Norway's shipping industry can remain strong as the country continues its shift toward a service-based economy, but the government must respond to international competition by making the tax system more friendly to…

Thirty-five years of behind-the-scenes work to prevent and clean up oil spills was honoured last night with the presentation of the Thor Heyerdahl Award 2003 to the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation.

Rolls-Royce and Furuno are developing an integrated bridge system in which Furuno hardware is functionally integrated with Rolls-Royce?s automation and control products."The goal is to provide customers with more synergies in the…

Vacon has launched a series of modular AC drives for marine applications. The new Vacon NX series of frequency converters includes both air and liquid cooled units within the power range of…

There are countless arguments against the EUs unilateral action to bring forward the internationally agreed phase-out dates of single hull tankers. Intertanko, the representative body for independent tanker owners, has heard them…

Three major incidents in three years have woken the industry up to the fact that post-Marpol, buckling is a far more critical design strength factor than pre-Marpol. Erika, Prestige and to a…

Recent reports from CRUCOSGA and the National Academy of Science estimate that 0.2% of a crude oil tanker?s cargo is lost through vapour emissions. Over the course of a year the total…

Oscar Spieler, technical director at Frontline, says that it is not commercially viable for an independent tanker operator to retrofit a VOC vapour recovery system to his ships since the cost is…

Two sister ships, ordered by Belgium dredger operator Jan de Nul, were launched earlier this year at Izar?s Sestao shipyard. Named Filippo Brunelleschi and Francis Beaufort, the vessels are trailing suction hopper…