House Committee asks Elaine Chao for answers to “troubling questions”

Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao’s family ties to New York-headquartered bulk shipping operator Foremost Maritime Group are central to questions being asked in a letter sent her today by Rep. Elijah E.

Carnival names NTSB veteran to head new internal investigation group

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has appointed of Sandra Rowlett as vice president of the company’s newly created Incident Analysis Group (IAG). Rowlett, who joins Carnival after a 27

Metal Shark delivers foil-assisted cat

Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered a new excursion vessel to Southwest Florida tour and charter boat operator Pure Florida. Sea Flight is a custom 40’ x 14’ welded aluminum

VIDEO: Babcock to build new class of U.K. frigates

The U.K. Ministry of Defence has chosen a team led by Babcock International Group PLC as the preferred bidder to deliver the Royal Navy’s new class of warships, the T31 general purpose

Is the ferry industry ready for autonomous control solutions?

Sadly, “hard” dockings of manned ferries happening too often. Meantime, new battery operated ferries will require repeated docking onto charging stations. Do autonomous or semi-autonomous solutions offer answers to these situations? Speakers

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Eagle Bulk takes delivery of two 2015-built SDARI-64s

Stamford, Conn., headquartered Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) has has taken delivery of first two of six Ultramax drybulk vessels that it recently agreed to acquire under two agreements worth a

Balenciaga builds a super silent research vessel

A 61 meter ice class trawler being built as a research vessel by the Astilleros Balenciaga S.A. shipyard in Spain will have a complete MAN propulsion package. The vessel is under construction

Houston Ship Channel protestors switch ropes for handcuffs

The Coast Guard reopened the Houston Ship Channel today after a protest demonstration near Baytown, Texas, had closed it. The closure on began Thursday morning after Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notification that

WISTA USA opens Great Lakes/ Midwest Region Chapter

The Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association USA (WISTA USA) opened its eleventh chapter – Great Lakes/ Midwest Region Chapter – and welcomed its 700th member earlier this year. The chapter will

VIDEO: Dive boat wreck raised as NTSB issues initial report

Ten days after the Truth Aquatics dive boat Conception burned and sank, killing 34 people, KTLA 5 today broadcast live coverage of the wreck as it was pulled from the water. Today,

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