Red escort tug

Wärtsilä to power HaiSea Marine LNG-fueled escort tugs

The pair of dual-fuel 95-ton bollard pull escort tugs ordered by HaiSea Marine at Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards will feature Wärtsilä engines and LNG fuel gas supply systems. The Robert Allan Ltd RAstar

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Cruising: Florida wins preliminary injunction against CDC rules

A federal judge has granted Florida a preliminary injunction restraining the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and and Prevention from enforcing its rules on cruise ships in Florida’s ports. Effective July 18,

Huge explosion off aircraft carrier bow

VIDEO: Ford comes through first shock trial

The U.S. Navy has released video of the first scheduled explosive event in a series of Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The Navy has

battery hybrid ferry

COVID-19 dents BC Ferries’ revenues and ridership

Canada’s largest ferry operator, Victoria, B.C., headquartered BC Ferries, today released its results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 (fiscal 2021). Not surprisingly, the results reveal that the COVID-19 had

Port Police boat

Port of Corpus Christi takes delivery of new security boat

The Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, has added a new state-of-the-art patrol boat to its security force. The new 44-foot port security boat was purchased using a combination of Port Security Grant

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Stena RoRo completes Stena Scandica stretch conversion

Stena RoRo reports that the RoPax vessel Stena Scandica, the former Stena Lagan, is set to enter service at the beginning July after a conversion at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey,

NTSB reports on City of Boston

NTSB reports on expensive barge strike on bridge fendering

The National Transportation Safety Board has published its report on an August 19, 2020, incident in which a loaded Brance Diversified Inc. hopper barge, pushed by a River Ventures LLC towing vessel,

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Batteries included: Damen marks a milestone in electric tug project

Damen Shipyards Group has reached a major milestone in the construction of its first fully-electric reversed stern drive tug. Named Sparky, the RSD-E Tug 2513 ship handling tug is under construction for

IMO HQ

MEPC 76: No moon shots

Disappointing those who naively supposed it capable of bolder things, the 76th meeting of IMO’S Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) concluded yesterday after passing a package of measures to cut the carbon

CDC slightly eases cruise travel warning

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday lowered its health notice on cruise travel from Level 4 (very high), which recommends avoiding all travel, to Level 3 (high). At

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