VIDEO: Maersk ship at center of massive NZ cocaine bust

NOVEMBER 1, 2017 — ​A five-month New Zealand Customs and Police investigation has led to the arrest of four foreign nationals after an estimated 46 kilograms of cocaine, with a street value

Canada introduces wreck removal legislation

NOVEMBER 1, 2017 — The Government of Canada has introduce the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act in Parliament. Minister of Transport Marc Garneau, said the proposed legislation (Bill C-64) will proactively

Virgin Voyages lays keel for first cruise ship

OCTOBER 31, 2017 —Virgin Voyages today laid the keel of the first of the three ships it is building at Fincantieri’s Genoa, Italy, shipyard. Hosting what they called a “ship tease,” Virgin

Corps of Engineers awards its largest dredging contract ever

OCTOBER 31, 2017 — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) has won a $213.3 million award for the Post 45 Charleston Entrance Channel Maintenance and New Work Dredging – Contract 2

Foreign content won’t affect U.S.-built status of NASSCO ConRo duo

OCTOBER 31, 2017 — As we reported in September last year (see story), GD NASSCO’s $511 million contract to build two 265 m LNG-capable ConRo vessels for Matson means that NASSCO’s long

MOL uses VR goggles for seafarer safety training

OCTOBER 31, 2017 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has developed a mariner safety education system that uses virtual reality (VR) technology created by Tsumiki Seisaku Co., Ltd. It uses easily-portable VR

Wärtsilä books a hush-hush contract from the Faroe Islands

OCTOBER 31, 2017 — A research vessel being built at the MEST shipyard in the Faroe Islands is to have an ultra-silent Wärtsilä propulsion package. The 54 m vessel is being built

Container shipping consolidation could harm competition

OCTOBER 30, 2017 — Seaborne trade grew by 2.6% in 2016, to reach 10.3 billion tons, but the pace remained below the historical 3% average, and demand for shipping continued to lag

Helm software helps Ivy Marine gain TSMS certification

OCTOBER 30, 2017 — Mobile, AL, based Ivy Marine LLC, which operates two towboats, has become the third – and smallest —company in the U.S. to obtain certification of its Towing Safety

Tentative agreement with union ends Algoma Central strike

OCTOBER 30, 2017 — Algoma Central Corporation (TSX:ALC) said Friday that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Merchant Service Guild, the maritime union representing navigation and engineering officers in

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