Environment

BWMS: Why bulkers are different

APRIL 25, 2017 — The U.S. dry bulk market will face a shortfall of vessels in a few years of time unless owners of this type of vessel can persuade the U.S.

Thordon water-lubricated bearing for new fast ferry

APRIL 24, 2017—New Zealand operator Fullers Group’s new 34.9m catamaran ferry Korora will feature Thordon Bearings’ TG100 seal as part of its water-lubricated propeller shaft arrangement based around a Henley Integrated Propulsion

Antifouling foul? More tin sneaks in

APRIL 19, 2017 — Remember TBT? Perhaps the most effective antifouling toxin ever, organotin tributyltin (TBT) was banned by an IMO convention that came into effect in 2008. Or was it? There

Evoqua gears up for increase in BWMS demand

APRIL 18, 2017 — With IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention set to enter into force this September, Evoqua Water Technologies is upgrading its SeaCURE system production facility in Caldicot, Wales, to meet

Navios signs LOI on scrubbers with BELCO

APRIL 12, 2017 — Navios Group member Navios ShipManagement Inc. has issued Parsippany, NJ, based DuPont subsidiary Belco Technologies Corporation (BELCO) a letter of intent (LOI) endorsing BELCO as the preferred supplier