Damage sustained by USS Fitzgerald in collision with containership: Fatigue was identified as one factor in fatal incident

GAO: U.S. Navy sailors still not getting enough sleep

Following the fatal collisions with civilian ships involving the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain in the summer of 2017, the U.S. Navy found that sailor overwork, fatigue, and training

BIMCO assesses dry bulk outlook

New IMO regs will pose “a raft of contractual challenges”

New measures likely to be adopted at the next meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) will need to be addressed by shipowners’ legal teams as well as their technical departments.

Maersk Supply in AHTS battery conversion first

Copenhagen-headquartered Maersk Supply Service has ordered a battery pack for one of its M-class anchor handling tugs supply (AHTS) vessels. While the addition of battery packs has become well proven in the

Celebrity Edge at sea

Royal Caribbean gets go ahead for first CDC approved revenue cruise from U.S.

Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) said yesterday that it had received approval to resume sailings from the United States after more than a year of suspended operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. On

Smoke billows from wreck

X-Press Pearl fire still not under control

Sri Lanka TV news channels today showed the nearly new containership X-Press Pearl as still continuing to burn, despite firefighting efforts that are now in their eighth day. Pollution from the 2021-built,

Containers on barge in Port of Rotterdam

Wärtsilä to develop autonomous, zero emission container shuttle

Kicking the container-on-barge concept up several notches, Wärtsilä is to demonstrate a commercially viable autonomous intra-port, inter-terminal container shuttle vessel. The vessel is being developed as part of an EU-funded project led

CSOV launches from Gondan Shipyard

Gondan launches first CSOV in Edda Wind quartet

Spain’s Gondan Shipyard has launched the first in the series of four Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) it is building for Edda Wind AS, the offshore wind segment of Norway’s Østensjø Group.

Golden Ray response team leaders

Golden Ray: Cutting equipment good to go, but will lugs hold?

As they continue to assess the impact of the fire that broke out within the Golden Ray wreck on May 14, responders say the equipment being used to cut up and remove

Royal Caribbean logo on ship

Royal Caribbean gets CDC approval for test cruises

Shares in Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) were up sharply today on news that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given the group its first green light for test

The MAN B&W ME-GI engine

Bulker owners increasingly opt for ME-GI engines

As more owners come to the conclusion that LNG, or at least LNG-ready, is the most future-proof option for newbuildings ordered today, sales of MAN B&W ME-GI engines are steadily increasing. In

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