Classification society Bureau Veritas and COPPE/UFRJ, the ocean engineering department of Brazil’s Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, are to set up a joint development center. The move is intended to speed
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining steps the agencies will take to better coordinate efforts to prevent illegal discharges
Significant tonnage oversupply in the three major shipping sectors seems to have been avoided by the delay or cancellation of some newbuilding deliveries last year, accordingto London-based shipbroker Braemar Seascope. Braemar Seascope
Resolve Marine Group and T&T Bisso have announced their coalition for Marine Firefighting services in U.S. waters. This agreement combines both companies’ extensive firefighting infrastructure to produce overlapping coverage and higher volume
Shell Trading and Shipping Company (STASCO) has signed an EMC (engine management concept) contract with MAN PrimeServ covering Nakilat’s wholly-owned fleet of LNG ships. STASCO manages the ships for Qatari-owned Nakilat, which
South Korean special forces have retaken the Korean-owned, Maltese-flag product tanker MV SAMHO JEWELRY, which had been hijacked January 15 when 350 nautical miles southeast of the port of Muscat, Oman. Eight
A project part funded by the EU has developed software said to accurately predict the condition of a vessel’s structure, coating and components. This enables ship owners and operators to schedule maintenance
Kenneth Hvid, has been appointed Executive VP and Chief Strategy Officer at Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK ), effective April 1. He will be located in Vancouver, Canada and will be succeeding Peter Evensen,
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that it has established a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) and has started its use in the MOL tanker fleet. The SEEMP provides the most
Oman Shipping Company (OSC) today took delivery of a 317,000 dwt VLCC from Hyundai Heavy Industries. According to the shipbuilder, the tanker is the first to be equipped with a new ballast
