Boxes being taken off Ever Forward

VIDEO: Boxes start to come off Ever Forward

Removal of cargo containers from the grounded containership Ever Forward got underway this past Saturday. The 1,095 feet long,12,118 TEU Evergreen Marine vessel has been bogged down in mud in Chesapeake Bay

Voyage optimization with NAPA Fleet Intelligence

How much fuel and carbon can voyage optimization save?

With IMO’s EEXI and CII requirements putting the pressure on shipowners to reduce carbon emissions, Finnish-based software specialist NAPA and ClassNK are working with Japanese trading house Marubeni on a major fleet-wide

Fire aboard Aleutian Falcon was due to inadequate hot work planning and related issues says NTSB report

Hot work planning faulted in $16.5 million fish processing vessel fire

Issues related to hot work are the focus of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report on a February 2021 fire aboard a fish processing vessel docked for repair at a shipyard

Russian attack on merchant ship

ILO and IMO call for urgent action on seafarers stranded in Ukraine

Russian attacks on merchant shipping continue. According to Ukrainian sources, Russian forces last night shelled the icebreaker Kapitan Belousov (IMO 5181598) in the port of Mariupol, killing one person and injuring another.

Euronav merger with Frontline is opposed by CMB

Mega tanker merger hits Saverys family opposition

The planned merger between tanker giants Euronav and Frontline might not go quite as easily as its architects might wish. Euronav’s largest shareholder, the Saverys family’s Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) is opposed

Jones Act compliant Ross Candies

DOF Subsea awarded multiple contracts for Ross Candies

Norway’s DOF ASA reports that its DOF Subsea USA subsidiary has been awarded multiple contracts for the Ross Candies. The 309 foot Ross Candies is one of two Jones Act vessels chartered

human sustainability lauch group

New initiative on seafarers’ human sustainability

Maritime medical services provider Vikand Solutions LLC and a number of other maritime stakeholders have launched the Seafarers’ Human Sustainability Declaration. The declaration aims to recognize and improve how the global maritime

Conrad ice class tugboat

Conrad to build two ice class tugboats for USACE

Conrad Shipyard, LLC has released more details about its recently awarded $16.9 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract. Conrad says that the contract is for the design and construction of two

Wind farm where offshore wind turbine failure took place

Ørsted asks for “no sail” zones following offshore wind turbine failure

Ørsted reports that it is investigating an incident at the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark. A rotor, including three blades, separated from the nacelle of one of the offshore wind turbines

remote controlled tug

Keppel O&M completes autonomous tug project

Notching up several “firsts,” Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) reports that it has successfully completed its first autonomous vessel project. Capable of autonomous vessel navigation as well as collision

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