Yesterday, Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards presented its progress towards completing the functional design on the first heavy polar icebreaker in Canada in over 60 years. Functional Design of the vessel is now more
SPONSORED CONTENT: The right software solution can help operators manage the dual demands of regulatory compliance and commercial opportunity. By Staci Satterwhite, ABS Wavesight CEO The shipping industry faces a once in
Ships and assets operating in or near seawater are subjected to one of the most corrosive environments for steel-based structures. Even though marine epoxies have been used for decades, they have also
By Quaim Choudhury, ABS Senior Managing Principal Engineer With more than 90% of global GDP now covered by a net zero target, the growing consensus to tackle climate change is matched only by
Ship repair yards worldwide are entering a new era due in large part to sustainability efforts and decarbonization goals. To ease yards into this transition are a variety of technologies and equipment
By Martiens Potgieter, Project Manager at Baseblue In an era of growing concerns about climate change and energy security, the global push for decarbonization remains high on the agenda. The recent geopolitical
Helsinki, Finland, headquartered rotor sail innovator Norsepower, yesterday announced the resignation of Tuomas Riski as CEO and the appointment of Heikki Pöntynen to the leadership position. The company says that Pöntynen has
More than $77 million in infrastructure and expansion projects are now being developed at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor as a record construction season kicks off in the Lake Michigan port. Major projects
Representatives of the St. Louis, Mo., region’s world-class multimodal freight network and the barge industry were featured panelists last week at FreightWeekSTL 2024 and shared details on the latest trends in freight
New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company recently repowered two of its towboats with Laborde Products Inc. (Covington, La.) solutions. The first vessel project, the M/V Ned Merrick, featured the replacement of the vessel’s