EPA settles Vessel General Permit (VGP)violation claims

CMA CGM reaches settlements with EPA on VGP violation claims

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with container shipping giant CMA CGM over two claims of violations of EPA’s Vessel General Permit (VGP) issued under the Clean Water

Burned out car carrier towed into port

VIDEO: Burned out car carrier towed to Eemshaven

The Fremantle Highway is now moored alongside in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The decision to tow the burned out car carrier to the port was made after it was determined that

Himalaya Shipping dual fuel bulker

Himalaya Shipping bunkers two bulkers with LNG

Two LNG dual-fueled Newcastlemax bulkers have recently bunkered with LNG in Singapore. Why is that news? It’s often forgotten that just because ships are capable of burning LNG as fuel it doesn’t

NTSB report report implicates bank effect

NTSB reports on deadly USCG cutter collision with small boat

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an August 8, 2022, incident in which the 154 foot long U.S. Coast Guard cutter Winslow Griesser (WPC-1116) collided with the 23-foot-long

Rami Hirsimaki

Op-Ed: Building today, but designing for tomorrow

By Rami Hirsimaki, Senior Vice President, Marine & Offshore Energy at Elomatic When it comes to ship design, looking beyond the horizon is more important than ever. Decarbonization is no longer an

burning car carrier

Burning car carrier towed to new location

The still-burning car carrier Fremantle Highway has now been successfully towed to new temporary location some 16 miles north of the West Frisian Islands of Schiermonnikoog and Ameland. The agency handling the

bio-LNG availability map

SEA-LNG: Bio-LNG now available in 70 ports worldwide

The SEA-LNG coalition reports that analysis of the green LNG bunkering market shows that bio-LNG is available today in almost seventy ports worldwide, including in Singapore, Rotterdam and on the U.S. East

Fire could have broken out in battery of one of EVs on board carrier

VIDEO: Nearly 500 EVs reportedly aboard burning car carrier

As the fire aboard the car carrier Fremantle Highway continued burning off the Dutch coast, a spokesman for the vessel’s charterer, Japan’s K-Line, is reported as saying that there were there were

Somali pirates hostage taking

Bought 2 tankers, broke Iran sanctions, gets prison term

A complex scheme to evade U.S. Iran sanctions has not turned out too well for onetime tanker owner Behrouz Mokhtari, 72, of McLean, Va. This week, he was sentenced to 41 months

Tugboat collision resulted in major damage to tug involved

“Excessive speed” seen in expensive tugboat collision with containership

Excessive speed during an advanced harbor-assist maneuver led to a tugboat collision with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The vessels in

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