Call for EU levy on NOX emissions from ships
JUNE 16, 2016 — A European environmentalist group looks to be calling for a tax on nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions from ships. A study commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E) identifies policy
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Schulte box ship earns discounts for environmental performance
JUNE 14, 2016 — The 5,400 TEU containership Carl Schulte’s is meeting the most stringent environmental standards so successfully that it is ranked in the top 2% of containerships of its size
DESMI BWTS approved for hazardous area installation
JUNE 13, 2016 — Aalborg, Denmark, based DESMI Ocean Guard A/S reports that Dekra Exam GmbH has issued ATEX certificate for its RayClean-EX ballast water treatment system. This means the system can
Lack of communications led to Houston Ship Channel collision
JUNE 9, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board said yesterday that the probable cause of the 2015 collision of the Conti Peridot and the Carla Maersk in the Houston Ship Channel
NTSB set to launch El Faro VDR recovery mission
JUNE 7, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says it will launch a mission early July to recover the voyage data recorder (VDR) from the TOTE cargo ship El Faro. The
Shipowners: EU must align its CO2 reporting with IMO
JUNE 6, 2016—Through a coordinated campaign, shipowner associations are going to try to persuade the European Union to align its unilateral regulation on the monitoring of shipping’s CO2 emissions with the mandatory
Grounded laker: lightered, refloated, anchored
JUNE 6, 2016 — After successful lightering operations that began Friday (see earlier story) the grounded Great Lakes self-unloader Roger Blough has been refloated and, by Saturday afternoon, was safely anchored in
Lightering of grounded Great Lakes bulker gets underway
JUNE 3, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard says that it continues to monitor and respond as lightering operations, which began this morning, continue on the grounded Great Lakes self-unloading bulker Roger
Ardent celebrates its first birthday
JUNE 3, 2016 — Houston headquartered Ardent, the company created by the merger of Crowley Maritime’s Titan Salvage and the Maersk Group’s Svitzer Salvage, has just celebrated its first birthday. “One year
LR provides AIP for HMD design LNG bunkering vessel
JUNE 3, 2016—Lloyd’s Register has given Approval in Principle (AIP) to a Hyundai Mipo Dockyard design for a self-propelled 6,600 m3 tanker that would provide bunkering capability at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal.