Shipowners waiting too long to install ballast water management systems (BWMS) by the deadline set by the IMO BWM convention may face problems. Classification society ClassNK has been periodically analyzing the retrofitting
High traffic, seasonal fog and COVID-19 related issues had already led to congestion and long waiting times for VLGCs transiting the Panama Canal, reports Norway’s Cleaves Securities. In an advisory note dated
Tensions are ratcheting up in the Middle East as Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced that it had stopped a South Korean-flagged ship “for environmental pollution in the Persian Gulf,” adding that
The St. Simons Sound Incident response team has completed cutting operations to separate a second section —the stern, designated as Section Eight—from the wreck of the capsized car carrier stern Golden Ray.
For the U.S. maritime industry, the 2020 legislative year did not end until January 1, 2021. That’s when the Senate held a session at which it completed, by a vote of 81
The crew of a Liberian flagged tanker have found what appears to be a limpet mine attached to the vessel’s hull while conducting ship to ship operations 6 nautical miles south of
In a posting on its Maritime Commons blog, the U.S. Coast Guard reports that its Marine Safety Center has issued the 39th U.S. Coast Guard BWMS Type Approval Certificate to Alfa Laval
The St. Simons Sound Incident response team is now well into the cut that will separate the stern section of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray. Meantime, the bow section of the
Stamford, Conn., headquartered Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) reports that it has purchased two modern high-specification SDARI-64 design, scrubber-fitted Ultramax bulk carriers. This follows the company’s recently-announced acquisition of a similar
Underscoring the efforts being made by leading corporations to reduce their carbon footprints, Volkswagen Group Logistics is to use certified fuel from vegetable residues for certain new car shipments via marine routes.