SENER designs shipyard MARPOL waste barges

NOVEMBER 8, 2016 — Spain’s SENER engineering and technology group is to carry out the basic and detail engineering for two double-hulled vessels being built to collect liquid oily waste and solid

IBIA: 2020 decision on fuel sulfur cap overly optimistic

NOVEMBER 8, 2016 — IMO’s decision to impose a global 0.50% marine fuel sulfur limit from 2020 may be based on an overly optimistic initial availability forecast says the International Bunker Industry

Envirocleanse to seek type approval for inTank BWTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016 — Envirocleanse LLC, a division of Berkshire Hathaway’s Charter Brokerage, reports that it recently submitted a Letter of Intent to the U.S. Coast Guard and IMO indicating that it

ICS: CO2 roadmap under fire from some NGOs

NOVEMBER 1, 2016 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has applauded the agreement by IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) to develop a comprehensive road map for addressing CO2 emissions from

Liberia continues effort to amend BWM Covention

OCTOBER 31, 2016 — Liberia is continuing its efforts to amend the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) to give some ships additional time beyond 2020 in order to ensure that adequate new

Wartsila “well positioned” for global sulfur cap

OCTOBER 31, 2016 — Wärtsilä says it is well positioned to help companies meet the global cap that will limit the sulfur content of marine fuels to 0.5% effective from January 2020.

IMO’s MEPC to set GHG reduction roadmap

OCTOBER 29, 2016 — IMO says that an important milestone on the road to controlling greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping was achieved by requirements adopted at last week’s meeting of its

Decision on sulfur cap limit looms at IMO MEPC

OCTOBER 24, 2016—There will be a number of important environmental issues on the agenda at the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 70) this week at the London headquarters of the International Maritime

Angelakos fined $1.3 million in Gallia Graeca case

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour today sentenced the operator and the owner of the 74,133 Cyprus-flagged bulker Gallia Graeca to a $1.3 million fine for the dumping

Liberia offers IMO a way out of a BWMS hole

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — The Liberian Maritime Administration will ask next week’s meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC70) to allow more time for some to install the ballast water management

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