‘The Ocean’ a Service Provider, Re-imagining Ocean-Based Ecosystem Services
The 'Ocean' is a major service provider for local and global human activities, including transportation, food, and ecosystem services.
Experts stress the need for Ocean-based economies to be reevaluated to ensure its...
Unalaska Expects Record-Setting Cruise Season With 20 New Ships!
Twenty cruise ships are ready to be inducted into Unalaska by the end of the cruise season capable of carrying 500 to 700 people.
Unalaska is still grappling with the challenges that come with...
Scrubber Users Fight European Wash Water Proposals
IMO's MEPC has stressed on strict discharge criteria for open-loop scrubbers as a part of European Commission proposal to harmonise regulations governing the sulphur abatement technology.
The committee stressed the importance of scrubbers...
Finland’s New Gas-Fueled Icebreaker Goes Greener
Finland is the only nation where all ports regularly freeze in winter, meaning icebreakers are indispensable to keep trade flowing.
Finland's new icebreaker, Polaris, is the world's first to run on liquefied natural...
More Shipowners Join Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 in Support of Scrubbers
Wallenius Wilhelmsen is the latest shipowner to join the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020).
This has increased the organisation’s membership to 35 shipowners operating a combined fleet of almost 2500 vessels.
The...
Finally, Clarity in The World of Ballast Water Treatment
The USCG set a higher standard than IMO which led, it being seen as a gold standard.
There are now 16 type-approved ballast water treatment systems.
By the end of 2019, there could...
Dual Use LNG Shipping: A Game Changer for Carbon Management?
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage have been repeatedly written off as not financially viable.
Transportation costs for such an effort would be between $11 to $23 per ton of CO2.
The introduction of...
Ship With 2000 Cars Including 911 GT2 RS Sinks Off French Coast!!
Grande America sank with a large batch of Audi and Porsche cars sank off the coast of France.
Porsche confirmed that there were Porsche cars on board as well out of which 4 were...
Ecochlor BWMS Ramps Up Production With a New Factory
According to a Marine Log article, Maynard, Mass., headquartered Ecochlor has announced that their manufacturing partner, ProFlow, Inc., has opened a new factory in North Haven, Ct., for production of the chlorine dioxide generator...
BMW 1st Automobile Company To Join Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
German automaker BMW Group has recently become the first automobile worldwide to join the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI)which was Launched in March 2018 by the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, reports the Economic Times.
SRTI...