Golden Ray salvage resumes after cutting chain link breaks

Dismantling and removal of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound, Ga., continues to prove a challenging task. As we reported earlier (see story), the heavy

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

Knutsen BWMS gains USCG Type Approval

The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center has issued the 38th U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Knutsen Ballast Water AS after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s

Tank solution offers effective way to transport captured carbon

With Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) likely to play an increasing role in combating climate change, there could be a growing market for marine transportation of captured carbon in the form of

Three more robberies from ships off Singapore

The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) reports that, in a six hour period, November 8-9, three ships were the subjects of armed robberies

VIDEO: Golden Ray cutting now underway

After waiting for weather windows and overcoming a number of technical difficulties, the Unified Command (USCG, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Gallagher Marine Systems) working on the salvage of the capsized car

AMSA orders repatriation of nine seafarers kept too long on board

Nine Chinese and Filipino seafarers, some of who had been on board the Panama-flagged 9,032 dwt general cargo ship Brio Faith for 20 months with no leave, will be reunited with their

Golden Ray: Responders fix a problem and wait for a weather window

St. Simons Sound Incident Unified Command (UC) responders are monitoring weather forecasts, including the threat of severe weather associated with Tropical Storm Eta, to identify a weather window for cutting and lifting

Aker Arctic to design next generation Swedish and Finnish Baltic escort icebreakers

Finland’s Aker Arctic Technology Inc. has signed a contract with the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) to develop new icebreakers for demanding Baltic Sea escort operations.

Are “atomic batteries” the path to shipping decarbonization?

Nuclear power could be in commercial maritime’s future, not its past. Even as MARAD continues the long-running decommissioning of the world’s first nuclear merchant ship, the NS Savannah, London-based Core Power (UK)

Viking Cruises installs first full-scale PCR lab at sea

As cruise lines prepare to resume sailing under protocols calling for extensive COVID-19 testing of passengers and crew, Torstein Hagen’s Viking Cruises said today that it has completed installation of the first

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