ship fire

NTSB says shore based firefighters need ship fire training

Following an April 15 in-person public board meeting held April 15, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that land-based firefighters be better prepared for marine vessel firefighting following the July 2023

USCG issues Arctic Securuty Cutter RFI

USCG issues RFI for icebreaking Arctic Security Cutter

The U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) reported last month that the Trump administration’s final Fiscal Year 2025 spending bill could include a provision for a new Arctic Security Cutter program that would operate

FSS, fleet support ship,

MAN naval solutions selected for Indian Navy Fleet Support Ships

Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. (HSL), located in Visakhapatnam on the east coast of India, has awarded MAN Energy Solutions a significant contract for the supply of the main propulsion packages for five newbuild

MARAD Kings Point

USACE and USMMA partner to modernize Kings Point campus

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New York District and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) have entered into a long-term agreement for

WETA ferey

Incat Crowther says new WETA ferries will be among world’s most technologically advanced

Designer Incat Crowther has released more details of the two 400-passenger battery-electric ferries recently ordered at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders by San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the operator of the

Tanker that will trial NexusWave

Caribe Tankers to trial Inmarsat NexusWave

Houston-headquartered Caribe Tankers USA Inc. is to trial Inmarsat’s fully managed bonded connectivity service, NexusWave, on board the chemical tankers Caribe Maria and Caribe Luna. Inmarsat says that Caribe Tankers is looking

biomethanol-fueled CTV

Northern Offshore takes delivery of world’s first biomethanol-fueled CTV

Swedish-based Northern Offshore Group company Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) reports that it has taken delivery of M/V Transporter, the world’s first 100% biomethanol-fueled CTV (crew transfer vessel (CTV). Designed, developed and delivered

Rotra Futura

Deugro takes delivery of first Rotra wind turbine component carrier

Freienbach, Switzerland-headquartered project cargo specialist Deugro and its partners, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S and Amasus Offshore B.V., have announced the delivery of the Rotra Futura and the delivery its sister vessel

Avance class

Crowley’s first new Avance class vessel enters service

Crowley’s new LNG-fueled Avance class containership Quetzal has successfully begun its inaugural commercial voyage, opening the company’s next era of faster, frequent ocean shipping with a new class of vessels serving the

M/V Pile

M/V Pile is Burns Harbor’s first ocean vessel of 2025

Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor celebrated the start of the 2025 international shipping season April 12 with the arrival of the 37,591 dwt Polsteam bulk carrier M/V Pile. The ship arrived safely at

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