Middle East news reports today quoted the Houthis as saying they had targeted the “American merchant ship Koi … with several appropriate naval missiles.” The Equasis data base shows that the Liberian-flagged
With a serious seafarer shortage looming worldwide, it’s not good news for recruitment that the latest Seafarers Happiness Index, published this week by the Mission to Seafarers, shows, for the fourth successive
The U.K.’s largest operator of offshore wind service operation vessels (SOVs), Aberdeen-headquartered North Star, has won its first order outside of the U.K. It has secured a contract with energy utility giant
Genius Star XI, the ship carrying lithium-ion batteries that reported a cargo hold fire December 28, has now docked in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The Unified Command overseeing the response to the incident
While innovations in tugboat design to make them greener and more powerful have made headlines more so than inland towboats, some towboat operators aren’t too far behind. Taylor Dickerson, who is vice
Dredging contractor Weeks Marine Inc. has been awarded a $62,055,622 firm-fixed-price contract for harbor deepening and widening. Work will be performed in Irvington, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30,
Damen-built fast ferries have become an increasingly common sight in South Korean waters in recent years and now Damen is adding to that number. It has signed a contract to build a
The National Transportation Safety Board is urging vessel owners and operators to provide each crewmemberwith a personal locator device. This latest NTSB call for the use of devices such as personal locator
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Senator Mark Kelly (D.-Ariz) and Rep. Mike Walz (R. Fla), have written President Biden urging him to prioritize U.S. maritime and strengthen U.S. maritime power
The Mexican Navy has awarded Thordon Bearings a second major contract for the supply of its water-lubricated SXL wear rings for retrofit installation to the waterjet propulsion nozzles on 25 interceptor patrol