ABB supports group combating plastics pollution of oceans

AUGUST 1, 2017 — ABB is providing shipboard systems and expertise to support research voyages undertaken by a charitable organization whose mission is to highlight the damage done by the millions of

CRS report takes a hard look at challenges facing USCG

AUGUST 1, 2017 — Ever increasing safety and environmental regulatory demands put pressures not only on vessel owners and operators, but also on enforcement agencies — including the U.S. Coast Guard. This

Port State Control crackdown to focus on navigational safety

JULY 31, 2017 — Port state control authorities in countries that are members of the Tokyo and the Paris MoUs on Port State Control are to launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign

Bath Iron Works gets $11.3 million mod to DDG 51 lead yard contract

JULY 28, 2017 — Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded an $11,392,918 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2313) to exercise options for DDG 51 class lead yard services. The

VIDEO: Peace Boat’s Ecoship project moves ahead

JULY 27, 2017 — Japanese based NGO Peace Boat is making progress with its plans to build and operate the Ecoship, the world’s greenest cruise ship, as the platform for its worldwide

Eastern Shipbuilding achieves OPC milestone

JULY 26, 2017—The Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Program reached another milestone on July 21 when Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, FL, completed its Initial Critical Design Review (ICDR) with the U.S. Coast

First NYK Group ships with scrubbers will have Wartsila systems

JULY 26, 2017 — Two new 56,000 DWT handymax bulk carriers under construction at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Japan are to be equipped with Wärtsilä exhaust gas cleaning systems. The ships

OCIMF and ReCAAP step up counterpiracy cooperation

JULY 25, 2017 — In a move aimed at boosting the fight against piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia, the ReCAAP Information Sharing Center has signed an MOU with OCIMF.

DNV GL issues new guidance on NOx Tier III requirements

JULY 21, 2017 — Classification society DNV GL has released a new brochure that offers a set of best practices for the design of ships subject to NOx Tier III requirements. It

BWTS manufacturer Coldharbour retains LR for USCG Type Approval

JULY 19, 2017 — U.K.-based ballast water treatment system manufacturer Coldharbour Marine has signed a contract with Lloyd’s Register (LR) to oversee the complete range of tests required by the U.S. Coast

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