VIDEO: Navy to deploy hospital ship Mercy to Los Angeles
In a matter of days, the Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy will sail from San Diego and dock in the Port of Los Angeles to help lift the burden from local medical
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VIDEO: IMO Sec Gen urges “practical and pragmatic approach” to coronavirus challenge
Kitack Lim, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is urging “a practical and pragmatic approach, in these unusual times, to issues like crew changeovers, resupply, repairs, survey and certification and
Navy readying hospital ships for coronavirus response
The U.S. Navy is preparing to deploy its two hospital ships — USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy —in response to the coronavirus outbreak. However, in a press briefing at the Pentagon yesterday,
VIDEO: How ABB technology supports sustainable Arctic shipping
The Northern Sea Route allows cargo to be transferred from northern Europe to northeast Asia, via the Bering Strait. It offers a 30 percent faster passage than the southern Europe-Asia alternative via
Mississippi River closed after towing vessel slams into Hale Boggs Bridge
The Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River between mile markers 115 and 122 after a vessel allided with the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received
VIDEO: Princess Cruises suspends operations for 60 days
In what it calls a “proactive response to the unpredictable circumstances evolving from the global spread of COVID-19,” Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises brand says it will voluntarily pause global operations of its
AWO holds webinar on helping crewmembers engage with TSMS
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) presented a webinar February 25, on “Safety Know-How: Helping Your Crewmembers Embrace and Understand Your TSMS.” Panelists included Cmdr. Jennifer Hnatow, chief of the U.S. Coast Guard’s
Department of State and CDC advise U.S. citizens to avoid cruise travel
Both the U.S. Department of State and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling on cruise ships. Both announcements are in stark contrast to
VIDEO: Grand Princess awaits results from test kits delivered by helicopter
As of this morning, Princess Cruises’ Grand Princess remained at sea off San Francisco pending the results of coronavirus tests on samples collected from 45 of the 3,553 people on board the
VIDEO: Sea trials set for Mayflower autonomous ship’s “AI Captain”
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and marine research organization Promare, report that a new “AI Captain,” intended to enable the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) to self-navigate across the Atlantic later this year, will be