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GREEK-based tanker operator Ionia Management faces fines of up to US9m after being convicted in the US for, according to the US Justice Department, “its role in overboard dumping of waste oil from the Kriton into international waters and its efforts to impede the U.S. Coast Guard and other authorities from learning of the dumping”. After a trial of tw...
A US federal court has ruled that California's new laws on emissions from ocean-going ships and applying up to 24 nautical miles off the coast are pre-empted by the country's federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The court has “permanently enjoined” California Air Resources Board (CARB) it regulations. Dennis Bryant in the Maritime Spotlight pages of the Holla...
On September, 6 A.P. Moller - Maersk Group and Xiamen Port held a grand opening ceremony for the Xiamen Songyu Phase I Container Terminal at Songyu Port (Xiamen), reports the press-service of A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. It is said that the Songyu Phase I was jointly developed by APM Terminals and the Xiamen Port Group. Both companies hold a 50% stake...
During the 8 months of the current year Ventspils increased its cargo turnover by 9% - up to 21 485 thousand tons. In January-August 2007 the port handled 13 104 thousand tons (+11.7%) of oil-bulk cargo, including 1 485 thousand tons of crude oil (+53%), 11 619 thousand tons of oil products (+8%). Mineral fertilizers handling increased by 7% (up to 2 3...
US-based Multi Service Corporation and BP Marine Fuels have formed a joint venture to expand on the success of the US Government SEACARDSM Program, developed for the US Department of Defense. The venture, named Altivis, will introduce an online fuels ordering system to the commercial shipping market, just as the US Government SEACARDSM Program introdu...
IN the latest piracy incident to be reported in the Malacca Strait, 10 armed men in a speedboat attempted to board a container ship underway. The ICC International Maritime Bureau's Weekly Piracy Report says the attack took place of 28 August but, thanks to the ship’s higher speed, the pirates could not board and gave up the chase. The following day an attem...
A US federal court has ruled that California's new laws on emissions from ocean-going ships and applying up to 24 nautical miles off the coast are pre-empted by the country's federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The court has “permanently enjoined” California Air Resources Board (CARB) it regulations. Dennis Bryant in the Maritime Spotlight pages of the Holla...
On September, 6 in the framework of the fist part of the investment program development realized by National Container Company in the Ilyichevsk container terminal (the Ilyichevsk port, the Ukraine) 2 new container cranes of Postpanamax class produced by Noell Fantuzzi Group will be delivered to the terminal, reports the press-service of the company. I...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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