United States

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The maker of RayClean ballast water management systems is to appeal the US Coast Guard’s decision not to allow the ‘most probable number’ sampling method for UV-based solutions.

25th January 2016

Desmi Ocean Guard to appeal MPN decision

25th January 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mathieu de Tugny of Bureau Veritas admits that in the beginning he was a little insulated from commercial realities, assuming “like most engineers” that technology trumps everything. He talks to Stevie Knight.

28th August 2015

Mathieu de Tugny: Technology ‘is only the entry permit’

28th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US-based Kinder Morgan Inc is expanding its fleet of Jones Act product tankers after signing an agreement worth US$568m with Philly Tankers LLC to acquire four new 50,000 tonne Tier II tankers.

12th August 2015

Kinder Morgan acquires four LNG tankers

12th August 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

As ship operators and regulators struggle with compliance and enforcement of emissions regulations, technology enabling continuous monitoring may be the answer, writes Chris Daw, managing director, Parker Kittiwake Procal. As increasingly stringent…

15th July 2015

Emissions monitoring: the continuous approach

15th July 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

GE Marine LM2500 gas turbines will power the eighth new United States Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter, ‘Midgett’ (WMSL 757), which is currently under construction in the US.

3rd June 2015

GE Marine power for US Coast Guard cutter

3rd June 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US-based Ecochlor, Inc is to supply its Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) for ten oil and chemical tankers operated by Unicom Management Services Ltd and Novoship Technical Management, both part of the…

1st June 2015

Ecochlor BWTS chosen for ten tankers

1st June 2015

LNG

LNG

US-based Moran Towing Corporation, a partner of Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), has been granted US Patent 8,967,174 for ‘Articulated conduit systems and uses thereof for fuel gas transfer between a tug…

27th May 2015

Moran Towing secures LNG fuelling patent

27th May 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Despite the lack of a global infrastructure and the huge fall in the cost of the alternative fuel oils, the number of projects for LNG-powered vessels, as well as bunkering and shore…

13th April 2015

LNG projects gain momentum

13th April 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

With LNG well on the way to wide adoption, class societies are securing their place and looking ahead to more new fuels, reports Wendy Laursen.

30th December 2014

Class societies look to the LNG market and beyond

30th December 2014

LNG

LNG

The United States Maritime Resource Center (USMRC) and ClassNK are joining forces to carry out joint R&D on LNG – the first time such a partnership will work together on specialised training…

10th December 2014

USMRC and ClassNK collaborate on LNG R&D

10th December 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä says that the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has now granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance for its Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System (BWMS), which adds to the AMS acceptance…

12th November 2014

Electro-chlorination ballast system receives AMS acceptance

12th November 2014

LNG

LNG

France’s Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT) is to supply its LNG transportation and storage solution for six Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) being built by Korea’s SHI for an Asian group.

17th September 2014

GTT membrane systems for six VLECs

17th September 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Trojan Technologies’ Marinex ballast water treatment (BWT) system has been approved by the US Coast Guard (USCG) as an Alternate Management System (AMS) for all water qualities: freshwater, brackish water and marine…

27th August 2014

AMS acceptance for Trojan ballast system

27th August 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Russian government is considering imposing sanctions on the US and EU shipbuilding companies, in response to earlier sanctions, imposed by the European Union and the United States on the United Shipbuilding…

11th August 2014

Russia may impose sanctions against EU shipbuilders

11th August 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GE Marine and Lloyd’s Register have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to identify potential gas turbine-powered commercial ship projects.

24th July 2014

GE Marine and Lloyd’s Register join forces

24th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that it wants the Paris MoU on Port State Control to ensure that a harmonised approach to PSC inspections has been developed with respect to…

22nd July 2014

ICS wants harmony from PSC on SECA implementation

22nd July 2014

OPINION

OPINION

It is an even-numbered year, which means that SMM will soon be upon us, once again: claiming to be the leading international trade fair for the maritime industry, the exhibition runs at…

18th July 2014

SMM focuses on attracting more marine engineers

18th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Trojan Technologies of Canada has announced that its Marinex BWT product suite has obtained IMO type approval from DNV on behalf of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.

11th March 2014

Type approval for Canadian BWT system

11th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The New Year saw amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention of the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) enter into force…

3rd January 2014

MARPOL and SOLAS amendments take effect

3rd January 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Ulstein Group has received its largest ever contract to build its largest vessel to date, as well as the first Ulstein designed vessel to be built in the US.

25th November 2013

Major new contract for Ulstein

25th November 2013