NTSB releases transcript of El Faro bridge audio
DECEMBER 13, 2016 — The transcript from the El Faro’s voyage data recorder bridge audio is one of five factual reports added Tuesday to the National Trasportation Safety Board’s El Faro investigation
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Wartsila licenses CSSC subsidiary to manufacture BWMS
DECEMBER 13, 2016 — Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), based in Jiujiang, China. The two-way agreement
Ardent completes largest wreck removal of 2016
DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Houston headquartered salvor Ardent last month completed the largest wreck removal of 2016 — removing the Troll Solution jack-up from the seabed of Mexico’s Bay of Campeche Weighing
USCG issues first U.S. BWM type approval
DECEMBER 2, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard today issued the first U.S. type-approval certificate for a ballast water management system. The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the certificate to Optimarin
Derecktor to build hybrid organic food transportation vessel
DECEMBER 1, 2016 — Derecktor Shipyards of Mamaroneck, NY, is to build its third hybrid vessel: a catamaran organic food transportation platform. It has teamed with Harbor Harvest of East Norwalk, CT,
Pollution: Princess Cruises to pay record criminal penalty
DECEMBER 1, 2016 —The Department of Justice reports that Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to seven felony charges stemming from its deliberate pollution of the seas and intentional
NTSB to open El Faro investigation docket
DECEMBER 1, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says that on December 13, it will open the docket for its investigation into the sinking of the U.S. flagged cargo ship El
Malaysian court sentences pirates to jail, cane
NOVEMBER 29, 2016 — A Malaysian court has handed down tough sentences to eight Indonesians convicted in the hijacking of an oil tanker in June 2015. Six were sentenced to 15 years
MPA Singapore reports on BatamFast ferry grounding
NOVEMBER 25, 2016 — The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has issued its Investigation Report on last year’s grounding of the Indonesian registered passenger ferry MV Sea Prince, operated by
Prison for D’Amico chief engineer in pollution case
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — A senior engineering officer employed by Italian shipping company D’Amico was yesterday sentenced today to eight months in prison for deliberately concealing a vessel’s discharge of oily waste