FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — INTERTANKO says it welcomes a guidance on sulfur inspection from the European Maritime Safety Agency to support implementation of European Council Directive 1999/32/EC (“The EU Sulfur Directive”). INTERTANKO
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — Though much of the Obama Administration’s $4 trillion FY 2016 budget request to Congress may be dead on arrival, that’s not necessarily the case with the Navy shipbuilding
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — Tug and barge operator Harley Marine Services has installed an 8 m by 6 meter industrial grade LCD screen “media wall” in the communication center at its new
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has been awarded the newbuilding contract for the three LNG fueled escort tugs that Norway’s Østensjø Rederi is building for operation at Statoil’s Melkøya
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — For the first time, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a vessel from entering or using any port in Australia for 12 months. On January 31,
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced the launch of its PA6 B Offshore GenSet (OG). Aimed at the offshore-drilling segment, the new genset is specifically targeted at semisubmersible
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — A whistleblower is to collect $250,000 in a “magic pipe” case in which the Hachiuma Steamship Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Japan’s NYK Line, is to pay $1.8
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — ABB reports that it will deliver advanced electrical propulsion systems for four LNG carriers under construction by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. The LNG vessels are a joint
JANUARY 31, 2015 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, has been awarded a repair contract by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District for two tugs and two barges
JANUARY 30, 2015 — Hiroshige Tanioka, an executive of Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in
