BV has delivered an approval in principle to Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, a Hong Kong shipowner, and Qiyao Environmental Technology (Qiyao Environ Tec), a subsidiary of Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute, for a carbon capture and storage project onboard two Wah Kwong vessels.
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The European Council and Parliament came to an informal agreement in March 2023 that the FuelEU Maritime will come into force from January 1, 2025. This regulatory news brief provides a preliminary introduction to the Maritime FuelEU Regulation.
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WinGD and Chord X are collaborating to provide visibility into how engine performance affects overall vessel operational efficiency as reported under IMO’s upcoming Carbon Intensity Indicator regulation.
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GP Global has successfully delivered the first International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2020-compliant bunker load of low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO). The global conglomerate made this maiden delivery via its 6,000-tonner bunker barge at Fujairah, which will help serve the Port of Fujairah as well as adjoining ports, enabling the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to meet the IMO directive. This first bunkering of
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New York City is rediscovering its waterfront roots—thanks in part to an eight-acre marina that has taken shape at the mouth of the East River, between Piers 4 and 5 at Brooklyn Bridge Park: ONE°15 Brooklyn Marina. As the first construction of its kind on the N.Y. Harbor in over 50 years, ONE°15 Brooklyn, opening at full capacity this spring,
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Legislation that sets standards for incidental water discharges from vessels has been signed into public law. The Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, S. 140, which includes the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA), passed the Senate and moved to the president to be signed in late 2018. The provision places the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the
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