VIDEO: Port Newark ship fire continues to burn
The deadly car carrier fire aboard the Grimaldi Deep Sea RO/RO vessel Grande Costa d’Avorio that cost two Newark firefighters their lives continued to burn today and seemed likely to continue burning
Author: Nick Blenkey
MEPC 80 sets new GHG reduction targets for shipping
This week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 80) saw member states adopt the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. The strategy fell
BP puts $10 million into green methanol start-up WasteFuel
Energy major BP has plans to deliver a 100,000 barrels of biofuel a day by 2030 to help decarbonize transportation. That target was announced yesterday by BP’s vice president of next generation
VIDEO: Efforts to fight Newark car carrier fire continue
Two firefighters lost their lives last night battling a car carrier fire that broke out aboard the Grimaldi Deep Sea RO/RO vessel Grande Costa d’Avorio in Port Newark. As of midday today,
Seaspan and Hapag-Lloyd ink methanol retrofit agreement with MAN ES
The move to methanol fueling continues to accelerate. The latest figures from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform, showed that the 55 vessels with alternative fuel propulsion ordered in June included 26
Thoma-Sea wins $624.6 million NOAA research vessel order
NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) has awarded Houma, La., shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC a $624.6 million contract to design and build two advanced research vessels. The contract includes an option
Damen books contract for advanced ASW frigate quartet
The Dutch Ministry of Defense, Damen and Thales have signed acontract for the design, construction, and delivery of four Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) frigates; two for the Netherlands and two for Belgium. The
BOEM approves first N.J. offshore wind farm, Ocean Wind 1
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has issued its Record of Decision (ROD) approving the plan for construction and operations of Ørsted’s Ocean Wind 1. To be located about 13 nautical miles
San Francisco Bar Pilots take delivery of new Camarc 22
The San Francisco Bar pilots have recently taken delivery of a new pilot boat from Snow & Company, Seattle. Called Golden Gate, it is the latest all-aluminum pilot vessel in the Camarc
B.C. ports labor dispute drags on
While the U.S. West Coast ports labor dispute last month reached a point where a tentative labor agreement could be reached, there’s as yet no sign of any such breakthrough in Canada’s