Pressure grows for Baltic wide ban on scrubber water discharges
The pressure for a Baltic wide ban on the discharge of wash water from ships’ exhaust gas cleaning systems, or scrubbers, is growing. And advocates of the Baltic ban have hopes that
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VIDEO: Key Bridge salvors are tackling a challenge of epic scale
New video and imagery released by the unified command show the scale of the challenge that the Key Bridge salvors face. In the current phase if the operation, salvage crews have been
Grady Hurley elected as new Maritime Law Association president
Law firm Jones Walker LLP reports that Grady Hurley, a partner in the firm and co-leader of its maritime litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution team, was elected president of the Maritime Law
Seaspan Corporation rolls out Starlink fleetwide
SpaceX’s Starlink LEO satellite connectivity continues to make inroads into the maritime satcom market. Vancouver, B.C, based containership leasing giant Seaspan Corporation reports that it has completed a groundbreaking initiative to equip
Innovative wing sail retrofit wins chemical tanker a Green Award
The Green Award Foundation reports that the Chemship B.V. chemical taker Chemical Challenger, has become the first vessel to receive the prestigious Green Award GHG Label for CO2 reduction through the use
Dive boat fire captain sentenced to four year prison term
Jerry Nehl Boylan, 70, the captain of the Conception, the Santa Barbara-based dive boat involved in the deadly 2019 fire that cost 34 lives, was yesterday sentenced to 48 months in federal
DNV: Steady increase in new orders for alternative fuel vessels
DNV has now released the April figures from its Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform. They show that a total of 23 new orders for alternative fueled vessels were registered in April 2024.
Trafigura commits to ammonia fueling with newbuild order for four gas carriers
One of the world’s largest charterers and operators of ships, Trafigura, has signed a contract for four medium gas carriers (MGC) that will be capable of using low-carbon ammonia as a propulsion
Bank effect eyed in $29.5 million tanker strike on pier
The “bank effect” was in play when the 49,662 dwt tanker Bow Triumph, operated by Odfjell Management, struck a 300-foot section of pier at Joint Base Charleston’s Naval Weapons Station in South
Carnival completes fleetwide rollout of LR OneOcean EnviroManager+
Carnival Corporation’s nine cruise lines and 90-plus ships sail all over the world, making more than 22,000 port calls each year to over 800 destinations, each with potentially different environmental regulations governing