THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF SHIPPING has released a new ship recycling handbook to assist shipowners in complying with new standards.The publishing comes after Liberia and Bangladesh ratified the International agreement for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships in June, allowing the agreement to enter into force in 2025.
The ICS Ship Recycling Guide provides additional guidance to shipowners and other stakeholders on how to comply with the provisions of the so-called Hong Kong...
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Bollinger Shipyards gets order for four more Fast Response Cutters
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Bollinger Shipyards LLC four additional 154’x25′ Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (FRC). This announcement brings the total number of FRCs awarded to Bollinger up to 60 vessels since the program’s inception. The Coast Guard’s Program of Record is to procure 64 FRCs.
The FRCs are consistently being deployed in support of the full range of missions within the Coast Guard and other branches of our armed services. FRCs have conducted operations as far as the...
Canadian government signs option with AIS data provider
ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced that the government of Canada has exercised the option for another year on its contract through ORBCOMM’s Canadian partner Maerospace, a global supplier of automatic identification system (AIS) data and maritime domain awareness solutions.
Through its Canadian subsidiary, SkyWave, ORBCOMM will provide satellite AIS data used for ship tracking and other maritime navigational and safety...
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