Nick Brown named next LR Group CEO

Nick Brown, currently Marine & Offshore Director at Lloyd’s Register, is to succeed Alastair Marsh as Lloyd’s Register Group Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2021. Marsh will retire from the CEO

Eastern Shipbuilding cuts steel for Weeks Marine dredge

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. reports that on August 19, 2020, it commenced steel cutting for R.B. Weeks, ESG Hull 258, a new trailing suction hopper dredge for Weeks Marine, Inc. following the

USCG suspends search for two missing in deadly dredge fire and explosion

The Coast Guard suspended its search Saturday for two missing crewmembers from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd which caught fire in an incident first reported to officials at the Port of

NTSB issues report on fatal Alaska barge explosion

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report into a July explosion that killed the sole crewmember on a barge was moored at the Delong Dock in Whittier, Alaska. The vessel

Metal Shark delivers Near Coastal Patrol Vessel to Dominican Republic

Jeanerette, La., shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered an 85- by 19.5-foot welded aluminum Near Coastal Patrol Vessel (NCPV) to the Dominican Republic’s Navy. Named Betelgeuse in the Dominican tradition of naming military

Fuel cells could play a key role in helping large ships meet decarbonization goals

Coping With the Present, Looking to the Future

Buying Time With LNG While LNG may not be zero carbon, it is arguably the cleanest currently available fuel delivering a significant reduction in GHG emissions. At the start of this year,

Somali pirate hijacking? Probably not

An incident that indicated that the Panama-flagged chemical vessel Aegean II (IMO: 9016911) had been hijacked off the Horn of Africa now looks likely to have been something else. According to the

Wärtsilä profit-sharing deal with Brittany Ferries pays off

A profit-sharing deal based on fuel savings signed by Wärtsilä in 2018 with French operator Brittany Ferries is reported to be delivering significant benefits for both companies. The installation of Trim and

Washington State project aims to speed up development of fast foil ferry

A consortium of Washington State players in the blue economy has launched a Joint Innovation Project to speed the design of a fast foil ferry, an innovation that promises a leap forward

Tanker reportedly hijacked off Somalia

Maritime security specialist Dryad Global says that reporting suggests that the Panama-flagged chemical vessel Aegean II IMO: 9016911 has been hijacked off the Horn of Africa. If true, this would be the

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