The European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) supports a European Union initiative to monitor emissions.ECSA considers that the best way to collect the required data for monitoring compliance with exhaust gas emission regulations is by means of Bunker Delivery Notes (BDN)…
Pacific Tugboat Service, a member of the Port of San Diego's Green Business Network, has converted its fleet of 20 vessels.Shore power, also known as cold ironing, is the process of switching from a ship's onboard diesel power supply to shore-based electrical power while the ship is at the dock…
Transocean pleads guilty, sentenced to pay $400-million in penalties for criminal conduct leading to the disaster.Transocean Deepwater Inc. has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) for its illegal conduct leading to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster…
As ship owners globally face the eventual mandate to install ballast water management technology onboard their ships – a refit which is touted as the most expensive equipment refit ever – Maritime Reporter & Engineering News in its February…
Port of Rotterdam will be the first in the world to reward ocean-going LNG tankships holding Green Award Certificates.The Port Authority will give these ships 6% discount on port dues when they arrive in Rotterdam. LNG tankers have been calling…
Germany's Hamburg Süd Group has recently published its first Responsibility Report titled 'Making it our Business'.The report documents not only the ecological but also the social and societal responsibility the company exercises. At the…
Drew Stephens Leads GIS for Ocean and Coastal Environments Industry.Esri has hired Drew Stephens to expand the market for GIS within the ocean industry. Esri, the world leader in GIS, has accelerated the development of its ocean technologies via the Esri Ocean GIS Initiative…
State of Oregon has amended its Territorial Sea Plan to allow for siting of marine renewable energy development projects in state waters.The amendment identifies four 'Renewable Energy Suitability Study Areas' along the Oregon coast where…
Logistics industry leaders detail important shifts in sustainable practices at the recent 2013 Georgia Foreign Trade Conference (GFTC).From major retailers to trucking and shipping, the companies represented at the 45th annual GFTC, are making major strides in emissions control…
Long tracks of elevated nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels show up along certain shipping routes when viewed from NASA's Aura satellite.For more than a decade, scientists have observed “ship tracks” in natural-color satellite imagery of the ocean…
Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes in January totaled 3.2 million tons, a decrease of 11% compared to a year ago. The comparison is somewhat problematic, as the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, stayed open until January 18 in 2012…
The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) has released a new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) (N00167-13-BAA-01) seeking innovative concepts from industry (maritime and non-maritime) and academia that support Navy shipboard energy conservation needs…
GDF SUEZ sign collaboration agreement with 4 companies to develop the Raz Blanchard, Normandy pilot installation.Marine current power allows the energy from tide movements to be exploited. This energy source has the advantages of long-term predictability and strong energy density…
Eco Marine Power (EMP) to collaborate with Solbian Energie Alternative Srl of Italy to develop marine solar power applications.Initially this co-operation will be centred around lab testing activities in Osaka, Japan, with the focus being…
The Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) - the principal international trade association for shipowners, representing all sectors and trades and over 80% of the world merchant fleet - met in London today (5 February)…
