WETA REEF ferries

Echandia batteries will power San Francisco Bay Ferry’s REEF ferries

Swedish maritime battery system specialist Echandia has been selected to supply the battery systems for San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Rapid Electric Emission Free (REEF) Ferry program. This project marks a significant step

RISC launch event

Ship registries launch RISC: A new tool to strengthen maritime compliance

Leading ship registries — including the world’s largest, the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR) — have launched the Registry Information Sharing Compact (RISC) database. The initiative, created as a sovereign

Strike on Houthi assets

U.S. continues strikes on Houthi assets

As U.S. efforts to neutralize Houthi assets and access to weaponry continue — both on the ground and in the court room, United Kingdom Maritime Operations said today that it had received

bio-LNG bunkering operation

Island Offshore PSV bunkers bio-LNG

The Island Offshore PSV Island Crusader is being bunkered with bio-LNG in a series of operations being carried out in cooperation collaboration with the vessel’s charterer, Equinor. The bio-LNG bunkerings are being

self-unloading bulker that grounded

Self-unloading bulker grounded twice, which proved expensive

In its second recent report on a Great Lakes bulker grounding incident, the National Transportation Safety Board has released its findings on an April 2023 incident in which the 1973-built, 667-foot-long, self-unloading

Höegh Aurora

Höegh Aurora claims crown of world’s largest, greenest, PCTC

Three years after launching its Aurora Class design, Norway’s Höegh Autoliners yesterday took deliver of the first vessel in the class, Höegh Aurora. Built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard in

dredging contract awards

USACE awards dredging contracts worth $157 million

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers yesterday reported the award of dredging contracts to Galveston, Texas-based Callan Marine and Houston-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. The larger of the two awards

CRS sees Houthis as a long term threatrt

CRS says Houthis pose a long term threat

After Israel responded massively to an attack on the Port of Eilat with an attack on the Houthi-held Yemeni Port of Hodeida on July 20, there was a lull in the Houthi

LNG carrier fitted with wind Challenger sails

MOL plans to build LNG carrier with Wind Challenger sails

Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is planning to build a 174,000 cubic meter LNG carrier fitted with Wind Challenger sails and has now received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK

Dee Burch is now the president of Gunderson Marine & Iron (GM&I)

Dee Burch takes the helm at Gunderson Marine & Iron

Dee Burch, a veteran marine industry leader, is now the sole proprietor of Gunderson Marine & Iron (GM&I), Portland, Oregon, and has assumed the active role of president. He has had a

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