stoking U.S. port strike fears

U.S. port strike fears stoked as ILWU pledges solidarity with ILA

Raising the specter that a threatened Maine to Texas U.S. port strike could ratchet into something even further reaching, Willie Adams, U.S. West Coast dockworkers’ union president on Friday wrote International Longshoremen’s

Rendering of an electric ferry. (Credit: EV Maritime)

FERRIES 2024: An inside look at a new carbon fiber plug-in hybrid ferry

In July, EV Maritime, a New Zealand-based company specializing in electric ferry design and technology, announced it has been commissioned by Angel Island Tiburon Ferry (AITF) in San Francisco Bay to develop

CSS Asterix departs Pearl Harbor

Canada exercises remaining CSS Asterix option years

CSS Asterix, a combat support ship created by converting and transforming a containership, is to continue to support the Royal Canadian Navy for some years yet. Ottawa-headquartered Inocea Group member Federal Fleet

Manure producers

MOL eyes cow manure as a source of bio-LNG

Ocean shipping accounts for about 2-3% of world GHG emissions. Meantime, cattle are an even larger source, due to the methane they produce during digestion and through manure. They account for the

first of 32 deepwell fuel pumps for the ammonia-fueled bulkers

Eight new ammonia-fueled bulk carriers will have Svanehøj deepwell fuel pumps

Danish liquefied gas equipment specialist Svanehøj has notched up a significant reference for its expanding ammonia applications portfolio. It has been won a contract to supply 32 deepwell fuel pumps for a

dredging contracts

Donjon wins $32.3 million New York Engineer District dredging contract

The New York Engineer District has awarded Donjon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, N.J, a $32,334,174 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be

One of the two retired WSF ferries sold for recycling

Two retired WSF ferries headed to Ecuador for recycling

Washington State Ferries (WSF) reports that two vessels that each spent more than 50 years as part of its fleet are heading to South America. It has entered into purchase and sales

YRBM-, YRBM

Conrad Shipyard awarded $18.2 million YRBM contract mod

Within two-weeks of celebrating a First of Class Recognition ceremony for YRBM-57, the first in a new class of yard, repair, berthing, messing (YRBM) vessels, Conrad Shipyard,Morgan City, La., has been awarded

Bardex OmniLift shiplift will include fifty-six 575-tonne chain jack lift stations

Bardex wins contract for new 27,000-tonne Irving Shipbuilding shiplift

Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has awarded Bardex Corporation a contract for a 165-meter shiplift with a capacity of over 27,000 tonnes. The Bardex OmniLift shiplift will include fifty-six 575-tonne chain jack lift

DRIFT Energy ships

VIDEO: DRIFT Energy gets a $6 million boost for its plan to use sailing ships to produce green hydrogen

Plans to produce green fuels using offshore wind are not new. However, Bath, U.K.-based startup DRIFT Energy believes that can be achieved without first having to build a wind farm. Instead, It

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