Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald announced that Carnival will significantly extend its installation of exhaust gas cleaning technology, investing $400m in the coming three years to install the technology on 70 ships across its brand, a significant jump from the 32 announced last year…
Entries are now being accepted for the inaugural SHIPPINGInsight Award, to be presented during the SHIPPINGInsight 2014 Fleet Optimization Conference, Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, 2014 in Stamford, Conn. The award will honor a ship operating…
Jordan-based Arab Ship Management Ltd. pleaded guilty today in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, to one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Justice Department and the U.S. Coast Guard announced.In accordance with the terms of the plea agreement…
'If I work in your Beijing, I would shorten my life at least five years,' Premier Zhu Rongji, a career politician from Shanghai, quipped in 1999, referring to the notorious air pollution in China's northern capital. Research has confirmed life expectancy in northern China is 5…
The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), North Sea Chapter once again recognized the very best in safety performance at its annual Safety Awards Ceremony held in Aberdeen.Julian Hall of Ensco, North Sea Chapter Chairman…
GAC EnvironHull's hull cleaning solution now available at second UAE port.GAC EnvironHull has expanded itsbrush-and-diver-free hull cleaning operation to Fujairah, six months after its global launch. Launched in Dubai in November 2013…
Volunteers, soldiers build sandbag defences At least 38 killed in Balkan region Bosnia says 1 million cut off from clean water More than a quarter of Bosnia's four million people have been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in more than a century…
Twenty-two shipping lines were honored yesterday, May 14, 2014, by the Port of Long Beach (POLB) for their efforts to improve air quality by slowing down or deploying cleaner vessels – or both – at the Port’s first Environmental Achievement Awards…
The Conference Report to H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), was filed in the U.S. House of Representatives today, introduced in the House by Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), Committee Ranking Member Nick J…
With an inauguration ceremony FRIGO Coldstore Logistics opened a third cold store in the Port of Hamburg on May 13, 2014. When the building is completed in August 2014 the company will offer a total cool capacity of 40,000 pallet positions on 18…
Cummins Inc. Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger outlined the company's most extensive plan to date for environmental sustainability, including specific goals for reducing waste, water and energy.A core part of the company's mission is demanding that everything Cummins does leads to a cleaner…
For 150 million people living in coastal areas around the world, rising sea level will become a genuine threat, according to a new international study which found evidence the sea level has been rising over the past 200 years – and continues to rise…
At an informal Maritime Ministerial Meeting of the EU Member States, which took place on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in Athens, the Athens Declaration has been adopted. The Member States in the presence of Vice President of the European Commission…
Trident Alliance, the shipping industry initiative for robust enforcement of maritime sulphur regulations, will hold an exploratory meeting in Copenhagen on May 28. Initially introduced at the Economist’s World Ocean Summit earlier this year…
A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was today signed by the Chairman of Intertanko , Graham Westgarth, and the President of the Brazilian Maritime Pilots’ Association (CONAPRA) Ricardo Augusto Leite Falcão, and the President of the Brazilian National…