Heroic efforts saved Fitzgerald, but seven died in flooding

JUNE 19, 2017 — Damage to the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) following its June 17 collision with the containership ACX Crystal included a significant impact under the ship’s pilothouse on the starboard

VIDEO: Damaged Navy ship back in port, 7 crew missing

JUNE 17, 2016 — Sixteen hours after being involved in a collision with the Philippine-flagged merchant ship ACX Crystal while operating about 56 nautical miles off the coast of Japan, the USS

USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) damaged in collision with containership

JUNE 16, 2017 —The Navy reports that the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was involved in a collision with a merchant vessel at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time, June

Odfjell buys five newbuilding chem tankers

JUNE 16, 2017 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered Odfjell SE reports that it has signed a term sheet with Peter Georgiopoulos’s Chemical Transportation Group, Inc. whereby Odfjell will acquire the last five of

VIDEO: Advanced subsea mining vessel goes to work

JUNE 16, 2017 — The world’s largest and most advanced diamond exploration and sampling vessel, the M/V SS Nujoma, is ready to start exploring for diamond deposits in Namibian waters, following its

Autonomous ship operation now on IMO agenda

JUNE 16, 2017 — The Danish Maritime Authority reports that the IMO Maritime Safety Committee is to start to establish a new international legal framework for the safe operation of autonomous ships.

DFDS orders two more freight RO/RO newbuilds

JUNE 16, 2017 — Denmark’s DFDS has ordered two additional RO/RO freight ship newbuildings from Jinling Shipyard on China for delivery in early 2020. The ships are similar to the two ships

Drewry: World Container Index down 0.5%

JUNE 15, 2017 —The World Container Index, a composite of container freight rates on eight major routes to/from the U.S., Europe and Asia, is down by 0.5% to $1,464 /40ft container this

Inmarsat adds ports to Fleet Xpress flat-fee installation network

JUNE 15, 2017 – Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L) has responded to high levels of demand for its Fleet Xpress service by increasing from six to 33 the number of ports where a complete

Havyard gets LOI for arctic stern trawler

JUNE 15, 2017 – Norway’s Havyard Ship Technology has signed a letter of intent with Canada’s Baffin Fisheries, for the design and construction of an artic stern trawler. The vessel, a Havyard

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