The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on the August 21 incident in which the 152-foot-long cutter-head suction dredge Waymon L. Boyd caught fire and four crew members died.
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that a great deal has changed since March when first issued guidance for the global shipping industry to help combat the spread of COVID-19. With
Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics has partnered with Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark Boats to supply the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) with a new Sharktech 29 Defiant vessel
Wärtsilä’s Board of Directors has appointed Håkan Agnevall, currently President of Volvo Bus Corporation, as the new President and CEO for Wärtsilä Corporation Agnevall will take up his new role no later
While DNV GL’s most recent Maritime Forecast to 2050 sees a relatively limited uptake of hydrogen as a ship fuel, a report from Shell released yesterday sees things somewhat differently. The report,
The 12 members of the crew of TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 6 cruise ship who had earlier tested positive for the novel coronavirus came tested negative in retests earlier today, according to
The St. Simons Sound Incident Unified Command working on the salvage of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray has been ramping up operations inside the Environmental Protection Barrier (EPB) protecting the wreck.
Privately-held Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., the largest independently-owned ocean-going petroleum barge company in the U.S., said today that it and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions to restructure under Chapter
Non-profit ocean exploration and media production company OceanX has taken the wraps of its new exploration vessel, the R/V OceanXplorer. Designed and built to be the most advanced combined marine research and
Marine Log’s FERRIES 2020 event will be held virtually this year on November 9-10 from 1 to 4 p.m. EST. Speakers will include Drew Orvieto, who is the Engineering Manager and head
Singapore-based Hamworthy Pumps, now part of the Svanehøj Group along with sister brands Svanehøj, Eureka and Dolphin, is making a strong return to the tanker pump room sector in alliance with Denmark’s
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. reports that on, September 11, it conducted the keel laying for R.B. Weeks, ESG Hull 258, a new trailing suction hopper dredge for Cranford, N.J., headquartered Weeks Marine,
Scorpio Bulkers has reached an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell the SBI Rock, a 2016 built non-scrubber-fitted Kamsarmax vessel, for a price slightly in excess of $18 million. Delivery
Singapore’s Keppel Corporation is to undertake a strategic review of its offshore and marine business. The decision is in line with its plans to unlock value from SGD 3-5 billion (about US$
Kongsberg Digital and MAN Energy Solutions are to deliver joint digital infrastructure to Höegh Autoliners. This marks the first step in entering into a strategic digitalization partnership and formalizes a Memorandum of
