Monday, April 16, 2018
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News

IMO’s First Steps to Reduce Shipping Emissions Not Perfect, But Positive

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) adoption of an initial strategy to address shipping emissions is

April 16, 2018
Total Views: 30

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News

Cove Point LNG Facility Now Second in U.S. to Export Natural Gas

The first commercial export cargo of liquefied natural gas has shipped from Dominion Energy’s new Cove Point liquefaction and export facility in

April 16, 2018
Total Views: 93

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News

QE2 to Open as Floating Hotel in Dubai

By Zainab Fattah (Bloomberg) — The Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner may finally start generating returns for Dubai after the emirate spent $100 million

April 16, 2018
Total Views: 122

Incident Video: Tanker’s Hull Punctured by Floating Crane in Iraq
Shipping News

Incident Video: Tanker’s Hull Punctured by Floating Crane in Iraq

A video posted online shows the moment the Hong Kong-flagged tanker Tian E Zuo had its hull punctured by a floating crane in Iraq. The incident reportedly

April 16, 2018
Total Views: 127

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Shipping News

Foreship: Scrubber Work Demands Exhaustive Treatment

Owners committed to retrofit exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) to deal with the IMO’s 2020 global cap on fuel sulphur content need to keep in mind that no

April 16, 2018
Total Views: 52

Sunday, April 15, 2018
What’s the best color to paint a ship? The answer might surprise you!
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What’s the best color to paint a ship? The answer might surprise you!

In his well reviewed 2007 book The Tankship Tromedy, Former MIT Naval Architecture professor and ship owner Jack Devanney has strong opinions on the best color

April 15, 2018
Total Views: 1831

Saturday, April 14, 2018
Incident Video: Car Carrier Crunches Tugboat in Durban Harbour
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Incident Video: Car Carrier Crunches Tugboat in Durban Harbour

Check out this incident video show the moment a vehicle carrier hit a moored tugboat at the port of Durban in South Africa on Friday, April 13, 2018. As

April 14, 2018
Total Views: 1069

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech as he reviews a military display of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the South China Sea
Defense

Xi Presides Over China’s Largest-Ever Naval Operation

by Philip Wen (Reuters) – In full military uniform President Xi Jinping presided over the Chinese Navy’s largest-ever military display on Thursday,

April 14, 2018
Total Views: 117

Friday, April 13, 2018
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IMO Reaches Deal to Cut CO2 Emissions from Ships

By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) – The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 164

Shipping

IMO Moves Forward with Ban on Vessels Carrying High-Sulphur Fuel

LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) – The International Maritime Organization said it approved on Friday an amendment that would ban ships unequipped to strip

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 50

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‘Hotspots’ Continue to Burn on Maersk Honam

Mediterranean Shipping Company has provided an update to its customers into the situation aboard the ultra-large containership Maersk Honam following the

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 141

ship emissions
Shipping

Here is the IMO’s Full Briefing on Its Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships

The IMO today adopted what some are calling a historic agreement on a climate change strategy by significantly reducing CO2 emissions from ships. You can some

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 341

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News

New Jersey Revives Plan for Wind Farm Off Atlantic City Coast

By Jim Efstathiou Jr., Jim Polson and Elise Young (Bloomberg) — New Jersey lawmakers have revived a long-stalled plan to build a wind farm off the coast

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 67

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Reactions to the IMO’s Initial Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships

Shipping and environmental groups are beginning to react to the IMO’s landmark agreement on an initial strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 119

Bulk Carrier Crew Member Injured in Fall from Ship’s Crane Off Puerto Rico
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Bulk Carrier Crew Member Injured in Fall from Ship’s Crane Off Puerto Rico

A Chinese crew member of the bulk carrier Bunun Hero had to be medevaced from the vessel in the Atlantic Ocean off Puerto Rico after being injured in a

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 64

River Patrol
Press Releases

Metal Shark Delivers Another Round of Patrol Boats to the Vietnam Coast Guard

Jeanerette, LA – April 12, 2018: Another six new military patrol boats built by Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark have been delivered to the

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 61

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Tiny Marshall Islands Wields Outsized Clout for Climate Action

By Laurie Goering LONDON, April 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ships carrying goods around the world produce more than 2 percent of the world’s

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 64

Thursday, April 12, 2018
Nasty Oil Spill Closes Mississippi River Near New Orleans After Cargo Ship Hits Pier
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Nasty Oil Spill Closes Mississippi River Near New Orleans After Cargo Ship Hits Pier

The U.S. Coast Guard and local agencies are responding to reports of an oil spill after a cargo ship struck a pier near mile marker 100 on the lower

April 12, 2018
Total Views: 176

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Shipping News

Panama Canal Tugboat Captains Sanctioned Over Refusal to Transit Vessels in Neopanamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it will apply sanctions against certain tugboat captains who recently refused to transit vessels through

April 12, 2018
Total Views: 121

Researchers Map Seven Years of Arctic Shipping
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Researchers Map Seven Years of Arctic Shipping

The Arctic’s declining sea ice has meant more opportunities for the shipping industry to expand its use of the region that in decades past was

April 12, 2018
Total Views: 192