CMA CGM To Go With French Ballast Water Treatment “BIO UV”.

The year 2015 has seen significant changes or improvements when it comes to shipping emissions, pollution prevention and energy efficiency.  More companies are opting for ECO-Vessels and different ways to cut down on emissions....

Invention to Reduce Sulphur Content in Bunker Fuel

Louis Gomez files patent for new Invention that lowers sulphur content of bunker fuel Extracts from the patent filed: Bunker fuel degrades slower than standard fuel oil and produces a mixture of sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide...

Wikileaks Tweet CIA Boss Emails

Wikileaks tweeted on Wednesday that it would release some of the information of CIA director John Brennan's email content shortly.  After few hours, six documents were made available on the website.  It has also...

Subway Will Ensure ‘Footlong’ Sandwich

New Measures Guarantee A Foot Long Subway Sandwich In the year 2013, Australian Matt Corby posted a picture in facebook showing a subway sandwich with the ruler on the top ensuring that the sandwich was...

[Ceremony] Watch The Ribbon-Cutting At Water Depths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0_MmEO7o4&feature=youtu.be The world’s first subsea gas compression system went on stream on September 17, 2015.  The Aker solutions-built Subsea gas compression system was opened officially under water depths.  Statoil provided the contract to Aker Solutions...

Father Saved Two; Mother Succumbs to Fire with Three Kids

The fire gutted three brick buildings built in 1840. Chris Hargis and Lori Doppelheuer escaped a fire consuming their old row house.  But both rushed back to save their five children inside the gutted...

UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2015

The maritime transport growth of 3.5% during the past 12 months till January 1, 2015, is the lowest in over a decade.  At the beginning of the year, the fleet totaled 89,464 vessels, with...

Wet And Dry Market Make Assessment Difficult

The shipping data is available in many different ways these days. But, the actual “operational fleet” statistics at any given time still eludes accurate assessment. WBTS regulations bind the ship owners and so they...

Alfa Laval’s Economiser Unit For EGR System- A Great Fuel Saver

Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. Alfa Laval has introduced an "economiser" version of its exhaust...

Moin Enhances Export Capabilities of Costa Rica

APM Terminals Moin will bring in facilities to serve the larger vessels entering the Latin American trades.  It is to enable the Costa Rica’s future economic growth needs through a sustainable container terminal.  Henceforth,...