Glosten to update FERRIES 2021 attendees on foil ferry progress
Marine Log‘s FERRIES 2021 conference is scheduled to kickoff two months from today for the first in-person ferry event in over 18 months. The event will take place November 9-10 on the
Chevron and Caterpillar eye hydrogen-fueled marine applications
Could a hydrogen-fueled version of the Electro-Motive Diesel two-stroke engine, long a U.S. marine industry work horse, be in the works? These days, the EMD engine is produced by Caterpillar’s Progress Rail
ILA president: “We won’t work autonomous box ships”
The president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Harold J. Daggett, says he has a message to any shipping companies planning to utilize autonomous containerships without crew: “Don’t sail them into ILA ports
Cyber protection tool for navigational computers
Dubai, UAE, headquartered Elcome International, one of the world’s largest distributors of nautical charts and publications, has created a new secure tool to prevent viruses, malware or corrupted files from being introduced
Delivery journey is “ultimate sea trial” for MHO-Co CTVs’ power system
MHO-Co’s two new advanced hybrid crew transfer vessels (CTVs) – MHO Asgard and MHO Apollo – have now completed their delivery journey from China’s AFAI Southern Shipyard to Ejsberg, Denmark. The 12,000
Rock Island Engineer District announces Mississippi main channel closure
As of September 7, the Rock Island Engineer District, has temporarily closed the main channel of the Mississippi River at Mile 425.7 in Pool 18 near Keithsburg, Ill., to move dredged material
USCG lifts Lower Mississippi “daylight only” deep-draft vessel restriction
The Coast Guard captain-of-the-port, New Orleans, Capt. Will Watson, has lifted daylight transit only restrictions for deep-draft vessels operating south of Mile 203 on the Lower Mississippi River. The change was announced
Another guilty plea in “Fat Leonard” case
U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Enrico DeGuzman has become the second of the “Seventh Fleet Nine” to enter a guilty plea in the ongoing “Fat Leonard” case. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office
Port NOLA resumes container operations
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) reports that container vessel operations resumed yesterday, September 7, just nine days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category 4 storm.
Peter Sand leaves BIMCO to join Xeneta
BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst Peter Sand is leaving the international shipping association to join Oslo-headquartered ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform Xeneta, where he will serve as chief