USCG and EPA get set to enforce new sulfur limits
NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — The Coast Guard and EPA are getting set to take action to ensure compliance with the forthcoming 0.10 percent fuel sulfur limits in the North American and U.S.
Langh Ship to have new MD
NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — Finnish family owned shipping company Oy Langh Ship Ab will get a new managing director at the turn of the year, when the current managing director, Hans Langh,
Study: Maritime traffic up 300% since 1992
NOVEMBER 18, 2014 — Shipowners still wondering why environmental regulatory pressure on the industry keeps growing might want to take a look at a new study quantifying global ship traffic that has
Wärtsilä to design, equip Mid East’s first LNG harbor tug
NOVEMBER 18, 2014 — Drydocks World (DDW), Dubai, UAE, has contracted Wärtsilä to design and supply the propulsion and other equipment for a new harbor tug that will operate on liquefied natural
HHI to deliver world’s largest containership
NOVEMBER 18, 2014—The 19,000 TEU CSCL Globe, the world’s largest containership was recently christened in South Korea during a ceremony at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI). The CSCL Globe is the
As if a CPP control failure wasn’t bad enough …
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has issued a report on an October 29, 2013 incident in which the RO/RO heavy lift ship HC Rubina, managed by IMM Shipping
Chemical tanker features cargo tank breakthrough
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — Japan’s Hiro Naviera S.A. has taken delivery of Sunrise Hope, the world’s first chemical tanker to use a combination of duplex stainless steel and stainless clad steel in
Industry goes pink
NOVEMBER 17, 2014—For the entire month of October, sports teams, schools and businesses nationwide go pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women
First year of MLC brings 113 Paris MoU detentions
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — The Maritime Labor Convention (MLC, 2006) came into force August 20, 2013. By the time of its first anniversary, countries signatory to the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on
Oilfield services giants agree $34.6 billion merger
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — In a deal that is expected to attract intense anti-trust scrutiny, the world’s second and third largest oilfield services providers, Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Baker Hughes Incorporated