Ship aground in Sweden’s Gota River
MARCH 10, 2017 — The 3,171 dwt Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Skagern has run aground in the Gota River southwest of the locks in Trollhättan, Sweden. The Swedish Maritime Administration reports that
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VIDEO: Sponge could be breakthrough in spill clean-up
MARCH 9, 2017 —When the Deepwater Horizon drilling pipe blew out seven years ago, those in charge of the recovery discovered that the oil bubbling from the sea floor wasn’t all collecting
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
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
Docking maneuver errors led to cruise ship allision
MARCH 7, 2017 — Too much speed and too steep an angle of approach resulted in the May 8, 2016, allision involving the cruise ship Carnival Pride in which more than $2
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