USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

Fire safety: USCG in crackdown on small passenger vessels

Fortunately, there have been no recent incidents on the scale of the 2019 California dive boat fire that killed 34 people. Nonetheless, in a Marine Safety Information Bulletin issued April 6,(MSIB Number:

OSG has been acquired by Saltchuk Resources

Three OSG products tankers get Tanker Security Program contracts

Tampa, Fla., headquartered Overseas Shipholding Group (NYSE: OSG) has been awarded operating agreements under the Tanker Security Program (TSP), administered by the Maritime Administration. The three are OSG’s medium range tankers Overseas

MSC World Europa, the first MSC World Class ship

MSC World Europa: Green as well as glitzy

MSC Cruises largest ship the 1,094 feet, 6,762 passenger MSC World Europa, is starting its first summer season in the Mediterranean after arriving from the Arabian Gulf this week and the cruise

Photo showing navigation bridge visibility obscured by wind turbine component cargo

Wind turbine components can pose a bridge visibility problem

Imports of wind turbine components may be good news for ports, but some vessels arriving in the U.S. carrying them may find themselves in breach of U.S. bridge visibility regulations. The Coast

fishing vessel fire

VIDEO: Tacoma fishing vessel fire brings shelter in place order

Residents in areas of Tacoma, Wash., were under a shelter in place order yesterday as a unified command continued its response to a major fishing vessel fire. The vessel, the 1977-built, 276

Port of Savannah is a promising hub for green ammonia bunkering

U.S. East Coast green ammonia bunkering plan in the works

A group of eight U.S. and international marine industry leaders is looking to establish a supply chain to deliver ship-to-ship green ammonia bunkering on the U.S. East Coast. The initiative has started

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Op-Ed: Change is coming to sustainable shipping

Jason Berman, Chief Commercial Officer at S5 Agency World shares five predictions the shipping industry should expect for sustainable shipping in 2023. Change is a constant in the shipping industry, and this

Sean McLaughlin, Strategy Consultant, Houlder

Op-Ed: Proactive collaboration needed for clean technology

To find out more about how companies feel about clean technology in maritime, Houlder recently undertook a qualitative survey of senior executives from large and small shipowners across the container, tanker, bulk,

Dorian LPG's latest vessexl is a dual fiel LPG carrier

Dorian LPG takes delivery of 84,000 cubic meter LPG carrier

Stamford, Conn., headquartered gas carrier operator Dorian LPG Ltd. (NYSE: LPG) took delivery of the 84,000 cubic meter LPG carrier Captain Markos from Kawasaki Heavy Industries, March 31 The dual-fuel vessel operates

Former Austal USA execs face multiple charges

Three former Austal USA execs face DOJ and SEC charges

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on March 30 charging three men with orchestrating an accounting fraud scheme at Austal USA LLC, a wholly

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