By MarEx 2016-02-08 22:22:20 In November 2015, the Australian Government awarded GRD Franmarine an accelerating commercialization project grant work A$1 million. Now, after more than five years of ...
Hull Cleaning, Waste Capture System Getting Readied
Man Overboard: Fishing from Accommodation Ladder
By MarEx 2016-02-08 21:05:45 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its findings into the man overboard fatality from bulk carrier Cape Splendor in Western Australia on October ...
Western Bulk’s Future Uncertain as Bond Deal Unravels
By MarEx 2016-02-08 20:54:06 In a record-breaking bear market, operator Western Bulk has been working to improve its balance sheet and move forward - but on Monday it announced that its majority ...
Jump in Dangerous Goods Issues After Tianjin
By MarEx 2016-02-08 19:53:28 Hapag-Lloyd has stated that it registered considerably more incorrectly declared dangerous goods last year, compared to 2014. The Watchdog program, developed jointly by ...
Watch: International Fleet Review 2016
By MarEx 2016-02-08 19:14:40 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a message of international cooperation at the 2016 International Fleet Review in India. India hosted the International ...
Government Officials Criticize LCS and Cutter Programs
By MarEx 2016-02-08 18:46:49 On Friday, Senators John McCain and Jack Reed, the top-ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a sharply critical bipartisan letter to the Navy ...
Georgia to Build New Silk Road Port
By MarEx 2016-02-08 17:01:35 A U.S.-Georgian consortium has been awarded a $2.5 billion contract to build and develop a deep-sea port in Anaklia on Georgia's Black Sea coast, as the tiny ex-Soviet ...
IMO Pushes “Polluter Pays” Convention
By MarEx 2016-02-08 16:41:27 The IMO, together with the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) and the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), is urging member ...
Modern Express’ Cargo Stirs Environmental Controversy
By MarEx 2016-02-08 16:36:21 The head of European Roro Lines (ERL), the operator of the stricken ro/ro ModernExpress, has disputed claims by Greenpeace that the vessel should be investigated for ...
Cruise Ship Rides Out Severe Storm
By MarEx 2016-02-08 13:31:15 Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas departed Cape Liberty, NJ for Port Canaveral on Saturday, with 4,529 passengers and 1,616 crew aboard. On Sunday, she entered a ...