Forward thinking owners and industry players that act today on Greenhouse Gas emissions will make regulators recognise their progress and performance – that was the message from the US Coast Guard at the annual ABS North America Regional Committee.

Until now, vessels with UV-based ballast water treatment systems have had to wait inconveniently long before deballasting in United States waters. Electrochlorination has offered shorter holding times, but not without the use of chemicals. Thanks...

The four seafarers trapped inside the capsized Glovis Shipping car carrier Golden Ray have been rescued.

Four are missing after the Glovis Shipping car carrier Golden Ray capsized and caught fire off Brunswick Georgia in the US.

As Hurricane Dorian tracks slowly up the Florida coast the US Coast Guard has set port condition “Zulu” for Savannah and Brunswick suspending all vessel calls and movements.

The Port of Jacksonville and Fernandina have been closed to commercial traffic as the US Coast Guard (USCG) prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian.

All types of shipping along the southern US East Coast are facing disruption as Hurricane Dorian, which had reached Category 5 designation - sustained winds in excess of 157 mph - was bearing down on the Coast.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) is advising oceangoing vessels to make plans to depart the Port of Jacksonville and Fernandina as it sets the port condition to X-Ray with hurricane Dorian advancing towards the Florida coast.

A Wallem Group-managed bulk carrier ISL Star rescued eight Indonesian fishermen adrift in the Pacific for over a week.

An ABS sponsored ceremony for Norwegian shipping companies committed to the Amver Awards was held at the US Ambassador’s Residence in Oslo this week.