Crowley bareboat charters in newbuild tractor tug

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s marine services group has entered into a bareboat charter with Brusco Tug and Barge for an all new RApport-design tractor tug to serve Pacific Northwest and California ports, performing

Plea to UN agencies: Recognize seafarers as international key workers

As coronavirus-related travel and other restrictions increase, the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers’ Federation have written a joint open letter to the heads of four United Nations agencies

Court approves ACL “pre-packaged” recapitalization

Jeffersonville, Ind.-headquartered American Commercial Lines Inc. reports that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division has confirmed the company’s “pre-packaged” plan to recapitalize the business. The company

VIDEO: IMO Sec Gen urges “practical and pragmatic approach” to coronavirus challenge

Kitack Lim, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is urging “a practical and pragmatic approach, in these unusual times, to issues like crew changeovers, resupply, repairs, survey and certification and

Bouchard: New York COTP orders rescinded

Bouchard Transportation reports that all Captain of the Port Orders and form 835 orders have been rescinded in the Port of New York. Bouchard is slowly returning vessels to the market and

Carnival is rolling outService Power Packages

Carnival to make cruise ships available as temporary hospitals

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), today announced that select cruise ships from the company’s global cruise line brands, including Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and P&O

Eight tips for companies moving to remote working

With companies increasingly shifting to remote working to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Hamburg headquartered maritime software specialist Hanseaticsoft, a member of the Lloyd’s Register group, is offering some tips

Schottel thrusters to propel Washburn & Doughty tug

The tugboat currently under construction at the Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine, for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) will be propelled by medium-sized Schottel azimuth

Study confirms viability of 3D model-based plan approval

Maritime software specialist NAPA, classification society ClassNK, and shipbuilder Japan Marine United (JMU) have completed a joint feasibility study on 3D model-based plan approval (3D MBA) using 3D CAD models. In the

Port of Auckland has been fined in a dock worker death case

Former Congressman Duncan D. Hunter sentenced to prison term

Once he was Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Marine Transportation and the recipient of multiple marine industry awards, including being honored as a Champion of Maritime by the

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