Atlantic Towing orders battery hybrid PSV

Canada’s Atlantic Towing Limited, part of the J.D. Irving group, is to add a state of the art Havyard 833 WE platform supply vessel to its fleet — and likely at a

Titan LNG carries out first barge based operation

Netherlands based Titan LNG reports that it has become the first accredited bunkering supplier to fuel a vessel with LNG using an inland waterways barge. Titan’s FlexFueler 001 carried out the operation

Bridge reopens after being hit by tanker

Lousiana’s Sunshine Bridge reopened yesterday after being closed after it was hit by the 45,923 chemical/products tanker Dank Silver. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report 1.30 yesterday, that the Marshall

Jotun in MOU with HHI on solvent-free primer

Sandefjord, Norway, based coatings manufacturer Jotun has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the world’s largest shipbuilder, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries. It covers the use of a new type of

LCS 21 launch

VIDEO: Fincantieri Marinette Marine launches LCS 21

The future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) splashed into the Menominee River today in a spectacular side launch at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard, Marinette, Wis. Ship sponsor Jodi J. Greene, Deputy

BMT designs U.S. CTVs with whales in mind

The two BMT-designed Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) being built to service Ørsted U.S. offshore wind projects will have some significant differences from similar vessels built for the European market. As we reported

VIDEO: Iranians remove unexploded limpet mine from tanker

More details are now emerging on yesterday’s attacks on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. It now seems certain that the explosions were caused by limpet mines. Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of

Study indicates scrubber wash water has little impact in ports

The Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 says that the preliminary results of an independent study indicate that accumulated concentrations of residues from exhaust gas scrubber wash water are at very low levels

VIDEO: U.S. blames Iran in Strait of Hormuz tanker attacks

At a press briefing in Washington this afternoon, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for the attacks on two tankers that occurred in the Strait of Hormuz earlier today. “This

Autonomous ship will have automated mooring system

MacGregor has won a contract from Kongsberg Maritime to deliver an automated mooring system for the world’s first autonomous containership, Yara Birkeland. This will enable mooring operations to be undertaken without human

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