New Videotel course covers ECA fuel switching

JANUARY 22, 2014 — Marine training specialist Videotel Marine International has launched a new training course. Called “The Practical Management and Switching of Fuels,” it is designed to ensure that switching to

Two Stolt newbuilds to have Clean Marine scrubbers

JANUARY 17, 2014 — Clean Marine AS, Lysaker, Norway has been selected by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, China, to supply exhaust gas scrubbers for two 38,000 dwt chemical tankers being built for Stolt Tankers

Yara acquires SCR system producer

JANUARY 15, 2014 — Oslo headquartered Yara International ASA (OSE: YAR) has acquired Germany’s H+H Umwelt-und-Industrietechnik GmbH, a leading producer of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems for secondary NOx reduction in marine

Color Line to retrofit three more ships with scrubbers

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Wärtsilä has been contracted to retrofit its open loop exhaust gas scrubber systems on three additional vessels owned by Color Line, Norway’s largest cruise and ferry operator. Wärtsilä

Carnival to fit scrubbers and filters on 32 cruise ships

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Coast Guard have reached an agreement in principle with Carnival Corporation to develop advanced emission control technology to be used in

Bulker is first ship to use scrubber in U.S. ECA

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 – M/V Balder, a Torvald Klaveness handymax bulker, is the first ship to operate  in the U.S. Emission Control Area (ECA) with an exhaust gas scrubber, according to Norway’s

Color Line to retrofit Ropax with exhaust gas scrubbers

JUNE 24, 2013 — Norwegian cruise and ferry operator Color Line has contracted Wärtsilä to retrofit four exhaust gas cleaning systems to its SuperSpeed 2 Ropax ferry. The installation is expected to

IMO picks DNV for North American ECA LNG study

JUNE 18, 2013 — DNV says that it has been chosen by IMO (International Maritime Organization) to gather knowledge about the potential of LNG powered international shipping in the North American Emission

Caterpillar unveils new MaK dual fuel marine engine

MAY 30, 2013 — Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has developed a new marine dual fuel engine platform for the commercial marine industry, the M 34 DF. The M 34 DF dual fuel

Canada starts ECA, MARPOL Annex VI enforcement

MAY 13, 2013 — Canada has started enforcement of the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) standards and the requirements of Annex VI of the MARPOL convention. The announcement was made last

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