The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has in 2004 adopted the Global Ballast Water Convention, mandating that ballast water must be treated prior to releasing it in another ecological zone. F [ ... ]

Maris and Seagull have reached an agreement to develop a comprehensive product-specific computer-based training ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) module. New requirements for com [ ... ]

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has brought charges against the owner of the cargo vessel Rena, following the ship's grounding on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on October 5, 2011. Greece-based Daina Shippin [ ... ]

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Iran stopped shipping oil to Greece and may halt supplies to Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN, RDSA, RDSB) over unpaid bills, Iran media said Friday, as the impact of sanctions wi [ ... ]

On Feb. 9, WIN Group, the Haitian enterprise that owns and operates Terminal Varreux in Port-au-Prince, and Seacor Holdings Inc. announced that emergency repairs have enabled tanker shipments of fuel  [ ... ]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- U.S. Coast Guard officers said Wednesday that Haiti's main port is more badly damaged than they first realized, a finding that has created another significant obstacle to reli [ ... ]

As we enter the New Year the spotlight is on sulfur, fuel cost, and quality.
As of January 1 global limits on sulfur were reduced to 3.5% and on August 1st the North America ECA zone becomes active wi [ ... ]

Ralph E. Lewis considers whether reners can step up their processing capacity to meet the huge increase in demand for low sulphur fuel that will be necessitated by emissions regulations. To understa [ ... ]

With effect from January 1, 2012, all ships should exchange ballast water before entering the Mediterranean Sea or after leaving the Mediterranean Sea to meet the regulation D-1 standard of the Ball [ ... ]

The purpose of this Marine Safety Alert is to increase awareness and reiterate general guidance on fuel systems and fuel switching safety in an effort to prevent propulsion losses. After a noted decre [ ... ]

New fuel-saving and energy-efficient propulsion opportunities are available from the MAN Alpha propeller program, which now fully integrates the Kappel tip fin propeller blade designs for both control [ ... ]

ABB has won a long-term service contract from Carnival Corporation to maintain and upgrade ABB's Azipod equipment over the next 15 years for 20 ships in the cruise giant's fleet, cutting costs by as m [ ... ]

Last month Hydrex mobilized a diver/technician team to a 145-meter general cargo vessel in Las Palmas, Spain when oil was leaking from the stern tube seal assembly of the ship. The team used the Hydre [ ... ]

A 190-meter bulker had suffered a bent propeller blade. Hydrex was therefore contacted, and rapidly mobilized a diver/technician team to Rotterdam to perform a detailed underwater inspection and repai [ ... ]

Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES) recently completed the 110,000DWT bulk carrier ‘Nord Hercules’ (yard number 1,817) which had been under construction at its Chiba Works, and delivered her [ ... ]

Greece's Angelicoussis Shipping Group is to convert another two VLCC newbuilding contracts to LNGCs. This latest deal brings the number of new LNGCs on order to three. They will be managed and operat [ ... ]

21 - 22 June 2012, Dexter House, London, UK Expert guidance on ensuring successful and efficient retrofit installation projects
This interactive seminar will equip you with the technical expertise to  [ ... ]

DNV’s Technology Outlook 2020 report highlights technologies that could have great impact in the maritime and energy sectors. Technology Outlook 2020 represents DNV’s way of looking into the futu [ ... ]

Late on the night of April 14, 1912, the “unsinkable” passenger ship RMS Titanic, on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York struck an iceberg.  It sank about three hours later, at abo [ ... ]

Stolt Tankers, owner and operator of the 2004-built 25,268 dwt ‘Stolt Valor’, reported this week that the fire on the ship has been contained. However, one crew member is still missing, the compa [ ... ]

Ships will be able to sail in open water to the North Pole in the summer of 2020, according to a study that found a rapid acceleration in the loss of sea ice. The Arctic will be ice-free in summer wi [ ... ]

The Maritime Union of Australia is demanding an inquiry after claiming workers had been exposed to asbestos while working on the $43 billion Gorgon project on Barrow Island.
The union says workers have [ ... ]