The U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) COVID-19 Working Group (C-19 WG) is encouraging mariners from all segments of the U.S. maritime industry to take ten minutes to anonymously complete
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on a December 10, 2019, incident in which, at about 7.00 a.m., the fishing vessel Miss Annie was transiting out of
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. (MOL) has disposed of its oldest LNG carrier, the 1984-built Senshu Maru. The Equasis database shows the ship’s status as broken up as of January 18, 2021.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) reports that the reduction in the upper limit of the sulfur content of ships’ fuel oil to 0.5% (from 3.5%) that went into effect January 1, 2020,
President Joe Biden yesterday signed a number of Executive Orders that follow through on a commitment to take aggressive action on climate change that began on his first day in office with
MAN Energy Solutions has won an order for six MAN B&W 11G95ME-GI Mk10.5 main engines in connection with the building of six ultra-large, 23,500TEU container vessels for Hapag-Lloyd. The engines will be
In a worldwide call to action to end the unprecedented crew change deadlock caused by COVID-19, over 300 companies and organizations have joined forces to help resolve what has become a humanitarian
As part of a consortium led by Finland’s University of Vaasa, Wärtsilä will play a key role in an EU-funded project aimed at reducing the environmental impact of shipping. Backed by EUR
Indian, Turkish, Azerbaijaniani and Bangladeshi seafarers are in the third week of a hunger strike in the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, reports the International Transport Workers Federation. The abandoned crew of the
The U.S. Coast Guard is moving forward with plans to require that U.S. flag passenger vessels have Safety Management Systems—structured and documented sets of procedures enabling company and vessel personnel to effectively