Hedda Felin named CEO of Hurtigruten Norway

Hurtigruten Group has appointed Hedda Felin as CEO of Hurtigruten Norway, where she will will assume her new role on March 1, 2021, taking the helm of Hurtigruten’s iconic coastal Norway operations.

DNV beefs up cybersecurity

USCG issues guidance on commercial vessel cyber risk

In a regulatory update, ABS Group reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has issued a new work instruction (USCG Work Instruction CVC-WI-0270), providing guidance on the USCG commercial vessel compliance program’s approach

Gremex case ruling

Pacific Carriers hit with $12 million fine for pollution case felony offenses

In a ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Singapore based Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL) was yesterday sentenced to pay a fine of $12,000,000 after pleading

seafarer vaccination rates are low

IMO Secretary General urges priority COVID-19 vaccination for seafarers

Welcoming a UN General Assembly resolution calling for seafarers to be designated as key workers IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim is urging that seafarers and maritime workers receive priority COVID-19 vaccination to allow

Pandemic pushes up ship operating costs

Confirming reports that have been coming in all year from shipowners, ship managers, crewing agencies and other sources, a just published report confirms that the cost of complying with COVID-19 restrictions have

OSG picks oneTank for aftpeak tank ballast water treatment

Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has chosen Glosten spin-off oneTank, LLC to provide an aftpeak ballast water treatment solution for vessels in its fleet. Installation of the oneTank system will help bring OSG

Fat Leonard gets 15 year prison term

Norwegian shipowner sentenced to prison for role in notorious scrapping case

George Eide, the Norwegian shipowner at the heart of a controversial ship scrapping case that first hit the headlines in 2017, has been sentenced to a prison term. Attempts to illegally export

VIDEO: Golden Ray removal passes major milestone

The St. Simons Sound Response Unified Command (the Coast Guard, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Gallagher Marine Systems) has taken a big step forward in its efforts to dismantle the wreck

NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

Docking pilot’s actions seen as probable cause in tugboat allision with berth

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on its investigation of a Sept. 23, 2019, incident in which a wharf incurred $1.47 million in damage. The accident occurred

Misje Rederi opts for Wärtsilä hybrid solution for eco-friendly bulkers

Three newbuild eco-friendly 5,000 dwt bulk carriers being built for Misje Eco Bulk, a unit of the Norway based Misje Rederi group, are to have a fully integrated Wärtsilä hybrid solution that

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