2 Sailors Toss Ship’s Trash Overboard, But Forget to Cover Their Tracks
If you’re going to do something illegal or unauthorized, here’s a tip: Don’t leave a note. Two sailors aboard the Navy’s USS Whidbey Island never got the word.
After 20-inch disks of compacted trash began...
Banks to Set Up Responsible Ship Recycling Standards
Dutch banks ABN AMRO, ING Bank and NIBC, together with the Scandinavian counterparts SEB and DNB, announced at NOR-Shipping in Oslo that they are all introducing Responsible Ship Recycling Standards (RSRS) for their ship...
US Quits Paris Climate Agreement
President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
He said moves to negotiate a new "fair" deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers would begin.
Mr...
UK Foreign Secretary Visits Coldharbour Marine Plant in Lingby
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson paid a special visit to Coldharbour Marine recently as the ballast water treatment system manufacturer’s facility in Nottinghamshire gears up for significant export-oriented production. Coldharbour Marine has spent more...
Dubai Maritime Cluster Office Makes a Big Impression at Norshipping
Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime sector, has been presenting the Dubai Maritime Cluster Office initiative at Norshipping 2017 with considerable...
[Watch] Superships – Launching a Leviathan
The TI Class of supertankers are currently the four largest ships in the world (by displacement, deadweight tonnage ≈ cargo mass, and gross tonnage, a formula value based on internal volume, not mass). The...
9 of the World’s Largest Ships
Some of the largest ships in the world come in the form of oil tankers, cargo carriers and cruise liners. These mega machines are marvels of engineering and contribute to over 90 percent of...
Tropical Opts for Seawater Lubricated Shaft Package
Thordon Bearings’ Jacksonville-based distributor Coppedge Marine has secured an order with Tropical Shipping for the COMPAC seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing system.
The COMPAC systems destined for two 300TEU box ships under construction in...
Huge Beer Tanks Float Down Erie Canal
Three massive tanks in the shape of 60-foot-tall beer cans lie on their side on a barge, as a red tugboat pushes them down the last leg of their journey along the Erie Canal.
The...
New Modular Approach for Scrubber Retrofits
Damen Green Solutions (DGS) in partnership with Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) and AEC, the scrubber supplier, is trialling a new technique for retrofitting scrubbers.
Designated the Modular Approach, this new process is designed to...