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The Environmental Defense Fund has released a new report on air pollution from large ocean-going ships. Entitled "Floating Smokestacks: A Call for Action to Clean Up Shipping Pollution," the report analyses the…

There is a new warning that the IMO must act quickly to find consensus of ways of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. "The EU (European Union) is putting pressure on the IMO.…

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed a definitive acquisition agreement to acquire the Manitowoc Marine Group (MMG), from its parent company, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to be a…

A newly-approved emissions control system, designed to fit onboard ocean-going ships, could prevent thousands of premature deaths by significantly reducing some of the most deadly pollutants affecting regions along North American coastlines.…

Aker American Shipping (AKASA) representative Michelle Pinto started a plasma cutter today to officially begin production of the company?s first shuttle tanker. When this vessel is completed, Aker American Shipping will become…

The IMO has tentatively agreed new sulphur limits for ship fuels that will slash air pollutants but cost the oil and ship industry dear, an industry source close to the talks said.…

The US-based Tricon Marine, a high-quality builder of FRP/composite luxury yachts up to 55 metres long, recently broke ground on China?s first and only North American-owned and operated shipyard. The new facility…

Oman's state shipping firm will spend up to $4 billion in the next three to four years to expand its fleet size, a senior company official said, as part of the sultanate's…

A 100% increase in the cost of stowaway incidents in the past ten years means that stowaways cost the international shipping industry more than $20 million per year. The trend has prompted…

The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW), a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $1.4 billion contract to build ZUMWALT (DDG 1000). The ship is scheduled to be delivered…