Maersk sends two ships to Alang for recycling

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.

Over reliance on GPS poses dangers

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

Alfa Laval shrinks its SOX scrubber

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

AIDA Cruises rejects NABU claims on AIDAprima emissions

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

Lack of navigational awareness, so ferry hits rock

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

USCG sets date for next El Faro hearings

MAY 2, 2015 — The U.S. Coast Guard says that the Marine Board of Investigation will hold a second hearing into the loss of the TOTE ship El Faro, and its 33

Panama Canal dismisses ITF claims on maneuvering safety

APRIL 29, 2016 — The Panama Canal Authority (ACP)  is dismissing recent claims by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) that raised safety concerns about maneuvering in the operation of the Expanded

Langh to supply scrubbers for two cruise newbuilds

APRIL 28, 2016 — Finland’s Langh Tech is to deliver exhaust gas scrubber systems to two large cruise vessels under construction at Meyer Werft. The two Norwegian Cruise Line Breakaway Plus class

VIDEO: Study questions Panama Canal maneuvering safety

APRIL 28, 2016 — The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) says that a safety study into the Panama Canal expansion raises pressing concerns about the canal’s new locks. The ITF commissioned the

Southern Phillipines and Yemen seen as risk areas for ships

APRIL 26, 2016 — The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has issued a Ship Security Advisory recommending heightened vigilance while transiting off the Southern Philippines and Yemen. It follows

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