ICCOPR Approves Updated Oil Pollution Research Plan
The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) unanimously approved the Oil Pollution Research & Technology Plan (OPRTP) for FY2015-2021…
Hapag-Lloyd Announce Service Improvement
Following market requirements we will employ an additional vessel in our AT2 service and replace the direct Liverpool eastbound call from our AT1 service by a direct…
Danish-South Korean Co-operation Strengthened
The Danish-South Korean Green Growth Alliance met for roundtable talks yesterday. The Minister for Business and Growth's meeting with the South Korean Minister of…
Volvo Penta Doubles Service Interval
Volvo Penta today announced a new extended service interval for its commercial marine diesel engines. “We recognize that minimizing downtime is a critical requirement for commercial marine operators…
Wärtsilä 31 Engine for Aker ARC 124 Icebreaker
The recently introduced Wärtsilä 31 engine, which has been acknowledged by Guinness World Records as being the world's most efficient four-stroke diesel engine,…
Carnival Corporation Adds Third Berth to Cozumel Pier
Carnival Corporation & plc today officially opened an all-new, highly anticipated expansion of its operations in Cozumel, Mexico, adding a third berth to the company's pier at Puerta Maya…
Indonesian Ports to Allow Foreign-flagged Cruise Ships
Indonesia’s government has given the go-ahead for foreign-flagged cruise ships to stop over in five of the country’s largest ports. Previously, such vessels could only dock at one port…
IMTRA Debuts Omega LED lights
IMTRA today released its Omega LED lights. Designed specifically for recessed lighting applications in large yachts, the DC-powered Omega LED lights feature a high-quality…
Approvals Launch VIKING Nadiro into New Markets
New lifeboat release systems and bracket type approvals for VIKING Nadiro SOLAS products are extending the company’s core capabilities beyond cargo to offshore and…
Zim plans Wall Street IPO
Israel’s Zim Integrated Shipping Services has hired two banks to carry out its initial public offering (IPO) in the US, Bloomberg reported. Zim Integrated Shipping…
Friendship to Green Ships
Korea and Denmark both have ambitious national plans for a transition to greener and more energy efficient economies. The Danish-South Korean Green Growth Alliance met for roundtable talks.
EfficienSea2 Rolls out Maritime Cloud
The Danish-led e-navigation project, EfficienSea2, got one step closer to being launched when a core element of the project – Maritime Cloud – was debated by a group…
Tsakos Fixes Three LR2s on Timecharter
Crude, product and LNG tanker operator Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (TNP) announced the charter for an average of 36-months per vessel for its three LR2 Aframax…
Container Shipping: Volumes Up, But...
The container shipping market may find comfort in the fact that global volumes were up by 1.1% in the first six months of 2015. Following a disastrous first quarter…
Security Advisory: Piracy – Revision of BMP4 High Risk Area
BIMCO says that the co-sponsors of BMP 4 have agreed to a revised definition of the High Risk Area. The revisions are effective and will formally apply as of 1 December 2015…
Using Big Data for Engine Preventive Maintenance
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that it has started a demonstration test of a next-generation condition-based engine monitoring system called “CMAXS e-GICSX”…
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