AMSA orders repatriation of nine seafarers kept too long on board
Nine Chinese and Filipino seafarers, some of who had been on board the Panama-flagged 9,032 dwt general cargo ship Brio Faith for 20 months with no leave, will be reunited with their
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Golden Ray: Responders fix a problem and wait for a weather window
St. Simons Sound Incident Unified Command (UC) responders are monitoring weather forecasts, including the threat of severe weather associated with Tropical Storm Eta, to identify a weather window for cutting and lifting
Aker Arctic to design next generation Swedish and Finnish Baltic escort icebreakers
Finland’s Aker Arctic Technology Inc. has signed a contract with the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) to develop new icebreakers for demanding Baltic Sea escort operations.
Are “atomic batteries” the path to shipping decarbonization?
Nuclear power could be in commercial maritime’s future, not its past. Even as MARAD continues the long-running decommissioning of the world’s first nuclear merchant ship, the NS Savannah, London-based Core Power (UK)
Viking Cruises installs first full-scale PCR lab at sea
As cruise lines prepare to resume sailing under protocols calling for extensive COVID-19 testing of passengers and crew, Torstein Hagen’s Viking Cruises said today that it has completed installation of the first
Golden Ray salvage ops move ahead
With the giant twin-gantry, twin-barge catamaran VB-10,000 now on-site in St. Simons Sound, Ga., responders have been taking the final preparatory steps needed as it starts cutting into the capsized car carrier
INTERCARGO slams charterers for preventing crew changes
Dry bulk operators’ association INTERCARGO reports that it has learned that, in a number of instances, charterers in the dry bulk sector have been preventing much needed crew changes from taking place
CDC releases framework for phased resumption of cruising
Cruise line stocks soared today as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a framework for a phased resumption of cruise ship passenger operations. The full framework runs to 40
DNV GL opens second Op Center to support growing demand for remote surveys
Two years after its fleet wide roll-out of remote surveys, classification society, DNV GL- Maritime has opened a new state-of-the-art Operational Center in Hamburg, Germany, to support the delivery of remote services
LNG yields years of additional competitive advantage for Poseidon Principle loans
New analysis from the SEA-LNG coalition demonstrates how ships that are fueled by LNG, rather than conventional fuels, can benefit for up to eight years of emissions compliance for preferable asset financing