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MEPC 75 is expected to fix ballast water commissioning testing, but operational risks remain

Shipowners rightly expect that any IMO or USCG certified Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) will make legal compliance straightforward, but that is currently not the case, (writes Adam Jolliffe, Senior Sales Manager

Golden Ray: Cutting operations resume with extra bite

The Unified Command (the Coast Guard, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Gallagher Marine Systems) working on the salvage of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray reports that the process of cutting

Stena-Proman JV to build third methanol-ready vessel

Proman Stena Bulk Ltd—a joint venture between Stena Bulk and Wollerau, Switzerland, based Proman Shipping—has finalized an agreement to build an additional methanol-fueled vessel To be named Stena Prosperous, it will initially

Golden Ray salvage resumes after cutting chain link breaks

Dismantling and removal of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound, Ga., continues to prove a challenging task. As we reported earlier (see story), the heavy

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

Knutsen BWMS gains USCG Type Approval

The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center has issued the 38th U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Knutsen Ballast Water AS after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s

VIDEO: Golden Ray cutting now underway

After waiting for weather windows and overcoming a number of technical difficulties, the Unified Command (USCG, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Gallagher Marine Systems) working on the salvage of the capsized car

Golden Ray: Responders fix a problem and wait for a weather window

St. Simons Sound Incident Unified Command (UC) responders are monitoring weather forecasts, including the threat of severe weather associated with Tropical Storm Eta, to identify a weather window for cutting and lifting

Are “atomic batteries” the path to shipping decarbonization?

Nuclear power could be in commercial maritime’s future, not its past. Even as MARAD continues the long-running decommissioning of the world’s first nuclear merchant ship, the NS Savannah, London-based Core Power (UK)

Golden Ray salvage ops move ahead

With the giant twin-gantry, twin-barge catamaran VB-10,000 now on-site in St. Simons Sound, Ga., responders have been taking the final preparatory steps needed as it starts cutting into the capsized car carrier

LNG yields years of additional competitive advantage for Poseidon Principle loans

New analysis from the SEA-LNG coalition demonstrates how ships that are fueled by LNG, rather than conventional fuels, can benefit for up to eight years of emissions compliance for preferable asset financing

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