France Eyes Fuel Calculator, Drone Tech for ECA Enforcement
Cécile Rafat, Ship Pollution Prevention Officer at France's Directorate for Maritime Affairs, says the country is preparing to test drone-based emissions monitoring for emission control area (ECA) compliance later this year, and is also...
Hamburg Süd is One of the Most Reliable Shipping Companies in the World
Hamburg Süd takes first place in the SeaIntel Global Liner Performance Report for the month of February 2017 in the category Schedule Reliability for the third time in succession. The company had already reached...
Houston Ship Channel Pilot Talks of Opportunities for Women
Ship Channel pilot encourages kids to follow in her wake
By Andrea Rumbaugh
Capt. Kristi Taylor watches the approaching ship from the bridge of the Pamisos, an oil tanker 750 feet long and 138 feet wide....
inTank Ballast Water Treatment Systems for Marine Vessels
Envirocleanse supplies the inTank ballast water treatment system (BWTS), a unique solution that treats water in ballast tanks in-transit. Once a ship is underway, a patented nozzling system will disperse disinfectant and neutralizer, rendering...
Health Check of On-board Control Networks by DNV GL
Hellas-based Consolidated Marine Management and DNV GL undertake first class health check of on-board control networks
Classification society DNV GL teamed up with innovative Greek owner Consolidated Marine Management (CMM) for a test on the...
$60 Billion Fuel Shock can Impact World Trade
Little more than 2 ½ years from now, the global fleet of merchant ships will have to reduce drastically how much sulfur their engines belch into the atmosphere. While that will do good things...
Cargo Ship Runs Ashore in Samut Prakan
On Wednesday, a Singapore-registered cargo ship reportedly lost control and crashed into four riverside houses in Samut Prakan, Thailand.
What happened?
During the incident, two of the houses were severely damaged from the impact but nobody...
[Watch] Lifesaving Medevacs Operations
U.S. Coast Guard Conducts 2 Lifesaving Medevacs Operations In Under 7 Hours
On Friday, the Coast Guard medevaced two people, a 52-year-old man off a cargo ship 11 miles west of Egmont Key and a...
Maersk Ship Collides with Cargo Vessel
Container ship Maersk Genoa reportedly collided with general cargo ship Dan Fighter in northern Europe.
What happened?
Container ship Maersk Genoa reportedly collided with general cargo ship Dan Fighter at Borssele between Breskens and flushing on...
Shell to Fuel World’s First Lng-Powered Crude Oil Tankers
Shell Western LNG B.V. (Shell) has signed an agreement with Sovcomflot (SCF Group) to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel the first Aframax crude oil tankers in the world to be powered by...