By MarEx 2015-06-01 16:38:21 Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has secured two new ships to join its international fleet. In January, Sea Shepherd USA purchased two recently decommissioned U.S. ...
Sea Shepherd Buys Coast Guard Vessels
IMO to Adopt New Code for Gas-Fueled Ships
By MarEx 2015-06-01 15:29:04 The IMO is expected to adopt the IGF Code, a new mandatory code for gas-fueled ships, when the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets June 3 to 12 in London. The IGF Code ...
Standed Tanker Arrives in Port
By Kathryn Stone 2015-06-01 12:44:22 The disabled Afromax tanker Lady M finally arrived at the Port of Las Palmas Sunday after being stranded two weeks following an onboard fire. The 115,418 DWT ...
Humanitarian Aid Ship Shelled in Yemen
By MarEx 2015-06-01 10:41:39 A humanitarian relief vessel heading to war-torn Yemen was diverted on Sunday after it was shelled about one nautical mile from its destination. The ship MV Amsterdam, ...
Homeless Atlantic Oil Cargoes Deepen Global Glut
By Reuters 2015-06-01 09:22:46 A shadowy build up of oil has intensified in the Atlantic Basin with homeless cargoes of crude turning into unintentional floating storage - another sign the global ...
Purple Beach finds refuge in Wilhelmshaven
The stricken multipurpose vessel Purple Beach, whose cargo of fertiliser caught fire in one of its holds in the German Bay last week, has been granted refuge in Wilhelmshaven, the German Central ...
Mandatory gas-fuel ship code set for adoption by Maritime Safety Committee
IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which meets at the Organization's London headquarters for its 95th session from 3 to 12 June 2015, is expected to adopt a new mandatory code for gas-fuelled ...
Oil Majors Call for Carbon Pricing
By MarEx 2015-06-01 03:39:02 Major oil and gas companies, BG Group, BP plc, Eni S.p.A., Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil ASA and Total SA, have announced their call to governments around the world and to ...
Top Ten Maritime News Stories 01/06/2015
Posted on: Monday, June 1st, 2015 By: Szymanski Seacurus Daily: Top Ten Maritime News Stories 01/06/2015 1. Oily Water Effectiveness Questioned Preliminary results from a six-month study on the ...
Seafarers Speak Out on Oily Water Separators
By Wendy Laursen 2015-06-01 00:43:30 Preliminary results from a six-month study on the effectiveness of oily water separators indicate seafarers have some serious complaints about an onboard ...