World’s largest LNG bunker vessel heads to Europe

OCTOBER 18, 2018 — Yesterday, the 7,500 m3 capacity Kairos, the world’s largest LNG bunker supply vessel, began its journey from South Korea shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) to the ship’s primary

MAN Energy Solutions pledges incentives to stimulate decarbonization

OCTOBER 17, 2018 — At the fourth Naftemporiki Shipping Conference, held in Athens earlier this month, Wayne Jones OBE, Chief Sales Officer and Member of the Executive Board, MAN Energy Solutions, pledged

Stena Bulk to install scrubbers in up to 21 vessels

OCTOBER 16, 2018 – Stena Bulk now signed a turnkey agreement with China’s Shanghai Bluesoul Environmental Technology to equip its Suezmax and IMOIIMAX tanker fleets with exhaust gas scrubber solutions. In total,

Scorpio Bulkers will fit scrubbers to Kamsarmax and Ultramax vessels

OCTOBER 15, 2018 — Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE:SALT) has joined the growing list of bulk carrier operators who will invest in fitting exhaust gas scrubbers to its ships to meet to the

OOCL to meet IMO cap with low sulfur fuel, pass cost to customers

OCTOBER 15, 2018 — Another major containership operator — OOCL — is opting to meet the IMO global sulfur cap by using low sulfur fuel (LSF) and passing the added cost on

VIDEO: Containership and RO/RO finally separate after T-bone collision

OCTOBER 12, 2018 — Two ships that had been wedged together after a T-bone collision off Corsica on October 7 finally separated at about 9 pm yesterday when wave action added to

Cement carrier is first with IMO Tier III bulk handling system

OCTOBER 10, 2018 — Converted to a self-discharging cement carrier last year, the 7,937 dwt NACC Alicudi (ex Sider Alicudi) is the world’s first cement carrier to have a bulk handling system

ICS gives new guidance on garbage management plans

OCTOBER 10, 2018 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has recently published a new edition of its “Guidance for the Preparation and Implementation of Garbage Management Plans as Required by MARPOL

Star Bulk gets “Green Loan” for up to 50 scrubber retrofits

OCTOBER 10, 2018 — Last month Athens headquartered Star Bulk Carriers Corp (Nasdaq: SBLK, Oslo: SBLKR) reported that it intends to equip its entire fleet of 111 vessels with exhaust gas cleaning

French court charges U.S. master and Carnival with sulfur violation

OCTOBER 9, 2018 – A French prosecutor yesterday asked a court in Marseille to impose a fine of EUR 100,000 (about $115,000) on Carnival Corporation and on Evans Hoyt , the American

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