Seaway ports get boost from wheat, wind turbines
As ports along the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System continue to ride the waves of the 2020 shipping season, industry experts see better prospects for the remainder of the season. According to
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USCG approves oneTank ballast water management system
The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center has issued the 35th U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Glosten spin-off oneTank, LLC after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s
Victory Cruise Lines in collaborative partnership with Cal Poly
Victory Cruise Lines (VCL), which is operated by Hornblower Group’s American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC), reports that it has entered a collaborative partnership with California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). The partnership
Simulation project gives design-stage insight into vessel carbon footprint
A joint development program completed by ABS and South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will enable shipyards and vessel designers to analyze the carbon footprint of a vessel at the design
CROE partners with Oberlin on scrubber washwater filtration
Parsippany, N.J., headquartered CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) has formed a strategic partnershio with Pewaukee, Wis., headquartered Oberlin Filter Company. The agreement will provide an automatic, low-maintenance washwater filtration system to supplement CROE’s
Harvey Gulf converts four PSVs to lightering support vessels
New Orleans, La., headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine has begun converting four 220-foot DPS-2 platform supply vessels into lightering support vessels. They will be capable of stowing one set of four Jumbo
Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy takes simulation to the cloud
Wärtsilä has delivered its new Cloud Simulation solution to Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy. Comprising a combination of cloud-based solutions, including navigational, engine room and liquid cargo handling simulators, the online installation was
Maersk Etienne transfers rescued migrants to NGO vessel
Maersk Tankers reports that 27 rescued migrants who had been on board its tanker Maersk Etienne for 38 days have been safely disembarked. Today they were transferred to the ship Mare Jonio
IINO Lines receives ClassNK verification of its GHG assertion
Tokyo-headquartered IINO Kaiun Kaisha Ltd.(IINO Lines) has recently received third party verification of its GHG assertion from classification society ClassNK. A GHG assertion, according to the Washington, D.C., based GHG Management Institute,
Another crew member pleads guilty in MSC Gayane coke bust case
United States Attorney William M. McSwain today announced that Aleksandar Kavaja, 27, a national of Montenegro, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III to charges of conspiracy to