Fears that January 15 could bring a port strike that would have shut U.S. ports from Maine to Texas have been averted. The parties to the dispute, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its analysis of the U.S. Navy’s 2025 30-year shipbuilding plan. As in its previous analyses of Navy shipbuilding plans, the CBO finds that the
The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) reports that Rear Admiral Richard V. Timme, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.), has joined the association as a senior advisor. OMSA says that the appointment underscores its
Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord has now accepted delivery of the mega wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Boreas in a ceremony at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. The Boreas, named
Will the California Air Resources Board’s controversial Commercial Harbor Craft Rule lead to the building of more cutting edge zero-emission vessels, or will it create hazardous conditions on existing vessels retrofitted to
Copenhagen-headquartered towage giant Svitzer has delivered its first EcoTow solution in Australia to Höegh Autoliners first Aurora-class vessel, Höegh Aurora. Already claiming the title of “the world’s largest, greenest PCTC,” the 9,100
Finnish-headquartered renewable fuels producer Neste has made the first delivery of its MY Renewable Diesel to the marine sector in Singapore. The delivery was made in cooperation with KPI Ocean Connect, with
Seattle-headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten has announced the promotion of Peter Soles to principal. Soles joined the company in 2013 after working in tug and deep-sea ship operations and
Damen Shipyards Cape Town recently delivered an FCS 3307 patrol vessel to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Ltd. (Homeland IOSL) in Nigeria. This vessel, on charter with an international energy company, will perform
AkzoNobel reports that Meng Xian, China’s first domestically designed and built ultra deep-sea research drilling vessel is being protected by more than 300,000 liters of marine coatings supplied by its International brand.