Environment

OCTOBER 4, 2012 — Helsinki, Finland, headquartered Eniram Limited has completed an analysis on the effects of hull fouling on cruise vessels in different sea areas. Eniram, which provides realtime decision support solutions for the shipping industry, undertook a study on 60 cruise ships (90-120,000 GRT) sai ...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 — Four low emission dry cargo vessels have been given energy efficiency design index (EEDI) certificates by Germanischer Lloyd (GL). Built for U.K.-based Carisbrooke Shipping by Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, the four 8,500 DWT sister vessels, the Vectis Eagle, Falcon, Harrier and Osprey ...

AUGUST 16, 2012 — A federal jury in Washington, D.C., yesterday returned guilty verdicts against New Zealand fisheries giant Sanford Ltd. on six counts of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS). The jury also found a company employee guilty of two other charges. The comp ...

AUGUST 16, 2012 — An Italian headquartered shipping company and the chief engineer of one of its ships were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Mobile, Ala., for deliberately falsifying records to conceal discharges of oily wastewater from the ship directly into the sea. Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping ...

AUGUST 9, 2012 — Students enrolled in a summer project organized by DNV in Oslo have presented the results of seven weeks of intense and targeted work to develop a realistic and suitable concept for a year-round Arctic oil spill response system, including requirements for people, vessels and equipment. The cornerstone of the ...

AUGUST 5, 2012—In a ground-breaking move, Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE), Tacoma, WA, plans to convert its two ORCA Class Roll-On/Roll-Off ships to burn Liquefied Natural Gas, after receiving a permit from the U.S. Coast Guard providing a conditional waiver from the Emissions Control Area (ECA) fuel sulfur content r ...

AUGUST 3, 2012 —U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Defense crews yesterday completed a three-day oil spill recovery equipment exercise off the coast of Barrow, Alaska, by deploying a DESMI Polar Bear skimmer (pictured at left). The joint operation was the first of its kind to be held in the Arctic Oc ...

JULY 20, 2012 — A Green Tech Marine GTM R15 compact exhaust gas scrubber recently installed onboard Royal Caribbean International's cruise ship Liberty of the Seas has now received a MARPOL "Statement of Compliance" certificate from DNV. The measurements of exhaust gas emission and wash water criteria have been shown to be well ...