Damen InvaSave mobile BWTS nears IMO Type Approval

AUGUST 10, 2016 — Although Damen’s InvaSave mobile ballast water treatment technology is designed for use in ports, in order to qualify for IMO Type Approval the system has now completed shipboard

NTSB recovers El Faro VDR

AUGUST 9  — The voyage data recorder (VDR) from El Faro, the TOTE cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015, was successfully recovered from the ocean floor late Monday

Carnival releases latest sustainability report

AUGUST 4, 2016 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has released its 2015 sustainability report detailing the progress made in 2015 against its 2020 sustainability performance goals. In 2015,

Balpure BWTS makes progress towards USCG Type Approval

AUGUST 2, 2016 — De Nora reports that its Balpure ballast water treatment system (BWTS) is currently progressing through both land-based and shipboard testing for U.S. Coast Guard Type Approval. Balpure is

Panama Canal launches Green Connection Award

JULY 23, 2016 — The Panama Canal has launched the Green Connection Award, a new initiative to recognize customers who demonstrate excellent environmental stewardship, and to encourage others to implement technologies and

Alfa Laval has scrubber ready for 0.5% sulfur compliance

JULY 14, 2016 — Alfa Laval says it is ready to help customers meet a global 0.5% sulfur fuel limit, whether the decision is taken at October’s meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental

USCG issues ballast water management system guidance

JULY 13, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Operating and Environmental Standards has issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (OES-MSIB) on ballast water management requirements that gives an update on

Optimarin BWTS completes USCG testing

JULY 7, 2016 — Sandnes, Norway, headquartered ballast water treatment (BWT) system specialist Optimarin reports that it has successfully completed the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) environmental test and all land-based and shipboard

Two more Great Lakes bulkers to fit Dupont scrubbers

JULY 7, 2016 —Dupont (NYSE:DD) subsidiary Belco Technologies Corporation, Parsippany, NJ, has been awarded a contract to supply DuPont Marine Scrubbers for two additional Interlake Steamship Company ships. Interlake has now contracted

Cornelia operator cops plea, will pay $1 million

JULY 6, 2016 — Schnaittenbach, Germany, headquartered Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH (MST), operator of the M/V Cornelia,  will pay penalties totaling $1 million after yesterday pleaded guilty in U.S. District

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