MEPC 84 takeaways

Decarbonization: IMO’s MEPC 78 takes just “baby steps”

Nobody is that delighted with the outcome of last week’s meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 78). The Clean Shipping Coalition characterized its results as “baby steps” towards increasing IMO’s

Berge Bulk is setting ambitious decarbonization goal

Berge Bulk partners with Kongsberg Maritime on decarbonization

Singapore-based dry bulk owner Berge Bulk and Kongsberg Maritime (KM) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and advance the deployment of decarbonization technologies onboard dry bulk cargo vessels. Berge

BWMS installation

Langh Tech BWMS receives IMO approval in record time

Finnish marine technology specialist Langh Tech Oy Ab reports that its LanghBW ballast water management system (BWMS) received an IMO MEPC type approval certificate on May 12, 2022, with USCG type approval

Svitzer aims to be carbon neutral by 2040

Svitzer aims to be fully carbon neutral by 2040

Leading towage operator Svitzer, which operates 435 vessels in 32 countries, today unveiled a decarbonization strategy that aims to see the company become fully carbon neutral by 2040. The two-stage strategy will

Guilty plea in oily bilge

Ship owner and operator enter guilty pleas in pollution case

Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited, related companies based in Greece, pleaded guilty today to knowing violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and the Ports and Waterways Safety

Former Austal USA execs face multiple charges

Bulker chief engineer pleads guilty in pollution case

The chief engineer of a Marshall Islands bulk carrier pleaded guilty May 18 to two felony counts: deliberately discharging approximately 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated bilge water overboard in U.S. waters off the

Two ships with rotor sails

Scandlines fits second ferry with rotor sail

Norsepower has completed its second rotor sail installation for Scandlines, adding a 30 meter high rotor sail to the hybrid ferry, M/V Berlin in an operation that was completed within a few

cover of sustainability report

Tidewater issues its second sustainability report

Houston headquartered offshore service vessel giant Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) has released its second formal sustainability report, disclosing its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in 2021. In his introduction to the report, Tidewater

Corvus CEO with Port of Bellingham exec

Corvus Energy to open U.S. battery factory

Underscoring the growing U.S. interest in all-electric and battery-hybrid vessels, Corvus Energy is expanding its U.S. operations by opening a new factory in Washington State. Corvus is the leading international supplier of

The ship that’s being designed to deal with ocean plastic pollution would be more than 150 meters in length.

Concept ship aims to turn ocean plastic pollution into hydrogen

Could the plastic waste polluting the world’s oceans be scooped up and converted into clean hydrogen at sea? That’s the plan behind an innovative concept ship design being developed by New York

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