The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Japanese fishing company Fukuichi Gyogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Fukuichi), was convicted and sentenced today in the District of Guam for two violations of the Act to
As part of its continued effort to help educate audiences about the inland waterways’ connection to agriculture, to the labor community, to freight shippers, to the Corps of Engineers, and to building
VT Halter Marine, Inc. has won a Naval Sea Systems contract worth nearly $2.9 million. VT Halter Marine was one of four U.S.-based companies awarded a contract under the Common Hull Auxiliary
ABS and Netherlands based research institute MARIN have launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to investigate transparent and validated methods to assess the performance of wind-assisted shipping propulsion technologies. The JIP covers
The Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) honored 104 vessels owned and/or managed by Crowley Maritime Corporation with annual Jones F. Devlin Awards in recognition of their combined 737 years of incident-free
A U.K. Royal Navy frigate has blocked an attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to interfere with the passage of a BP Shipping tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. According to
With the National Hurricane Center yeserday forecasting that a tropical depression would form in the Gulf Coast region by July 11, the U.S. Coast Guard began adjusting port conditions and pre-staging response
The Great Lakes Towing Company reports that eight of its tugs, more than a quarter of its active harbor towing fleet, have received U. S. Coast Guard Certificates of Inspection. The Cleveland,
LNG containment specialist GTT reports that its U.K. based subsidiary, GTT Training, has obtained approval from DNV-GL for its new LNG Bunkering & Fuel Gas Handling System simulation model G-Sim from DNV-GL
The world’s largest and most powerful semi-submersible crane vessel — Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir — is about to begin its 45 day maiden voyage to Spain, after being supplied with 3,000 metric