GAO reports on Abandoned and Distressed Vessels

MARCH 28, 2017 — The GAO has published a report reviewing the actions federal and state agencies have taken to address abandoned and distressed vessels (ADVs) in U.S. waterways. ADVs can block

ABS meetings discuss sulfur cap and EU MRV regs

MARCH 28, 2017 Classification society ABS this month held its annual national and regional committee meetings in London, Copenhagen and Hamburg — and air emission requirements, including the impending 2020 sulfur cap and

LNG bunkering is an idea whose time hasn’t come (yet)

MARCH 28, 2017—With the the IMO Global Sulfur Cap of 0.5% looming on the horizon in 2020, Jack Jordan, Editorial Lead, S&P Global Platts, writes about whether shipowners will embrace burning Liquefied

MARAD advisory warns of Yemen risks to U.S.-flag ships

MARCH 28, 2017 — The U.S. Maritime Administration has issued an advisory warning that continued regional tensions in Yemen have increased the risks to U.S.-flagged commercial vessels transiting the Southern Red Sea.

Pirates reportedly release seized dhow

MARCH 27, 2017 — UKTMO (United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations) said yesterday that a fishing dhow had been released by the Somali pirates that had reportedly taken it for use as a

ClassNK issues first “scrubber ready” notations

MARCH 24, 2017 — Classification society ClassNK has issued EGCSR-F (Exhaust Gas Cleaning System Ready Full) notations to nine ships operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. This notification signifies that the ships

Pirates said to grab fishing vessel to use as mother ship

MARCH 24, 2017 — In a worrying sign that the Somali piracy threat is on the rise again, UKTMO (United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations) today issued an advisory saying that “reports have

VIDEO: Salvors raise Sewol ferry

MARCH 23, 2017 — Salvors have succeeded in raising the sunken South Korean ferry Seawol above the water surface. The ferry sank almost three years ago, killing more than 300 people, mostly

Ardent rights and refloats vessel grounded in Gota River

MARCH 22, 2016 — Ardent salvage crews have successfully used a parbuckling method to right and refloat the cargo vessel, M/V Sternö. The 1,350 dwt vessel, owned by Sweden’s Fiducia Rederi AB,

ABS to CMA delegates: Cyber risk won’t go away

MARCH 22, 2017 — “Cyber risk is a subject that is not going away,” ABS Chief Operating Officer Tony Nassif told delegates at this week’s Connecticut Maritime Association Shipping 2017 event in

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