VT Halter Marine hosts Q-LNG ATB naming ceremony

In a milestone event, VT Halter Marine, Inc. has conducted a vessel naming ceremony for America’s first offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Articulated Tug and Barge (LNG ATB) unit. In November 2017, VT

Bourbon Rhode: Two more bodies recovered

Bourbon Offshore today reported the deaths of two more crew members of the Bourbon Rhode, the tug supply vessel that sank last week after being caught near the eye of Hurricane Lorenzo

VIDEO: NYK claims a world first in autonomous ship operation

Japan’s NYK Line has conducted what it says is the world’s first Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) trial to be performed in accordance with the IMO’s interim guidelines such trials. NYK’s goal

Bourbon Rhode: Body recovered

Bourbon Offshore said today that the body of one of the crew members aboard its tug supply vessel Bourbon Rhode had been located and recovered. The Bourbon Rhode, with 14 crew on

BIMCO assesses dry bulk outlook

BIMCO proposes limits on ships’ power

A proposal submitted to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by BIMCO would regulate the propulsion power of ships in order to sustain the greenhouse gas emissions savings already achieved through slower steaming.

Stena Bulk says Impero finally released by Iran

The Swedish-owned, British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, which was seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, July 19, has finally been freed from detention and has left Iranian waters. Erik Hanell, President

ClassNK to shipowners: Don’t wait to install BWMS

Back in September 2018, classification society ClassNK analyzed the retrofitting status of ballast water management systems (BWMS) on its registered ships and found that, for many of them, the installation deadlines set

Mitsubishi steps up scrubber production

With new IMO 2020 sulfur emissions regulations coming into effect in January, Yokohama, Japan, based Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. reports that it has received a steady stream of inquiries from customers worldwide

VIDEO: CMA-CGM launches world’s largest LNG-powered containership

China’s Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing Shipyard yesterday launched theCMA CGM Jacques Saadé, the first in a new fleet of nine French-flagged, 23,000-TEU, LNG-powered containerships that will join the group’s fleet in 2020 on the

Stena Impero still detained by Iran

In a statement issued today, Erik Hanell, President and CEO, Stena Bulk, said: “Despite public statements by Iranian authorities over the past three days that judicial proceedings have concluded, and the Stena

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