Alfa Laval has scrubber ready for 0.5% sulfur compliance
JULY 14, 2016 — Alfa Laval says it is ready to help customers meet a global 0.5% sulfur fuel limit, whether the decision is taken at October’s meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental
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USCG issues ballast water management system guidance
JULY 13, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Operating and Environmental Standards has issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (OES-MSIB) on ballast water management requirements that gives an update on
Optimarin BWTS completes USCG testing
JULY 7, 2016 — Sandnes, Norway, headquartered ballast water treatment (BWT) system specialist Optimarin reports that it has successfully completed the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) environmental test and all land-based and shipboard
Two more Great Lakes bulkers to fit Dupont scrubbers
JULY 7, 2016 —Dupont (NYSE:DD) subsidiary Belco Technologies Corporation, Parsippany, NJ, has been awarded a contract to supply DuPont Marine Scrubbers for two additional Interlake Steamship Company ships. Interlake has now contracted
Cornelia operator cops plea, will pay $1 million
JULY 6, 2016 — Schnaittenbach, Germany, headquartered Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH (MST), operator of the M/V Cornelia, will pay penalties totaling $1 million after yesterday pleaded guilty in U.S. District
LNG hybrid barge delivering green power despite red tape
JULY 6, 2016 — Though “inflexible restrictions remain a source of annoyance,” the LNG hybrid barge Hummel is continuing to “work perfectly,” supplying low-emission power to the cruise ship AIDAsol in the
LPG carrier first with “Scrubber Ready” notation
JULY 5, 2016 — The 84,000 cu.m LPG carrier Oriental, recently delivered by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, Korea, and is the first vessel to be awarded the DNV GL “Scrubber Ready” notation.
Alfa Laval PureBallast completes USCG test procedures
JULY 5, 2016 — Alfa Laval says it remains on track to submit a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) type approval application for Alfa Laval PureBallast 3.1 ballast water management system (BWMS) in
Danish Shipowners Association launches CO2 emissions study
JULY 1, 2016 — The Danish Shipowners’ Association supports global efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from shipping and Danish shipping companies are already undertaking a number of initiatives to limit these emissions.
Paris MOU countries banned fewer ships last year
JUNE 30, 2016 — In its latest annual report, the Paris MOU on Port State Control reports that 2015 saw a large decrease in refusals of access (“bans”) within the region: 11