Orders for scrubbers show sharp increase

JULY 30, 2018 — A recently completed survey of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) members reports a rapidly accelerating uptake of marine scrubbers with 71 scrubbers ordered in May 2018 alone.

NTSB releases first details of recovered Stretch Duck 7 recordings

JULY 29, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that it had completed of the initial review of the digital video recorder system recovered from the DUKW Stretch Duck 07

Cyber attack on COSCO Shipping not confined to North America

JULY 26, 2018 — The ransomware cyber attack on COSCO Shipping Lines is apparently not confined to the container shipping operator’s North American operations, as it indicated yesterday. An update issued by

Duck boat law based on ignored 1999 NTSB findings in works

JULY 25, 2018 – The duck boat accident that claimed 17 lives when a Ride the Ducks Branson vessel sank in Table Rock Lake in Stone County near Branson, MO, June 19,

COSCO Shipping comes under cyber attack

JULY 25, 2018 — COSCO Shipping Lines has been hit by a cyber attack on its North American operations. Although the company reportedly identifies the problem as a ransomware attack in internal

Scorpio Tankers orders 55 BWTS from Ecochlor, takes stake in company

JULY 24, 2018 — Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) has signed an agreement to purchase 55 ballast water treatment systems from Maynard, MA, headquartered Ecochlor, Inc. Installations are expected to begin in the

DSME Smart Ship Solution gets LR cyber security AiP

JULY 24, 2018 — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for the DSME Smart Ship Solution (DS4), receiving the Cyber SECURE

“Good progress” in efforts to refloat ship aground in Orkney Islands

JULY 24, 2018 — Efforts to prepare for the refloating of a Wagenborg cargo ship grounded in the Orkney Islands since July 18 are continuing. The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard agency reports

ABS updates its scrubber advisory

JULY 24, 2018 — Classification society ABS has updated the ABS Advisory on Exhaust Gas Scrubber Systems (Scrubber Advisory, providing deeper insights into installation and operational considerations for existing vessels. “Many in

Calls for duck boat ban as NTSB continues investigation of fatal sinking

JULY 23, 2018 — The U.S. Coast Guard is today overseeing salvage operations to raise the sunken duck boat Stretch Duck 7 from the bottom of Table Rock Lake, Missourii, off of

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