ILA president

ILA president: “We won’t work autonomous box ships”

The president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Harold J. Daggett, says he has a message to any shipping companies planning to utilize autonomous containerships without crew: “Don’t sail them into ILA ports

Bridge Protect flash drive

Cyber protection tool for navigational computers

Dubai, UAE, headquartered Elcome International, one of the world’s largest distributors of nautical charts and publications, has created a new secure tool to prevent viruses, malware or corrupted files from being introduced

Two CTVs on delivery voyage

Delivery journey is “ultimate sea trial” for MHO-Co CTVs’ power system

MHO-Co’s two new advanced hybrid crew transfer vessels (CTVs) – MHO Asgard and MHO Apollo – have now completed their delivery journey from China’s AFAI Southern Shipyard to Ejsberg, Denmark. The 12,000

Dredge on lakeMississippi River

Rock Island Engineer District announces Mississippi main channel closure

As of September 7, the Rock Island Engineer District, has temporarily closed the main channel of the Mississippi River at Mile 425.7 in Pool 18 near Keithsburg, Ill., to move dredged material

COTP head shot

USCG lifts Lower Mississippi “daylight only” deep-draft vessel restriction

The Coast Guard captain-of-the-port, New Orleans, Capt. Will Watson, has lifted daylight transit only restrictions for deep-draft vessels operating south of Mile 203 on the Lower Mississippi River. The change was announced

Guilty plea in Austal USA fraud case

Another guilty plea in “Fat Leonard” case

U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Enrico DeGuzman has become the second of the “Seventh Fleet Nine” to enter a guilty plea in the ongoing “Fat Leonard” case. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office

Container operations at Port NOLA

Port NOLA resumes container operations

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) reports that container vessel operations resumed yesterday, September 7, just nine days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category 4 storm.

Peter Sand

Peter Sand leaves BIMCO to join Xeneta

BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst Peter Sand is leaving the international shipping association to join Oslo-headquartered ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform Xeneta, where he will serve as chief

Containerized ESS solution

VIDEO: ABB launches “plug and play” ESS solution

ABB has developed a containerized energy storage solution (ESS) that provides plug-in battery power for existing ships, by housing all batteries, converters, transformer, controls, cooling and auxiliary equipment pre-assembled in a self-contained

Hydrogen fuel cell powered ferry

BAE Systems is helping marine operators get to a zero emission future with electric power and propulsion technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Beneath the decks of vessels across the country, a quiet revolution is underway. Inside their underbelly is a high-tech set of components that work in unison—quietly humming together to push

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