2017 — European Shipowners are confident that IMO will be able to deliver an ambitious strategy on reduction of shippping CO2 emissions for adoption by IMO Member States at the

Stena Line plugs in to shoreside power at another Swedish port

OCTOBER 25, 2017 — Ferry giant Stena Line is now connecting up its two vessels M/S Skåne and M/S Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the electricity grid during calls at the Port of Trelleborg, Sweden.

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