Key Subchapter M compliance deadline nears
In what will be a gentle reminder to some towing vessel owners, and likely a jarring wake-up call to others, a post on the Coast Guard Maritime Commons blog notes that the
Europe’s largest shore power plant opens
In a ceremony held in Rostock-Warnemünde yesterday during Germany’s 12th National Maritime Conference, the 2,174-passenger cruise ship AIDAsol inaugurated Europe’s largest shore power plants for ships. The power plant has been established
VIDEO: Iranian boats flee after USN fires warning shots
U.S. 5th Fleet has released video of a further incident of harassment of U.S. naval vessels by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN). In this incident, more than a dozen IRGCN
USCG issues waterways commerce cutter RFP
The U.S. Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate reports that the Coast Guard waterways commerce cutter (WCC) program released a request for proposal (RFP) on April 30 for the design and construction of its
Port Houston breaks ground for Ship Channel deepening project
Marking the start of National Infrastructure Week, Port Houston has held a ceremony breaking the ground for the start of construction work to support widening and deepening the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel.
Tidewater CEO: “Everything we own should be working by end-2022”
Offshore services giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) reported results for the quarter ending March 31, 2021, that still showed a lot of red ink. But, in a sign that it may see
New Jersey offshore wind takes another step forward
Electric transmission project developer Anbaric Development Partners, a leading developer of electric transmission projects, has concluded its second set of oceanographic survey activities for its Boardwalk Power Link (BPL) project, which will
New generation patrol boat will protect Great Barrier Reef
The Norman R. Wright & Sons shipyard in Brisbane, Australia, has delivered the Reef Resilience, the second of two new-generation Incat Crowther 24 patrol boats built for the Great Barrier Reef Field
USCG proposes to update electrical engineering regs
by Tom Ewing On April 22, the U.S. Coast Guard published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to update maritime electrical engineering (EE) regulations. The regulations impact design, construction and inspection of
Innovative hull air bubbler system gains BV approval
Bureau Veritas has awarded Singapore-based GILLS Pte Ltd. its Approval in Principle (AiP) for a hull air lubrication system that requires no energy-consuming compressors to generate air bubbles. The GILLS (gas injected