Malaysia’s Marine Department has issued a notice to inform the shipping community that Malaysia prohibits the discharge of wash water from open-loop exhaust gas cleaning systems while in Malaysian waters (12 nautical
This week’s sixth session of the IMO Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions (ISWG-GHG 6) looks to have backed away from proposals to limit either ships’ speed or ships’
Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein says it is ready to deliver a zero-emission offshore construction vessel within three years. The SX190 Zero Emission DP2 construction support vessel is Ulstein’s first hydrogen powered
In a post on its Maritime Commons blog, the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday gave an update on its Ballast Water Management System type approval program, and guidance on several specific issues on
In its latest quarterly report, Copenhagen-headquartered products tanker operator Torm says it has decided to postpone some scrubber installations to the first and the second quarter of 2020. Torm says it expects
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), has announced seven new hires and internal promotions as part of the development of its new companywide ethics and compliance function, first announced in
Shipowners looking to comply with the IMO 2020 sulfur cap by using fuels with biofuel blended in may face an unexpected problem: increased risk of microbial influenced corrosion (MIC) Fredericton, New Brunswick,
Technical developments in ship design and equipment continue to facilitate more and more ship operations in remote polar areas, despite challenging and unpredictable sea and weather conditions. IMO’s International Code for Ships
A containerized 600 kWh marine battery system will be installed in a trial on the containership Maersk Cape Town in December 2019 to improve vessel performance and reliability while reducing CO2 emissions.
Swedish based Terntank, a pioneer of LNG as a marine fuel, is taking the next step towards carbon-neutral shipping. It has ordered two new 15,000 dwt chemical/product/biofuels tankers at China’s AVIC Dingheng