MARINE LINK ARTICLE ON NSMV: PHILLY SHIPYARD NETS $300M ORDER FOR FIFTH NATIONAL SECURITY MULTI-MISSION VESSEL Background: The 11th meeting of the Inter-sessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emission from Ships (ISWG-GHG 11) was held from the 14th to the 18th of March 2022. There have typically been one or two ISWG-GHG [...]
Background: The 11th meeting of the Inter-sessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emission from Ships (ISWG-GHG 11) was held from the 14th to the 18th of March 2022. There have typically been one or two ISWG-GHG meetings held in between the full Marine Environmental Protection Committee meetings, the next one, MEPC 78, [...]
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A study committee appointed by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the U.S. Coast Guard's oversight of recognized organizations and its impact on compliance and on the safety of vessels inspected by such organizations during meetings this week at the J. Erik Jonsson Center in Woods Hole, MA. [...]
The Member Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Stability (in general). The purpose of the campaign on ship’s stability is to confirm that the ship’s crew is familiar with assessing the actual stability condition on completion [...]
Background In June, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 76th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) session. Arguably, the most important and time-consuming issue on the committee's agenda is the regulation of greenhouse Gases (GHG) from ships. Because the IMO is an agency of the United Nations (UN), IMO’s efforts on this subject have [...]
Hendrik Bruhns succeeds Spencer Schilling who will formally step down as President on July 1st, 2021. Spencer Schilling, who has worked for HEC for 38 years, 14 of them as President, is happy to pass the torch to the next generation. Spencer explained, “I have been privileged to work with a very talented [...]
Background: In July 2020, the IMO 4th GHG study was released, and the highlights and an executive summary were presented as a submission to IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee for discussion at the upcoming MEPC 75 (virtual meeting scheduled on 16-20 November 2020). The study was conducted by an international group of experts from [...]
On November 1st, Herbert Engineering President, Spencer Schilling, participated in a panel session reviewing future fuel options for ships in 2030, at the SNAME Maritime Convention in Tacoma WA - Panel Session. Spencer reviewed out the ambitious IMO 2030 and 2050 goals for GHG emissions, and presented some of the positive and negative aspects [...]
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