American Club warns of USCG crackdown on MARPOL compliance
The U.S. Coast Guard is tightening its vigilance on ships that may infringe MARPOL regulations, the American P&I Club has warned its members. The club’s managers warn that there has been a
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InterManager President opposes ban on ransom payments to pirates
InterManager President Alastair Evitt says that any move by governments to ban the payment of ransoms to pirates would have a “massively detrimental effect on the risk to the world’s seafarers and
USCG releases final rule on ballast water discharge standards
Jeffrey Lantz, director of the Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Regulations and Standards, says that a just-released final rule on ballast water discharge will protect the marine environment and is consistent with
UK Club bulletin warns on dangers of pressing up ballast tanks
The UK P&I Club has issued a loss prevention bulletin on the dangers of pressing up ballast tanks. In a recent case, says the bulletin, an entered vessel pressed up its ballast
Resolve Academy opens new Simulation Training Center
Resolve Maritime Academy opened its new Simulation Training Center this week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., USA facility adjacent to Port Everglades. Sharing the ceremonial scissors in our
Stolt Valor suffers explosion
The Navy reports that guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Baranof (WPB 1318) rescued 24 Filipino mariners in the Persian Gulf, early March 15. At
Wärtsilä inks service agreement with Prestige Cruise Holdings
Wärtsilä has signed a five-year service agreement with U.S.-based Prestige Cruise Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The long-term service agreement covers six vessels, a
CLIA leadership talks about cruise industry safety … and growth plans
With the Costa Concordia incident still impacting bookings, the top executives of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) gave delegates gathered at Cruise Shipping Miami their views on cruising’s safety record and policies
AIDA newbuilds will use air bubbles and Azipods to cut fuel consumption
Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises subsidiary has released more details about the two 3,250 passenger cruise ships that it has on order at the Nagasaki Shipyard of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for
Wilhelmsen pulls current Unitor BWTS design from market
In an Oslo Stock Exchange announcement today, Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA said before tax profits would take a $15 million hit as a result of a decision by its subsidiary Wilhelmsen Technical