Execs involved in biofuel bunkering op

Hapag-Lloyd box ship bunkers with used cooking oil based biofuel

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has successfully completed its first refueling of a Hapag-Lloyd container vessel in Singapore with sustainable, UCOME (Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester)-based, marine biofuel. The operation saw the 15,000 TEU

TTB 2023: Panelists to discuss the tech shift as we move to lower emissions

On March 7-8 in Mobile, Ala., Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB) 2023 will once again bring together owners, operators, naval architects, shipbuilders and more to discuss advances in technology and design, as

Clay Heil has joined Crowley

Crowley names new VP of global government relations

Crowley has appointed Clay Heil as vice president of global government relations. In that role he will lead the company’s full spectrum of government advocacy for all of its company’s business interests

Responders tackle lithium-ion battery fire

USCG: Don’t load EVs with damaged Li-ion batteries

As EVs (electric vehicle) use grows, so do the risks of battery fires and the Coast Guard has issued a new Marine Safety Alert warning of the extreme risk of loading EVs

liquid hydrogen carrier

What caused gas flame incident on maiden voyage of world’s first LH2 carrier?

The Australian Transport Safety Board has now issued a report on a January 25, 2022 incident in which a gas flame briefly propagating onto the deck of the world’s first liquified hydrogen

ballast water treatment system could be prone to cybersecurity threats

Could your BWTS offer a back door to cyber hackers?

Like any networked system or control software onboard ship, the ballasting process, including the treatment system, can be susceptible to a cyberattack, with hackers looking for an entry point to a vessel’s

bulker fire responders

Fire breaks out on bulker at Willamette River terminal

The Coast Guard is supporting Portland, Oregon, Fire Rescue and other responding agencies after the 623-foot Liberian-flag bulk carrier Breeze caught fire while moored at the Temco LLC grain terminal in Portland,

TTB: Vessel operators, TPOs join forces on Subchapter M panel

While waterways operators may be relaxing a little after the industry’s successful completion of the four-year Certificate of Inspection phase-in of the Subchapter M towing vessel safety program, they now face further

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

AIS deactivation could cost fishing vessel $41K

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a civil penalty with a maximum punishment of $41,093 against a commercial fishing vessel for violating Automated Identification System (AIS) regulations near the mouth of the

FMC launches investigation of flagging practices

FMC will seek additional comments on “Unreasonable Refusal to Deal” rulemaking

In a briefing this week, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) noted that since the signing into law of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA), the public is continuing to take advantage of

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