In a World Maritime Day message today, International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Kitack Lim said that IMO’s theme for 2020, “Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet,” couldn’t be more relevant now and for
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity, which specializes in seafloor analysis and oceanography services, has placed an order with Norwegian aluminum workboat specialist Grovfjord Mek. Verksted (GMV) for what it calls “an armada”
Viking Line’s 1988-built RoPax Amorella, which operates on the Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden route, grounded at Järsö, in the Åland archipelago at 12.50 pm, Finnish time, yesterday with 200 passengers and
The Port of Savannah today welcomed the 15,072 TEU CMA CGM Brazil, the largest ship to ever call the U.S. East Coast. A total of 5,600 TEU of containers will be moved
Damen Shipyards Group’s Galati, Romania, shipyard has launched a Marine Aggregate Dredge (MAD) 3500 at its Galati yard in Romania. Damen is building the MAD for U.K.-based Hanson Marine. The company will
Ocean research non-profit ProMare and IBM (NYSE:IBM) report that, following two years of design, construction and training of its AI models, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) was today lifted into the waters
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has successful completed builder’s sea trials of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest national security cutter, Stone (WMSL 758). The ship spent
NEW Cooperative, a farmer-owned grain, agronomy, energy, and feed cooperative serving the western and northwest region of Iowa, has held a ground breaking ceremony for construction of a new port on the
In a suit filed in the Duval County, Florida, Circuit Court on September 1 by law firm Pajcic & Pajcic, ten Jacksonvile Fire and Rescue employees are seeking damages for injuries, including
Helsinki, Finland, headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering firm Foreship Ltd. has appointed Benjamin Sward as President of Foreship LLC. In that role, he will take responsibility for the company’s U.S. activities,
