Samskip introduces a new European service

The initial schedule offers a twice weekly short sea container service, with its first departure from Antwerp on the 12th October. The service will be operated by a 508TEU capacity vessel, sailing from ATO’s multimodal terminal on Tuesday and Saturday and ABP Port of Hull on Thursday and Monday.

This new connection is in addition to Samskip’s existing shortsea services connecting Rotterdam with Tilbury, Hull and Grangemouth (eight per week) and the recent three times weekly Amsterdam-Hull...

http://container-news.com/samskip-introduces-european-service/

US EPA requires Honolulu boatyard to reduce pollution

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached an agreement with ship repair facility Keehi Marine, Inc. to reduce pollution in its stormwater discharges to Keehi Lagoon and the Pacific Ocean. By November, the Honolulu boatyard must ensure that discharges of copper, lead, zinc, and other pollutants meet the requirements of its state stormwater discharge permit.

Ship repair facilities must have stormwater pollution controls in place to protect coastal waters and coral reefs. We are...

https://safety4sea.com/us-epa-requires-honolulu-boatyard-to-reduce-pollution/

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