NPS ferry is first dedicated Great Lakes vessel fitted with BWT system

JULY 3, 2012 — A 1958-built National Parks Service ferry has become the first dedicated Great Lakes vessel to be supplied with a ballast water treatment system (BWT), according to Hyde Marine,

MOL’s hybrid car carrier completed

JULY 1, 2012—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the completion of the 6,400-auto hybrid car carrier Emerald Ace, designed to generate zero emissions while berthed, at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., in the

Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger to keynote Global Greenship

JUNE 27, 2012 —Marine Log is pleased to announce that Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger USCG will deliver the keynote address on environmental compliance on September 20, 2012, the opening day of Marine

AMPOL demonstrates sunken oil recovery system

JUNE 11, 2012 — Oil spill response and environmental solutions provider American Pollution Control Corp. (AMPOL) recently exhibited and presented new advances in oil spill technology at the Clean Pacific Conference in

Wärtsilä broadens range of ballast water management system offerings

JUNE 6, 2012 — Wärtsilä says that it now offers the widest range of ballast water management system (BWMS) and associated services in the market. This follows an agreement with Canada-based Trojan

Matson honored with 2012 Coast Guard Benkert Award

JUNE 5, 2012 — Matson Navigation Company, Inc. reports that it has been honored with the U.S. Coast Guard’s 2012 Rear Admiral William M. Benkert Marine Environmental Award for Excellence.  The Benkert

Ship manager to pay $1.2 million in pollution case

MAY 31, 2012 — Singapore-based Target Ship Management Pte. Ltd., the operator of the M/V Gaurav Prem pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Mobile for deliberately falsifying records

AMPOL to store and maintain NRC emergency response equipment

MAY 30, 2012 — Oil spill response and total environmental solutions provider American Pollution Control Corp. (AMPOL) has been selected by the National Response Corporation (NRC) to store and maintain a large

Rena salvage operations continue

May 23, 2012—Salvors continue to work to remove containers, pieces of hatch covers and debris from the bow section of the containership M/V Rena, which struck Astrolabe Reef off of Tauranga, New

Greenpeace blocks bulker from leaving Brazil for U.S. with cargo of pig iron

May 21, 2012 —An unwanted anchor chain accoutrement is preventing a 31,883 dwt bulker from heading for the U.S. from Brazil with a cargo of pig iron. Actor and human rights activist

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