Crack in I-40 bridge sees Lower Mississippi closure

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a waterway restriction to all vessel traffic on the Lower Mississippi River Tuesday near the I-40 bridge in Memphis, Tenn. The waterway restriction closes the river to

Crew on simulator bridge as part of blended learning

ABB Marine Academy supports customers with blended learning

In response to customers’ requests for safe and efficient training of crews during ongoing global travel restrictions, ABB Marine & Ports has developed a new blended learning program for its Azipod propulsion

U.S. Marine Highways network spans 27,139 miles

Colonial Pipeline shutdown: Are Jones Act waivers on the cards?

The shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline after a ransomware cyberattack has seen panic buying of gas — and MARAD taking the first steps to consider the possibility of a limited Jones Act

Norwegian Coastal Express vessel

Green upgrades underway at Hurtigruten’s Norwegian Coastal Express

Norway’s Hurtigruten Group is planning a major environmental upgrade of all seven of its Norwegian Coastal Express ships, aiming to cut CO2 emissions by least 25%, and NOx emissions by 80%. The

Pin marks Subchapter M deadline date on calendar

Key Subchapter M compliance deadline nears

In what will be a gentle reminder to some towing vessel owners, and likely a jarring wake-up call to others, a post on the Coast Guard Maritime Commons blog notes that the

White AIDA Cruises ship

Europe’s largest shore power plant opens

In a ceremony held in Rostock-Warnemünde yesterday during Germany’s 12th National Maritime Conference, the 2,174-passenger cruise ship AIDAsol inaugurated Europe’s largest shore power plants for ships. The power plant has been established

Sailors man machine guns

VIDEO: Iranian boats flee after USN fires warning shots

U.S. 5th Fleet has released video of a further incident of harassment of U.S. naval vessels by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN). In this incident, more than a dozen IRGCN

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

USCG proposes to update electrical engineering regs

by Tom Ewing On April 22, the U.S. Coast Guard published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to update maritime electrical engineering (EE) regulations. The regulations impact design, construction and inspection of

Air bubbles around ship's hull

Innovative hull air bubbler system gains BV approval

Bureau Veritas has awarded Singapore-based GILLS Pte Ltd. its Approval in Principle (AiP) for a hull air lubrication system that requires no energy-consuming compressors to generate air bubbles. The GILLS (gas injected

Massve cutting chain and block

Golden Ray: Responders start another cut

Responders continue to make progress in their efforts to remove the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound, Ga. Yesterday, they began cutting operations to separate Section

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