MAY 20, 2016—While no ballast water technology manufacturer has yet gained U.S. Coast Guard Type Approval, some are now reporting that they have completed land-based and shipboard testing, the final steps on
MAY 19, 2016 — The Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued a Safety Alert (Safety Alert 04-16) warning that the Certificate of Approval (160.037/23/0) for Nammo Liab AB Orange Hand
MAY 18, 2016 — The U.S. insistence on setting its own type approval standards for ballast water management systems has drawn some harsh industry criticism. Rear Adm. Paul Thomas, U.S. Coast Guard
MAY 16, 2016 — Upton, U.K., based marine refrigeration specialist Oceanic Technical Solutions has successfully converted all refrigeration and reefer plants onboard a 6,120 dwt Norbulk Shipping managed refrigerated cargo ship to
MAY 13, 2016 — In a breakthrough for a promising new technology, China’s Cosco Nantong Shipyard has completed the first shipboard installation of an Ionada Membrane Scrubber exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS)
MAY 13, 2016 — Two Maersk Line vessels, the Maersk Wyoming and the Maersk Georgia are scheduled to arrive for recycling at the Shree Ram yard in Alang, India, later this month.
MAY 12, 2016 — Warning that vessels’ over-reliance on GPS as a navigational tool may be a danger, the UK P&I Club is encouraging navigating officers to also practice traditional methods of
MAY 9, 2016 — Alfa Laval’s U-design PureSOx exhaust gas scrubber is now available with greatly reduced dimensions. “We have a strategy of continuous development for the Alfa Laval PureSOx platform,” says
MAY 6, 2016 — Carnival’s German market cruise brand AIDA Cruises is rejecting claims by environmentalist group NABU that its new flag ship, AIDAprima, is “anything but” environmentally friendly. Built by Mitsubishi
MAY 6, 2016 —An investigation report (M15A0009) released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) today concludes that the 38.45 m passenger ferry Grace Sparkes, operated by the Newfoundland Department of