Alfa Laval BWTS gets USCG type approval

DECEMBER 27, 2016 – Alfa Laval reports that it received U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) type approval for the third generation of its ballast water treatment system (BWTS), PureBallast, on December 23. The

Clean Arctic Alliance praises U.S. and Canadian move on HFO

DECEMBER 22, 2016 — The Clean Arctic Alliance has praised a commitment made December 20 by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada to a strategy to phase down

U.K. MCA and Ardent sign emergency towage agreement

DECEMBER 20, 2016 — The U.K. Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has signed an agreement with Ardent for emergency towage off the north and north-western coasts of Scotland. Under the agreement, the

ICS slams Euro Parliament emissions move

DECEMBER 16, 2016 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), says that a unilateral decision by the European Union to incorporate international shipping into its regional Emissions Trading System (ETS) (see earlier

Navy looking for own ballast water management system

DECEMBER 15, 2016 — The Navy’s prestigious Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, has just commissioned a new Ballast Water Research Laboratory at its headquarters in West Bethesda, MD. Navy ships are

Split Euro Parliament emissions decision threatens shipping

DECEMBER 15, 2016 —The Danish Shipowners’ Association reports that the European Parliament’s Environment Committee has decided to call for the inclusion of maritime transport in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The

Calculate your cylinder oil consumption and savings

DECEMBER 15, 2016— Slow steaming and low sulfur fuels have had a real impact on two-stroke engine operations. Denmark’s Maersk Fluid Technology (MFT) produces the SEA-Mate Blending-on-Board lubrication system that helps ship operators

New K-Fleet app helps meet EU CO2 reporting requirement

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — A new EU regulation that entered into force in July 2015 will, from January 1, 2018, require large ships using EU ports to report their verified annual emissions

Wartsila licenses CSSC subsidiary to manufacture BWMS

DECEMBER 13, 2016 — Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), based in Jiujiang, China. The two-way agreement

Ardent completes largest wreck removal of 2016

DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Houston headquartered salvor Ardent last month completed the largest wreck removal of 2016 — removing the Troll Solution jack-up from the seabed of Mexico’s Bay of Campeche Weighing

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