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CLIA calls new CDC cruise warning “perplexing”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level for cruising from Level 3 to Level 4, the highest level. The CDC says this reflects increases

Damen delivers new Shoalbuster 3815 SD

Kazakhstan-based Caspian Offshore Construction LLP recently took delivery of a new Damen Shoalbuster 3815 SD. Named the Caspian Amwaj, the vessel was built for stock at Albwardy Damen, a joint venture between

FueLNG ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation.

Singapore LNG bunkering picks up pace

FueLNG reports that it carried out over 460 LNG fueling operations in Singapore in 2021. These included ship-to-ship (STS) and truck-to-ship bunkering, and truck-to-industry operations. The company, which is a joint venture

Richard D. Fain Royal Caribbeab

Royal Caribbean breaks industry silence on Omicron impact

Royal Caribbean Group has become the first major cruise ship operator to release a statement on the impact of the Omicron coronavirus on its business—and on the number of cases reported aboard

Polar Security Cutter will have Hunt Valves

Halter Marine awarded $555.2 million for second Polar Security Cutter

UPDATED: The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., has awarded Pascagoula, Miss., based shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc. a $552,654,757 fixed-price incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2210. The modification exercises an

propeller boss cap fin

MOL’s fuel saving PBCF sets Guinness World Record

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that the propeller boss cap fin (PBCF) sold by its group company MOL Techno-Trade, Ltd. has been certified as the “Best-selling Energy-Saving Ship Appendage Brand (Cumulative)”

USCG issues interim rule on fire safety of small passenger vessels

In response to the deadly Conception dive boat fire, the U.S. Coast Guard is issuing an interim rule as the first step to implementing statutorily mandated requirements for fire safety on certain

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CRS issues briefing on Navy’s next-gen logistics ship

In a December 21 stock exchange filing, Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) reported that its Austal USA subsidiary has been awarded a $2 million contract to perform design studies for the United States

Screen shot of CBS news anchor with Sea Change ferry

VIDEO: CBS looks inside the Sea Change ferry

SWITCH Maritime’s landmark Sea Change hydrogen-powered ferry project got a lot of attention at Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 event. Now it is starting to get some much needed mass media coverage. Watch

NES recienes contract for zerp emission cable layer conversion

NES to equip cable layer for zero emission operations

Oslo-listed HAV Group ASA reports that its Norwegian Electric Systems AS (NES) subsidiary has won a contract to supply the battery and control systems that will allow zero emissions cable lay operations

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