Coast Guard responds to OSV grounding
MARCH 8, 2017 — Coast Guard crews are coordinating salvage efforts for an offshore service vessel aground off the west Cameron Jetties, Cameron Parish, LA. At 7:20 a.m. today Vessel Traffic Service
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USCG issues bulletin on BWM extension program
MARCH 7, 2017 — With what is still a relatively small number of U.S. Coast Guard type-approved ballast water management systems starting to be available, many vessel owners will now have questions
Resolve rights Indian Navy frigate after undocking accident
MARCH 1, 2017 — Resolve Marine Group, Inc. and the Indian Navy have successfully rolled and righted the 3,800 t guided missile frigate INS Betwa. Due to a loss of stability while
Carnival now has scrubbers installed in 60 cruise ships
FEBRUARY 27, 2017 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) reports that it has completed the installation and certification of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) on an industry-leading 60 ships
Shipping banks exposed to “decarbonization” risks
FEBRUARY 27, 2017 — “Financiers should be future-proofing investments and preparing to harness the new opportunities decarbonization will create,” says Carbon War Room CEO Jules Kortenhorst. “Even with $400 billion in global
ICS points to growing risk of regional action on shipping CO2
FEBRUARY 24, 2017 — Unless the IMO makes significant progress on reducing CO2 emissions from shipping, the industry could face regional action not only from the EU, but also from Canada or
Jury finds two Aegean engineers guilty in magic pipe case
FEBRUARY 23, 2017 — A federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, late yesterday convicted two chief engineers of the vessel, T/V Green Sky, of falsifying documents in order to conceal illegal discharges
Hyundai Global inks scrubber retrofit MOU
FEBRUARY 21, 2017 — Hyundai Global Services — a company recently spun off by shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries – has signed an MOU with Korean shipping company KSS Line that will see
MSC Fantasia scrubber receives BV MED certification
FEBRUARY 20, 2017 — MSC Fantasia, the first MSC Cruises ship to be retrofitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems, has received her MED Certificate from Bureau Veritas after passing MARPOL testing. This
Hitachi Zosen books order for SCR systems
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 — Hitachi Zosen Corporation reports that it has received an order from China’s Dalian Marine Diesel Co. for two high-pressure selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems. Hitachi Zosen says this