Flat batteries can mean MARPOL violations
P&I insurer Gard is warning that flat batteries in bilge alarm monitors may lead to Port State Control problems. Port State inspectors compare the Bilge Alarm data to the entries in the
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No-sludge shipboard sewage treatment? Not scientifically possible, says paper
Some type approved marine sewage treatments are at sea that are scientifically incapable of treating sewage waste. That’s the charge made by a group of leading wastewater treatment system manufacturers and environmental
Guilty pleas mean $4 million fine for pollution, up to 5 years for lying
NOVEMBER 27, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Justice reports that two Greek shipping companies, Avin International Ltd, and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Beaumont,
German ship operator fined $3.2 million in magic pipe case
NOVEMBER 3, 2018 — German shipping company Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH (MST) was yesterday sentenced pay a $3.2 million criminal fine and serve a four-year term of probation after pleading
Bomin rolls out Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuel Oil
MAY 24, 2018 — Bomin Group,Hamburg, Germany, a global physical supplier and trader of marine fuels, reports that it is now delivering Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (ULSFO) to vessels calling in the
Wärtsilä 20 diesel now packs more power
DECEMBER 4, 2016 — Wärtsilä is launching an upgraded, more powerful version of its well established diesel engine. Cylinder output is upped from 185 kW to 220kW, increasing the engine’s power density
MST charged with Oil Record Book violations
AUGUST 23, 2017 — A federal grand jury in Portland, Maine, returned a nine-count indictment yesterday charging the manager and owner of a 2016-built Liberian flagged bulker with offenses related to the vessel’s Oil
GE Power and Fincantieri to develop new emission control solution
JULY 4, 2017 — GE Power (NYSE: GE) and Fincantieri have reached an agreement to co-develop a new emission control solution to reduce pollution in the marine industry. To be called Shipboard
New DOJ policy could affect MARPOL plea deal payments
JULY 13, 2017 — Law firm Winston & Strawn says that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a new policy that may curtail the long-standing practice of requiring vessel owners and
SENER designs shipyard MARPOL waste barges
NOVEMBER 8, 2016 — Spain’s SENER engineering and technology group is to carry out the basic and detail engineering for two double-hulled vessels being built to collect liquid oily waste and solid