APRIL 27, 2014—Saying that the “government took inadequate measures and disappointed the public,” South Korea Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on national television in the wake of the ferry capsizing
APRIL 26, 2014—March 24 marked the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which resulted in one of the shipping’s worst environmental disasters and triggered sweeping U.S. and international marine pollution
APRIL 26, 2014—The first of the 19 sponsons that will be installed on the Costa Concordia in preparation for the refloating of the submerged cruise ship arrived this morning in Giglio Island,
APRIL 25, 2014 — Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade is developing a program to place construction orders at Crimean shipyards. According to a Ministry press release, these could include building tankers
APRIL 25, 2014 — Italian national Romano Pisciotti, a former manager of Parker ITR Srl’s Oil & Gas Business Unit, who was extradited from Germany in early April 2014, pleaded guilty Wednesday
APRIL 25, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that apprentices at Newport News Shipbuilding will now have the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science degree while completing a marine engineer
APRIL 25, 2014 — Two new fishing vessels under construction at the Celiktrans shipyard in Turkey for Iceland’s HB Grandi will be fitted with new versions of the Wärtsilä NOx Reducer (NOR)
APRIL 25, 2014 — Damen Shipyards has booked its first order to construct a new ASD 3212 tug for operation in Italian waters. It is the 15th order to be placed with
APRIL 25, 2014 — Hamburg Sud’s M/V Cap Palmerston plugged into shoreside power at the Port of Hueneme, California, at a recent ribbon cutting ceremony to introduce the port’s Grid-Based Shore Power
APRIL 24, 2004 — From January 1, 2017, it will be mandatory for bunker suppliers in the Port of Singapore to use the Mass Flow Metering (MFM) system for bunker delivery of
