DNV GL opens second Op Center to support growing demand for remote surveys

Two years after its fleet wide roll-out of remote surveys, classification society, DNV GL- Maritime has opened a new state-of-the-art Operational Center in Hamburg, Germany, to support the delivery of remote services

LNG yields years of additional competitive advantage for Poseidon Principle loans

New analysis from the SEA-LNG coalition demonstrates how ships that are fueled by LNG, rather than conventional fuels, can benefit for up to eight years of emissions compliance for preferable asset financing

Treasury sanctions list includes Putin's yachts

Shipowners and P&I clubs turn to predictive intelligence to ensure sanctions compliance

While sanctions-busting countries continue to find new way to cloak their maritime activities, the shipping industry faces increasing sanctions compliance requirements from agencies such as the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets

Cargill in wind propulsion initiative

Agribusiness giant Cargill, one of the world’s top charterers of ships, is continuing to put its considerable weight behind efforts to decarbonize shipping. In its latest move in this direction it has

Canada rolls out new marine navigation safety regs

Canadian Minister of Transport Marc Garneau today announced that the Government of Canada has published its new Marine Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020. They apply to commercial vessels of all sizes, including fishing

VIDEO: VB-10,000 arrives at Golden Ray wreck site

The largest heavy lift vessel ever built in the U.S., the twin-gantry, twin-barge catamaran VB-10,000, has now arrived in St. Simons Sound, Ga., where it will play a key role in the

LNG fueled car carrier

ClassNK grants first “Digital Smart Ship” notation

Delivered to NYK Line today by Shin Kurishima Dockyard, Sakura Leader is not only the first large LNG-fueled PCTC to be built in Japan, but the first ship to be granted ClassNK’s

IMO HQ

IMO panel agreement on CO2 reduction gets mixed reviews

An International Maritime Organization working group that met virtually last week has produced a proposed package of additional CO2 reduction measures for the existing global shipping fleet. The draft text will now

Crew change crisis takes toll on seafarer hopes

“Life during COVID is hell,” is one response received in the most recent survey on Seafarers Happiness survey conducted by the Mission to Seafarers with the support of the Shipowners’ P&I Club

Costa Cruises completes Italy’s first LNG bunkering operation

Carnival Corporation’s Costa Cruises brand reports another milestone for Costa Smeralda, its first ship fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Costa flagship’s bunkering with the fuel on October 25 in the

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