OCTOBER 31, 2014 — Propulsion system specialist Schottel is now offering simulator training at its Spey/Rhine, Germany, headquarters where a new Transas simulator at the Schottel Academy enables customers to exercise their
OCTOBER 30, 2014 — Marseilles, France, headquartered CMA CGM is to retrofit ten more ships with bulbous bows optimized for current operating speeds. The container shipping giant has already carried out similar
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — A shoreside power system to allow cruise vessels to plug in when calling the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, is now complete and fully operational. Shore power
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Though pirate attacks worldwide have fallen for the third consecutive year, small tanker hijacks by armed gangs are escalating in Southeast Asia, according to the latest piracy report
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has taken delivery of Harvey Frost, the first of three eco-friendly 95,000 dwt bulk carriers featuring an air lubricated hull. The
OCTOBER 28, 2014 — At its 25th Annual Membership Meeting at the Yale Club in New York City last week, American Maritime Safety awarded Maritime Safety Awards to five member companies received
OCTOBER 27, 2014 — Japan’s Hitachi Zosen Corporation says it has become the first company to receive first-time approval (FTA) for a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for marine engines from its
OCTOBER 24, 2014 — Lysaker, Norway, headquartered Clean Marine AS says it has been selected by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) for two new
OCTOBER 23, 2014 — Ferry operators and other short sea operators could be cut a break on the requirement to fit ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) under the pending IMO Ballast Water
OCTOBER 23, 2014 — A collision between a multi-purpose cargo ship an unmanned crane barge under tow in the Dover Strait happened in part because the officer alone on the bridge of
