Kakaskia Regional Port District features on “World’s Greatest”

The Kaskaskia Regional Port District in Red Bull, Ill., was recently featured in an episode of the “World’s Greatest” TV show. Now in its fourteenth season and aired on the ION Network.

Scorpio Bulkers agrees to sales of five more ships

Emanuele A. Lauro led Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) is continuing to sell off bulkers as it eyes a future in offshore wind farm installation. Yesterday it reported that it had entered

AMSA inspection found multiple breaches of Maritime Labor Convention (MLC)

Australia: No more COVID-19 extensions of seafarers’ onboard service

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says that from February 28, 2021 the interim COVID arrangements that have permitted seafarers to serve longer than 11 months on-board ships will end. Under the

ABB to supply Azipods for five Fincantieri cruise newbuilds

ABB has won an order worth around $150 million to deliver a comprehensive scope of technologies for five next-generation cruise ships on order at Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Each cruise ship will be

Conrad Industries

Conrad reports soft market, but adds to backlog

Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) yesterday reported its third quarter and nine months 2020 financial results and backlog at September 30, 2020. For the quarter ended

Liebherr heavy-duty crane loads offshore wind monopiles in Rostock

The new TCC 78000 heavy-duty gantry crane at crane manufacturer Liebherr’s Rostock, Germany, facility — Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH — loaded 72 foundation piles for Denmark’s largest wind farm between May and September

SeaRobotics launches next gen “Utility Class” ASV

Stuart, Fla., based SeaRobotics Corporation (SRC), has released details of its next generation Utility Class ASV (autonomous surface vessel), the SR-Utility 3.0. Designed to extend the range and versatility of unmanned coastal

VIDEO: First night drone delivery to a ship

Singapore-headquartered start-up F-drone reports that it has successfully completed the first commercial night drone delivery to a ship. The delivery was made on November 1 when a drone delivered a 3D printed

Another 3,000-hp Maryland-built tugboat joins Vane Brothers fleet

Underscoring the advantages of building in series, Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the 3,000 hp Cape Fear, the seventeenth Maryland-built tugboat to join the Baltimore-based company’s expanding fleet. Since 2008, fifteen

Pandemic pushes up costs of crew changes

Ship operators are being warned to expect higher crewing costs next year as pandemic measures and challenges in carrying out crew changes push prices higher. Henrik Jensen, managing director of Hamburg, Germany,

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