VIDEO: Key Bridge response, what’s new?
As the Key Bridge response Unified Command continues efforts to reopen access to the Port of Baltimore, the NTSB continues its investigation into what went wrong on board the containership Dali before
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Denmark will ban scrubber water discharges
The Danish Ministry of the Environment said today that, from July 1, 2025, the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber water from ships will be prohibited in waters up to 22 kilometers (about
Sara Gerdner Kalle named new Svitzer Europe CCO
Svitzer Europe has appointed Sara Gerdner Kalle as its new chief commercial officer, effective April 1, 2024. As CCO, she will lead the commercial function at Svitzer Europe, focusing on stakeholder relationships,
Support grows for USTR to slap U.S. port fees on Chinese-built ships
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) are seeing growing support for their push for the Biden Administration to initiate an investigation into the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unfair
Hapag-Lloyd in largest yet ship-to-ship bio-LNG bunkering
Titan Clean Fuels has successfully bunkered the Hapag-Lloyd containership Brussels Express with 2,200 tonnes of bio-LNG. Believed to be the largest yet ship-to-ship bioLNG bunkering, the operation marked Hapag-Lloyd’s entry into using
EuroGreen Maritime wins Equinor charter for four new super green product tankers
Nantes, France, headquartered EuroGreen Maritime SAS (EGM) reports that it has secured a seven-year charter agreement with Equinor ASA for four state-of-the-art MR IMO II product tankers, each fitted with a pair
VIDEO: Salvors remove first containers from Dali
As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works towards its target of restoring full access to the Port of Baltimore by the end of May, the Unified Command responding to the incident
New guidelines on SMS compliance and alternative fuels
The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has released guidelines that make recommendations for developing and implementing the Safety Management System (SMS) under IMO’s International Safety Management (ISM) Code. They address SMS requirements when
USACE targets end-of-May restoration of full Port of Baltimore access
As work to cope with the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse continued, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced a tentative timeline for the restoration of safe navigation
Key Bridge response operations deal with weather challenges
The Unified Command responding to the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was continuing to coordinate operations Wednesday, despite challenging weather conditions that included severe thunderstorms and high winds. Trained crews,