Unmanned ZEPHR survey vessel

Port of London to operate hydrogen powered survey USV

The Port of London is to operate a green-hydrogen fueled, uncrewed, hydrographic survey vessel, dubbed ZEPHR – Zero Emissions Ports Hydrogen Refilling Survey Vessel. Like the eSOV project just announced by Bibby

deadly duck boat DUKW is raised from water

USCG issues interim rule on duck boat safety

The Coast Guard has issued an interim rule as the first step toward implementing statutorily mandated requirements for duck boats — DUKW amphibious passenger vessels. This statutory mandate was enacted after the

Empire Wind wind turbines

BOEM completes Empire Wind environmental review

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of Equinor and BP’s proposed Empire Wind offshore wind project, which BOEM estimates could power more than 700,000 homes with

future maritime fuels

Future maritime fuels: LR sees two paths ahead

A report from the Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonization Hub says that the shipping industry faces two alternative decarbonization paths with hydrogen-based fuels and biofuels vying for prominence. Its analysis of future maritime

Bibby Marine eSOV

U.K. consortium to build world’s first eSOV

A consortium led by Bibby Marine is to receive U.K. government matching funding for the construction of what, they say, will be the world’s first zero-emission electric service operation vessel (eSOV). With

Elsbeth Smith

Remembering maritime pioneer Elsbeth Smith

America’s first female tugboat captain, Elsbeth Smith, born in Daytona Beach in 1941, peacefully passed away surrounded by her five children in St. Augustine, Florida on August 15, 2023, at the age

NTSB reports on City of Boston

NTSB says failure to maintain crane barge led to $6.3 million loss

In its latest report involving a crane barge accident, the NTSB says that an owner’s lack of inspection and maintenance led to the capsizing and sinking of a crane barge last year

giant ammonia carriers order by Capital and EPS

Capital and and EPS sign orders for giant ammonia carriers

With seaborne carriage of ammonia cargoes predicted to soar, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has booked orders to build the world’s first four next-generation 88,000 cubic meter eco-friendly very large ammonia

Rendering of floating carbon storage and injection unit (FCSIU)

ABS grants AiP for carbon storage and injection vessel

With CCS (carbon capture and storage) set to play a growing role in global decarbonization, Malaysia-based FPSO and FSU operator Bumi Armada is turning its attention to opportunities in this emerging sector.

EF-12 pilot on its foils

Artemis launches all-electric EF-12 pilot

Belfast, Northern Ireland, based Artemis Technologies has taken its all-electric foiling craft technology into the pilot boat sector, unveiling the EF-12 pilot. Artemis first demonstrated its foiling technology on the water in

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