USCG issues first U.S. BWM type approval

DECEMBER 2, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard today issued the first U.S. type-approval certificate for a ballast water management system. The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the certificate to Optimarin

Derecktor to build hybrid organic food transportation vessel

DECEMBER 1, 2016 — Derecktor Shipyards of Mamaroneck, NY, is to build its third hybrid vessel: a catamaran organic food transportation platform. It has teamed with Harbor Harvest of East Norwalk, CT,

Pollution: Princess Cruises to pay record criminal penalty

DECEMBER 1, 2016 —The Department of Justice reports that Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to seven felony charges stemming from its deliberate pollution of the seas and intentional

NTSB to open El Faro investigation docket

DECEMBER 1, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says that on December 13, it will open the docket for its investigation into the sinking of the U.S. flagged cargo ship El

Malaysian court sentences pirates to jail, cane

NOVEMBER 29, 2016 — A Malaysian court has handed down tough sentences to eight Indonesians convicted in the hijacking of an oil tanker in June 2015. Six were sentenced to 15 years

MPA Singapore reports on BatamFast ferry grounding

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 — The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has issued its Investigation Report on last year’s grounding of the Indonesian registered passenger ferry MV Sea Prince, operated by

Prison for D’Amico chief engineer in pollution case

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — A senior engineering officer employed by Italian shipping company D’Amico was yesterday sentenced today to eight months in prison for deliberately concealing a vessel’s discharge of oily waste

Hurtigruten newbuilds showcase green technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — MS Roald Amundsen and MS Fridtjof Nansen, the Rolls-Royce designed 600 passenger expedition cruise ships on order at Norway’s Kleven shipyard for Hurtigruten, will feature a new and

O-ring replacement eyed in engine room fire

NOVEMBER 20, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says that an improperly installed fitting on a fuel line supplying an auxiliary engine fuel injector pump is the probable cause of a

Pressure grows for HFO-free Arctic

NOVEMBER 18, 2016 — The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) has reconfirmed its support for an international ban on heavy fuel oil (HFO) for all ship traffic in the Arctic.

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