Americas News

The vessels, which will be built by Damen Shipyards, will be operated by the Ecuadorian tanker company’s subsidiary DLEN S.A.

There has been a ‘significant’ rise in the number of gas carriers moving through the Panama Canal in 2017 and in the first months of 2018 – and changes in trading patterns are also underway, says Silvia de Marucci of the Panama Canal Authority.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, affirming an earlier judgment issued by the Northern District Court of Florida, has ruled that Martin Energy Services should be awarded the value of the fuel supplied to the M/V Bravante VIII, operated by Brazilian shipping company, Boldini Ltd.

Nitta Kisen Kaisha Ltd, a Japanese shipping company that delivered steel products to Wilmington, NC, has been convicted and sentenced for obstruction of justice and falsification of an Oil Record Book to cover-up intentional oil pollution from the MV Atlantic Oasis.

The Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) has awarded the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) a $5 million 2017 Passenger Ferry Grant Programme grant for the mid-life refurbishment of the MV Solano, which is expected to cut overall vessel emissions by 90%.

Alberta, through its Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) initiative, will provide the company, formerly known as Field Upgrading, with funding for its CLEANSEAS demonstration project.

Challenge Fisheries LLC, Quinn Fisheries Inc., Charles Quinn II, and Charles Quinn III have agreed to pay a total of $414,000 in civil penalties relating to oily bilge discharges from the commercial fishing vessel Challenge, and a related fuel oil discharge in August 2017 in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts.

TOTE Maritime Alaska is adjusting its LNG conversion schedule and has elected to delay the upcoming Midnight Sun LNG conversion phase-1 dry-dock by one year.