The Iranian-flagged dhow used as a mother ship in the piracy incident involving the merchant tanker Hellas Aphrodite was abandoned on the northwestern coast of Somalia, after being closely tracked and monitored
Marine Log’s latest Listen Up! podcast examines the potential fallout from the Oslo-Paris Convention’s (OSPAR) recent decision to restrict the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems—commonly known as scrubbers—in the North Atlantic
When commercial vessels are already required to carry an array of advanced modern alerting and locating systems, Chris Hoffman, director of technology strategy at ACR Electronics, outlines the evidence behind growing industry
The Netherlands Coast Guard is to deploy the Enforcer, a Damen FCS 5009 variant, to maintain its capabilities until a new generation of Coast Guard ships becomes operational. The vessel is being
Following a successful shoreside demonstration of its 40-meter high wing sail back in August, the Alfa Laval and Wallenius joint venture Oceanbird has now moved into the sales phase. “We’re entering into
John McDonald was elected the new chairman and chief executive officer of ABS at a board meeting on Nov. 11. In the culmination of a well-planned succession process, McDonald, who currently serves
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday announced key developments in its offshore critical minerals planning: the completion of area identification offshore American Samoa and the release of a Request for Information
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General Dynamics NASSCO reports that it has been awarded $1.7 billion for the construction of T-AO 215 and T-AO 216. The ships are part of NASSCO’s current multi-ship contract from the U.S.
The world’s largest operator of offshore service vessels, Houston-headquartered Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW), reported revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 of $341.1 million and $1,016.0 million, respectively, compared
Not much has emerged about the status of Dominion Energy’s giant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Charybdis since its April 15 delivery by the Seatrium AMFELS shipyard, the last delivery from the