APRIL 13, 2018 — IMO’s Maritime Environment Protection Committee has agreed an initial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategy that requires international shipping to reduce total annual GHG emissions by at least
APRIL 12, 2018 — State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College will install Ocean Guardian, a digital environmental compliance tool, aboard the Training Ship Empire State for Summer Sea Term 2018
APRIL 12, 2018 — The first quarter of this year has seen fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asian waters than in the equivalent period last year. A
APRIL 11, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has completed the inactivation of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 65). As part of the complex process
APRIL 9, 2018 — IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72) is meeting in London this week. The most prominent — and contentious — item on the agenda is setting a strategy
APRIL 6, 2018 – Security specialist Dryad Maritime has issued an analysis of the April 3 attack on the Bahri tanker Abqaiq (see earlier story). According to Dryad, the initial report stated
APRIL 6, 2018 – In the latest development in a father-and-son pollution case, Randall Fox, one-time captain of the fishing vessel Native Sun and son of its owner Bingham Fox, was found
APRIL 5, 2018 — An April 3 attack by Yemen’s Houthi militia on a 303,000 dwt tanker owned by Saudi Arabian operator Bahri has attracted White House attention. A statement issued yesterday
APRIL 4, 2018 — Swedish headquartered appliance giant Electrolux AB is expanding a pilot project with shipping company Hamburg Süd to reduce pollution from high levels of sulfur oxides (SOx) in port
APRIL 3, 2018 — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued a Safety Alert to inform operators of the role that the main propulsion lube oil system was found