
UK-based investment firm Basalt Infrastructure Partners has signed a deal to add a newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to the existing LNG platform owned by its joint venture with Denmark’s Celsius Shipping.

Greece-based ballast water treatment specialist ERMA FIRST has formally joined Green Marine, an environmental certification program for the North American maritime industry. As disclosed, the company stepped aboard the program to ‘bolster’ its commitment to ecologically responsible shipping on both