Suez blockage: Hopes are that dredging can free Ever Given
S&P Global Platts this morning reported Japan’s Shoei Kisen Kaisha, the owner of the Ever Given, as saying that it hoped that the giant ship could be refloated Saturday evening local time.
CDC tepid on CLIA request, but meantime FMC’s Sola has a plan
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) appears to be in no hurry to respond to the Cruise Line International Association’s call for it to to lift the Framework for
Harvey Gulf Subsea awarded work scopes for two more vessels
Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions reports that it has been awarded two additional scopes of work for two of its Gulf of Mexico assets. The new awards come within days of the company’s
New report explains IMO cruise and ferry sector cybersecurity requirement
Leading global mobile satcom specialist Inmarsat has released a new, free of charge, report covering new International Maritime Organization cybersecurity requirements and their implications for cruise ship and ferry operators. By IMO
MetalCraft Marine delivers high performance fireboat to Vietnam
MetalCraft Marine, which has yards in both Watertown, N.Y., and Kingston, Ontario, reports that its Kingston yard has delivered a Firestorm 36 Mk II fireboat to the Fire Department of Quang Ninh
VIDEO: Suez Canal could be blocked for weeks
UPDATED: This morning, the Suez Canal remained blocked by the giant containership Ever Given, which remains wedged across the waterway, preventing the passage of canal traffic in both directions. The delays could
Conrad delivers ABS deck barge to Ashton Marine
Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Shipyard has delivered a 240- by 60- by 14-foot ABS deck barge to Muskegon, Mich., based Ashton Marine LLC. Named the AM 3600, the barge will carry
CLIA to CDC: Phased resumption of cruises from U.S. should begin in July
CLIA, which represents 95% of global ocean-going cruise capacity, today called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to lift the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO), issued October 30,
DESMI marks milestone: 50 Stolt Tanker vessels fitted with CompactClean BWMS
Back in January 2019, the first DESMI Ocean Guard ballast water management system to be installed in a Stolt Tankers B.V. vessel was commissioned. Just two years later, another 49 vessels in
NYK LNG Ship Management signs optimized maintenance agreements with Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä has signed two long-term optimized maintenance agreements with Japan based NYK LNG Ship Management. The 15-year agreements, which took effect fom January 2021, cover the Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines and other