MEPC 71: Dates Set for Ballast Water Treatment Systems

MEPC 71 agrees to implementation dates for ballast water treatment systems The MEPC, at its 71st meeting this week, reached a compromise on compliance dates...

Centrifugal Separators & Operational Efficiency – An Important Insight

ISO 8217 compliant fuels are used on board ships for propulsion and power generation. Environmental regulations have forced the maritime industry to use different...

[Watch] The World Biggest Container Ship: The Majestic Maersk

Maersk, the Danish giant shipping line company, has just released the 'Majestic Maersk', the biggest container ship ever made. Richard Milne, Baltic and Nordic...

Fire After Tanker and Bulk Carrier Collide with Each Other

On July 9, a bulk carrier reportedly collided with a tanker berthed in a petrochemical terminal. What happened? While sailing upstream the Yangtze River, the bulk...

Load Cells for Offshore Mooring Project

French maritime engineering specialist Iroise Mer used a 50 ton Straightpoint Radiolink plus (RLP) load cell during a refit of a tanker mooring system...

Rolls-Royce to Establish Open Ship Simulation Platform

The Norwegian University of Technology Science (NTNU), research organisation SINTEF Ocean, and classification society DNV GL have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...

Navigating Through the Thorny Thicket of EU MRV

Under the auspices of the IMarEST UAE branch, Verifavia Shipping from France sponsored a technical meeting on the EU MRV regulation. The event was...

ABP Humber and RBT Join Growing ABTO Membership

ABP Humber has joined the Association of Bulk Terminal Operators (ABTO) as a full member, in what marks a significant milestone for the newly...

China, EU Bolster Greener Global Shipping to Curb Emissions

The trillion-dollar global shipping industry may soon be forced to curb greenhouse gas emissions under new rules backed by the European Union and China. Over...

[Watch] A Daring Rescue to Save Sailors from Vessel on Fire

In a concerted effort throughout July 7, and into the early hours of July 8, approximately 80 Citizen Airmen and four aircraft from the...