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Marlin Makes Marina Move

Dec 23, 2014

Marlin Environmental Services Ltd. has announced completion of their Head Office move to new, larger premises near Chichester.Located within the exclusive Chichester Marina complex, the new premises provide 2,500 sq/ft (230 sq/metres) of additional office space…

ARENA Seeks Input for R&D

Dec 23, 2014

ARENA’s Research and Development (R&D) program supports R&D projects that will advance the commercial deployment of renewable energy technology in Australia.ARENA is providing $21.5 million funding for 12 cutting edge projects through the first round of the R&D program…

Sekimizu Welcomes Shipper’s Revised Stance on Ballast Water

Dec 22, 2014

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has welcomed the reconsideration by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) of its position towards the ratification by Governments of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments…

Royal Caribbean to Install Scrubbers on 19 Ships

Dec 22, 2014

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) will retrofit 19 of its ships with advanced emissions purification (AEP) systems. These systems, also known as scrubbers, will remove more than 97% of the sulfur dioxide emissions generated by the ships' diesel engines…

NZ Report: Human Error to Blame for Rena Grounding

Dec 19, 2014

New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) published its final report into the grounding of containership Rena in October 2011. The TAIC’s investigation found that the grounding was a result of improper crew practices,…

Interview: Oil Spill Repsonse Insights from MSRC's Benze: Steven T. Benz, President and CEO, Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC)

Dec 19, 2014

As President and CEO of MSRC, Steve Benz presides over the largest oil spill response company in the United States (and worldwide). In that position since January 1996, he has during that tenure, overseen several critical phases in the Company’s evolution…

Optimarin ,Goltens Ink BWT Retrofit Agreement

Dec 19, 2014

Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin and Goltens, a provider of engineering and installation solutions for the shipping industry, have signed a nonexclusive worldwide agreement for retrofitting Optimarin’s Ballast System (OBS)…

Damen Shipyards Galati wins Dutch Romanian Award

Dec 19, 2014

Damen Shipyards Galati has been presented with the Dutch Romanian Business Award for its Corporate Social Responsibility plan, particularly the Group’s community investment initiatives. The Award was presented by Ben Jager of the Dutch Romanian Network to Peter de Kiewit…

Abigail Ross Hopper Named BOEM Director

Dec 18, 2014

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today named Abigail Ross Hopper as the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which manages the development of our nation’s conventional and renewable energy and marine mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf…

Italian Shipbuilder Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crimes

Dec 18, 2014

An Italian shipping firm based in Genoa, Italy, pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by falsifying required ships’ documents to hide the fact that the ship had illegally discharged oil contaminated waste into the ocean on multiple occasions…

Bulker Chief Engineer Convicted of Environmental Crimes

Dec 18, 2014

A chief engineer from the M/V Trident Navigator was convicted by a federal jury in New Orleans late yesterday after a week-long trial, of knowingly falsifying the vessel’s oil record book in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS)…

MHIEC's Waste-to-Energy Plant for Yamagata

Dec 18, 2014

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHIEC), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received an order from the Yamagata Area Environmental Office Association, a body encompassing two cities and two towns in Yamagata Prefecture…

Wärtsilä's Desalination Systems for 7 Cruise Ships

Dec 18, 2014

The Meyer Werft Germany, Meyer Turku, STX France, and Fincantieri shipyards have all placed orders with Wärtsilä for the supply of fresh water generators to a total of seven cruise ships. The orders were placed between September and November 2014…

ICS Alters Position on Ballast Water Convention

Dec 17, 2014

The global trade association for merchant shipowners, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has modified its stance towards the ratification by governments of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ballast Water Management Convention…

INTERTANKO Launches ECA Bunker Surcharge Clauses

Dec 17, 2014

INTERTANKO’s documentary committee has launched bunker surcharge clauses for Emission Control Areas (ECA). Rising bunker prices due to rising oil prices and volatility in global politics can have a dramatic effect on trade as they fluctuate not just day to day…

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Baltic Index Reaches Two Month High

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Corn Belt Ports Co-Hosts National Waterways Conference Annual Meeting

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Patimban Global Gateway Terminal Selects Liebherr LHM 550

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