DNV GL certifies first ECDIS to meet new standards
FEBRUARY 2, 2016 – All vessels must have ECDIS meeting new IHO and IEC standards by a deadline currently set as September of this. The new generation of the Transas ECDIS is
New e-learning program on onboard coatings maintenance
FEBRUARY 2, 2016 – To support the effective onboard application and maintenance of its International range of marine coatings, AkzoNobel’s Marine Coatings business has teamed with maritime training solutions provider Marlins to
ABS and COSCO sign Arctic shipping cooperation agreement
FEBRUARY 2, 2016 – Classification society ABS has signed a Cooperation Agreement on Trans-Arctic Shipping Development with China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO). Changing climate conditions have opened new operational and trading
Vard Marine to design icebreaking vessel for Chile
FEBRUARY 2, 2016 – Vard Marine has secured a contract worth EUR 4 million for the design of an Antarctic icebreaking vessel for the Chilean Navy. Based in the U.S. and Canada,
North Carolina ferry in grounding incident
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — The North Carolina Department of Transportation says that at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, the Ferry Division vessel M/V Roanoke ran soft aground on its way
Outrage grows over Prestige master prison sentence
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 —The Spanish Supreme Court’s decision to sentence Captain Mangouras to two years imprisonment over the 2002 Prestige oil spill is meeting with growing industry condemnation. ITF seafarers section chair
VIDEO: Smit team gets tow line aboard Modern Express
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — France appears to have avoided what could have been an environmental disaster. A Smit Salvage team has succeeded in getting a line aboard the drifting car carrier Modern
MSC Cruises orders two mega ships at STX France
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — MSC Cruises has exercised an option at STX France added two 6,300 passenger cruise ships, worth a total $1.74 billion, to the two 4,500 passenger vessels it already
Polarcus trims executive positions
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — More heads are rolling at seismic vessel operator Polarcus under what the geophysical company says is a plan providing it with “a business model to withstand a prolonged
Joint venture targets offshore, marine winches and cranes
FEBRUARY 1, 2016—Scantrol, MEC/MJR and Hydrofit have formed a new U.K.-based joint venture called Dynamic Integrating that will offer electric and hydraulic drive and control solutions for marine and offshore winches. Derek