Magic pipe costs Diana $1.1 million

DECEMBER 5, 2013 — Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DS) today announced that its subsidiary, Diana Shipping Services S.A.  was sentenced by the United States District Court in Norfolk, Virginia to a fine of

Gladding-Hearn delivers patrol boat to NYPD

DECEMBER 5, 2013—If you see a patrol boat operating in New York Harbor, there’s a good chance that it was built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Over the years, the Somerset, MA,

INTERTANKO welcomes IMO move on BWMS dates

DECEMBER 4, 2013 — IMO’s 28th Assembly, meeting in London from November 25 to December 24, has adopted a resolution on the application of the International Convention for the Control and Management

Duncan Hunter to keynote for salvage conference

AUGUST 5, 2013—The American Salvage Association (ASA) and Marine Log are pleased to announce that the Honorable Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, will

New dual fuel patrol boat christened in Finland

AUGUST 2, 2013—The Finnish Border Guard dual fuel offshore patrol vessel UVL10, currently being built at STX Finland Oy’s Rauma shipyard, was christened “Turva” today at a festive naming and launching ceremony.

Eco-friendly coal carrier named Ship of the Year

JULY 25, 2013 — Though coal may not be a particularly eco-friendly fuel, that doesn’t mean that the ships that carry it can’t be green. Soyo, an NYK-owned coal carrier, has been

Senator introduces cruise ship passenger protection bill

JULY 25, 2013 — U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D. WV), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, introduced legislation July 23 that, he said, would improve consumer protections for cruise passengers and close

Hyundai Heavy BWM system gets Coast Guard AMS acceptance

JULY 24, 2013 — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) reports  that its electrolysis-based ballast water treatment system, HiBallast (pictured left), has been accepted as an Alternative Management System (AMS) by the

$10.4 million criminal fine in pollution case

JULY 24, 2013 — Columbia Shipmanagement (Deutschland) GmbH (CSM-D), a German corporation, and Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd. (CSM-CY), a Cypriot company, were yesterday sentenced in in federal court in Newark, N.J., to pay

MAN Diesel & Turbo announces two new giant engines

JULY 2, 2013 — MAN Diesel & Turbo is responding to market developments pushing further optimization of the propulsion efficiency of large containerships. It has announced two significant additions to its engine

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