The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has now released a report recently submitted in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on
Yesterday, U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit boarded M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran in violation of the U.S. blockade of Iranian
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London, U.K. – headquartered maritime AI specialist Orca AI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) aimed at accelerating the development, deployment and scaling of next-generation
Houston-headquartered LNG-bunkering specialist Seaside LNG has announced the appointment of a newly formed C-suite leadership team. The company says that, as the only platform in North America offering integrated shoreside liquefaction, LNG
HII (NYSE: HII) reports that the U.S. Navy has awarded its Ingalls Shipbuilding division a $283 million contract to perform FF(X) class frigate lead yard support activities. The contract allows Ingalls Shipbuilding
Marine Log’s Ship Repair USA conference, set for June 23-24 in Jacksonville, Fla., will include a session examining the execution of a barge launch using a floating dry dock. Titled “From Shop
With the courts frustrating its efforts to shut down offshore wind through things like stop-work orders, the Trump Administration has used the buy-out tactic it successfully used with TotalEnergies to persuade two
Damen Shipyards inland waterways specialist Concordia Damen has signed a newbuilding contract with an undisclosed Paraguayan client for a 41-meter (134.5-foot) shallow draft river pusher, type CDS 4115. Delivery of the vessel
Congressman Sam Graves, (MO-06), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced that he has secured a Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) Grant for the Marion-Ralls Regional Port Authority in Hannibal,
Miami-based Royal Caribbean Group has confirmed an order for two additional Icon Class cruise ships—Icon 6 and 7—from Meyer Turku, with delivery scheduled for 2029 and 2030. The order for the sixth
