IMO panel tries to smooth path to 0.5% sulfur cap
JANUARY 19, 2017 — Work to support the smooth and effective implementation of the 0.5 percent global sulfur cap on marine fuel is a main focus for IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention
JANUARY 19, 2017 — Work to support the smooth and effective implementation of the 0.5 percent global sulfur cap on marine fuel is a main focus for IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention
JANUARY 17, 2017 — The Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has been tallying up its achievements in 2016. It notes that it “continued its robust program
JANUARY 16, 2016 — While U.S.legislation and the IMO Ballast Water Convention mean that shipowners will have to invest millions to fit ballast water treatment systems, this will not prevent the transfer
JANUARY 12, 2017 —The Department of Justice reports that two Greek shipping companies — Oceanfleet Shipping Limited and Oceanic Illsabe Limited — were sentenced yesterday to pay corporate penalties totaling $2.7 million
JANUARY 10, 2017 — More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its lowest levels since 1998, according to the
JANUARY 9, 2017 — Shipowners worldwide have already voiced their concerns over the possible inclusion of shipping in the European Union’s Emission Trading System (see earlier story). Now IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has
JANUARY 8, 2017 — Incoming cruise ships entering the Puerta Maya Cruise Terminal in Cozumel, Mexico, can now see real-time current speed, current direction, and water temperature data displayed as part of
DECEMBER 29, 2016 — The U.K.’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch report into the August 2015 collision of the general cargo vessel Daroja and oil bunker barge Erin Wood says the accident happened
DECEMBER 28, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard has issued its first type approval for a ballast water management system based on electrochlorination technology. The manufactureer — Drammen, Norway, headquartered OceanSaver —
DECEMBER 27, 2016 – Alfa Laval reports that it received U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) type approval for the third generation of its ballast water treatment system (BWTS), PureBallast, on December 23. The