Hullo ferry service vessel

Hullo fast ferry reports strong start to 2025

Canada’s Vancouver Island Ferry Company reports that its Hullo fast-ferry service recorded significant operational achievements for January 2025. The Hullo service operates with two 42.2 meter Damen 4212 aluminum hulled catamaran ferries

DNV consultant talks ship recycling

With Hong Kong Convention looming, DNV releases new guidance on ship recycling:

With the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) on ship recycling set to take effect this year, shipowners looking to scrap old tonnage will need to ensure compliance with stricter regulatory controls and inspection

GAO report looks at MARAD sfinancial assistance programs.

GAO: USCG needs to up its MTS cybersecurity game

The more the maritime industry relies on digitalization and tech to increase its efficiency, the more it becomes vulnerable to cyber threats and a new report from the Government Accountability Office says

Rear Admiral Kevin M. Sweeney, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Kevin M. Sweeney joins Colonna’s Shipyard board

Norfolk, Va.-based Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. (CSI) reports that Rear Admiral Kevin M. Sweeney, USN (Ret.), has joined its board of directors, effective January 31, 2025. “Rear Admiral Sweeney is a highly respected

One of two mooring boats

Indonesia’s Amman takes delivery of two versatile mooring boats

PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (Amman), one of Indonesia’s largest copper-and-gold mining companies, recently took delivery of two Robert Allan Ltd.-designed RAmbler 1400 mooring boats, the Amman Khatulistiwa 01 and Amman Khatulistiwa

Coloial Oil tug and barge

Colonial Oil Industries christens new tug and barge

Colonial Oil Industries Inc. recently christened its newest tug and barge in a Savannah, Ga., ceremony held at sister company Colonial Terminals on the Savannah River. The new tug, Soaring Eagle, built

Bonnie G grounding

NTSB determines cause of Bonnie G grounding

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into the October 4, 2023, grounding of the former OSV Bonnie G, half a mile south of the Cyril E. King airport in

Talks voyage/passage planning

The Swedish Club launches new voyage/passage planning guide

Gothenburg-headquartered international marine mutual insurer The Swedish Club handles a lot of claims where shortcomings in voyage/passage planning factor in. To address this, it has launched its Passage Plan+ Guide, designed to

icebreaker with thermoplastic piping

Sweden replaces steel piping with thermoplastics in key icebreaker application

Built by the Götaverken Arendal AB shipyard in 1989, the Swedish Maritime Administration icebreaker Oden is one of the world’s most powerful non-nuclear vessels of its type. The Oden is active throughout

TTB 2025: Navigating new employment law changes in the Trump era

Kathlyn Perez, founder of New Orleans-based Perez Law LLC, will deliver a comprehensive presentation on the evolving landscape of federal employment law at Marine Log’s TTB 2025 conference in Mobile, Ala., on

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