Carnival now has scrubbers installed in 60 cruise ships

FEBRUARY 27, 2017 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) reports that it has completed the installation and certification of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) on an industry-leading 60 ships

Shipping banks exposed to “decarbonization” risks

FEBRUARY 27, 2017 — “Financiers should be future-proofing investments and preparing to harness the new opportunities decarbonization will create,” says Carbon War Room CEO Jules Kortenhorst. “Even with $400 billion in global

ICS points to growing risk of regional action on shipping CO2

FEBRUARY 24, 2017 — Unless the IMO makes significant progress on reducing CO2 emissions from shipping, the industry could face regional action not only from the EU, but also from Canada or

Jury finds two Aegean engineers guilty in magic pipe case

FEBRUARY 23, 2017 — A federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, late yesterday convicted two chief engineers of the vessel, T/V Green Sky, of falsifying documents in order to conceal illegal discharges

Hyundai Global inks scrubber retrofit MOU

FEBRUARY 21, 2017 — Hyundai Global Services — a company recently spun off by shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries – has signed an MOU with Korean shipping company KSS Line that will see

MSC Fantasia scrubber receives BV MED certification

FEBRUARY 20, 2017 — MSC Fantasia, the first MSC Cruises ship to be retrofitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems, has received her MED Certificate from Bureau Veritas after passing MARPOL testing. This

Hitachi Zosen books order for SCR systems

FEBRUARY 16, 2017 — Hitachi Zosen Corporation reports that it has received an order from China’s Dalian Marine Diesel Co. for two high-pressure selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems. Hitachi Zosen says this

EU Parliament votes to snag ships in emissions trading net

FEBRUARY 15, 2017 — The European Parliament has voted 379 to 263 approve a measure on carbon trading that, among other things, would drag shipping (including non EU-ships) into the EU Emission

Failed to use USCG approved BWMS, faces civil penalty

FEBRUARY 14, 2017 —The Coast Guard has initiated civil penalty proceedings against Hamburg headquartered Vega Reederei GmbH & Co. KG after investigators found that around Jan. 29, 2017, while moored in Tacoma,

Lifejacket issue keeps Majesty of the Seas in port

FEBRUARY 14, 2017 — Lifejackets that “were showing their age” meant that Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas remained docked in Port Canaveral this morning. . The ship had been scheduled to

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