Tanker and bulker collide off Galveston
MAY 31, 2013 — The Coast Guard has been responding to a collision between two deep draft ships approximately 30 miles off the coast of Galveston today. There has been no report
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Vard Aukra delivers first Rolls-Royce Environship
MAY 31, 2013 — Vard’s Aukra, Norway, shipyard has delivered the first ship built to the Rolls-Royce Environship NVC 401 LNG design to Eidsvaag AS. The Environship design promises to reduce CO2
Caterpillar unveils new MaK dual fuel marine engine
MAY 30, 2013 — Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has developed a new marine dual fuel engine platform for the commercial marine industry, the M 34 DF. The M 34 DF dual fuel
GAO report casts huge doubts on TWIC program
MAY 9, 2013 — A GAO report to Congressional committees finds major problems with the the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC program), which requires maritime workers to complete background checks and obtain
Senator Rockefeller asks cruise lines about safety
MAY 8, 2013 – Senator John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV (D. W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, is continuing his efforts to provide “robust oversight” of
Interlake moves ahead on LNG fuel plans
MAY 8, 2013 — Middleburg Heights, Ohio, based Great Lakes operator The Interlake Steamship Company has reached an agreement in principle with Shell to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to support Interlake’s
Five dead after ship slams into Genoa control tower
MAY 8, 2013 — At least five people have died and four are missing after the RO/RO containership Jolly Nero crashed into a control tower in the port of Genoa, Italy, according
USCG issues updated safety alert on surge protectors
APRIL 30, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued Marine Safety Alert on the use of surge protective devices on board vessels that corrects an alert on
Barge explosions rock Mobile
APRIL 25, 2013 — Mobile Bay has been rocked by a series of explosions on empty compressed natural gas barges undergoing cleaning at an Oil Recovery Co. of Alabama facility on the
AMHS developing IMO-mandated SEEMPs for three ships
APRIL 24, 2013 — Design Alaska, a Fairbanks-based architecture, engineering, and surveying firm; and Art Anderson Associates, its naval architecture subconsultant, were recently awarded a contract for the Alaska Marine Highway System