Celebrity Cruises yesterday marked two milestones at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire France. The Royal Caribbean Group brand officially took delivery of its newest Edge series ship, Celebrity Xcel, and
Maritime operations run on tight schedules and thin margins, and as ships, terminals and supply chains connect systems for visibility and efficiency, attackers gain paths to entry. Cyber risk has become an
Otto Candies, LLC and Harvey Gulf International Marine have jointly announced that Otto Candies has acquired four Multi Purpose Support Vessels (MPSVs) from Harvey Gulf. Effective Thursday, October 23, 2025, all four
Marine Log’s 38th annual FERRIES Conference, set for November 4-5, 2025, in the New York City area, will feature a session exploring how ferry operators and engineers are modernizing terminal infrastructure to
![L to R: US Navy Commanding Officer Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast, Captain Randy Staff, Ingalls Shipbuilding VP programs, George Nungesser; Ingalls Shipbuilding structural welder Thomas Ward, Ingalls shipbuilding president Brian Blanchette; and ship sponsor Kay Bowen Webber Cochran. [Photo: HII]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DDG-135_Keel-Authentication_RH_October-23-2025-300x225.jpg)
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding yesterday authenticated the keel of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Thad Cochran (DDG 135). The ship honors Thad Cochran, a Navy veteran and former U.S. senator who represented
To meet rising demand for blended fertilizers in southern Indiana and northern Kentucky, Tanco Terminals is expanding its liquid barge facility at Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville on the Ohio River. The $750,000 expansion
Port Freeport (Texas) marked a historic milestone recently with the delivery of two state-of-the-art Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes. The port says that their arrival, coinciding with the port’s 100th anniversary, underscores
By Bill Moore, CEO, Xona The maritime sector is now a front line in cybersecurity conflict. Nation-state actors are targeting vessels, ports, and shipyards, not just to steal data, but to disrupt
Bollinger Shipyards reports that it recently delivered the USCGC Olivia Hooker at Coast Guard Sector Key West. It is the 61st Fast Response Cutter (FRC) delivered under the U.S. Coast Guard’s current
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras’s Transpetro unit is expanding its logistics operations with the launch of its first public tender for the acquisition of vessels dedicated to inland navigation. By 2026, the company
The 15,000 TEU nuclear powered containership design first unveiled by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) at Core Power’s New Nuclear for Maritime Houston Summit back in February (see earlier
