Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Awarded Dredging Contracts Totalling $107 Million
Ports

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Awarded Dredging Contracts Totalling $107 Million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, has announced the receipt of several

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 1416

Yang Ming containership
Shipping

FMC Approves Yang Ming Service Contract Complaint Settlement with Shipper

By Maia Kemp-Welch (The Loadstar) – The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has approved the decision to settle a complaint against Yang Ming by Achim

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 1003

Felixstowe Port Accuses Union of Letting Down Dockworkers
Ports

Felixstowe Port Accuses Union of Letting Down Dockworkers

By John Bowker and Siddharth Philip (Bloomberg) — Britain’s largest container ship port has accused the union behind an ongoing strike of acting

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 1039

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Canada and Germany Ink Transatlantic Green Hydrogen Pact
Environment

Canada and Germany Ink Transatlantic Green Hydrogen Pact

By Brian Platt and Michael Nienaber (Bloomberg) — Canada intends to start shipping green hydrogen produced by wind farms to Germany by 2025, the first

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 1784

Study Confirms Jones Act Benefits for Puerto Rico
Shipping

Study Confirms Jones Act Benefits for Puerto Rico

The Jones Act can be a devisive topic, especially for those living in places like Puerto Rico and Hawaii who rely on ships for just about everything. For Jones

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 4878

Bulk Carrier Struck Offshore Platform Missing from NOAA Navigation Charts, NTSB Finds
Shipping

Bulk Carrier Struck Offshore Platform Missing from NOAA Navigation Charts, NTSB Finds

A bulk carrier’s striking of an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast Louisiana last year can be chalked up to poor bridge resource

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 23664

Alastair Marsh appointed to the Wallem Group Board of Directors
Press Releases

Alastair Marsh appointed to the Wallem Group Board of Directors

Wallem Group has appointed Alastair Marsh to its Board of Directors. Alastair joins with over 15 years of experience in the maritime industry and over 30 years

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 456

ClassNK issues Approval in Principle (AiP) for Large Liquefied CO2 (LCO2) Carrier developed by MOL
Press Releases

ClassNK issues Approval in Principle (AiP) for Large Liquefied CO2 (LCO2) Carrier developed by MOL

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for design of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) carrier developed through Research and Development

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 504

Höegh Autoliners Picks Up Used Car Carrier At A Killer Discount
Shipping

Höegh Autoliners Picks Up Used Car Carrier At A Killer Discount

Norwegian Ro/Ro shipping company Höegh Autoliners has announced the purchase of the M/V Höegh Tracer for a below-market rate via the exercising of an option

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 6259

zim containership
Accidents

General Average Declared for ZIM Charleston After Container Fire

The law of General Average has been declared for the ZIM Charleston containership following a fire in stacks of containers earlier this month, reports marine

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 4178

Boksa Marine Design becomes employee partnership of marine engineers
Press Releases

Boksa Marine Design becomes employee partnership of marine engineers

Boksa Marine Design (BMD) is now an employee-owned naval architecture and marine  engineering partnership. On August 1, BMD President Nick Boksa, P.E.

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 841

Pentagon’s Unmanned Ship Program Moves to Building and Test Phase
Defense

Pentagon’s Unmanned Ship Program Moves to Building and Test Phase

The U.S. Department of Defense is moving to the next phase of its unmanned ship program, which will involve finalizing the design and moving to construction

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 3195

Seized Russian Superyacht Auctioned Off in Gibraltar
Shipping

Seized Russian Superyacht Auctioned Off in Gibraltar

By Joan Faus and Graham Keeley MADRID, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A $75-million superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian steel billionaire was

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 5999

Insurers Cover Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports
Shipping

Insurers Cover Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports

By Noor Zainab Hussain Aug 23 (Reuters) – Broker Marsh and Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 695

Felixstowe Port Strike Could Drag On as Workers Demand 10% Pay Increase
Ports

Felixstowe Port Strike Could Drag On as Workers Demand 10% Pay Increase

By Eamon Akil Farhat, Caroline Hepker and Stephen Carroll (Bloomberg) — Strikes at the UK’s largest container ship port could extend beyond the eight

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 1127

Monday, August 22, 2022
AFIF Hapag-Lloyd
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd Kicks Off Fleet Upgrades with New Fuel Efficient Propellers

Hapag-Lloyd is kicking off its fleet upgrade program that will see more than 150 of its ships upgraded with more fuel efficient technology over the next 5

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 4674

ocean-trader-explosion
Accidents

Ship Captain Convicted Over Hazardous Container Blast at Jebel Ali Port

A Dubai court has the convicted the captain of the M/V Ocean Trader and four others in connection to last year’s fire and massive explosion on board the

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 7466

Oil Spill Response Continues for Sunken Fishing Vessel in Washington
Accidents

Oil Spill Response Continues for Sunken Fishing Vessel in Washington

A Unified Command continues to respond to a sunken commercial fishing vessel that has spilled diesel fuel west of San Juan Island in Washington. Watchstanders

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 2103

Tug Performs Autonomous Collision Avoidance in Port of Singapore
Shipping

Tug Performs Autonomous Collision Avoidance in Port of Singapore

A harbor tug has become the first vessel to be verified for autonomous collision avoidance in the Port of Singapore as the shipping industry’s push

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 2431

New York Draws Rare Jones Act Cargoes as Fuel Stocks Drop
Shipping

New York Draws Rare Jones Act Cargoes as Fuel Stocks Drop

By Chunzi Xu (Bloomberg) — New York gasoline inventories are so low that suppliers are resorting to expensive US vessels to move fuel into the region

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 7219