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The Danish offshore wind service vessel Esvagt Mercator is typically found at the Belgian offshore wind farms, Nobelwind and Belwind in the North Sea, where
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four people from an offshore crewboat that caught fire off the coast of Louisiana on Monday. Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast
Press Release – Damen Shipyards – Last Thursday, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem hosted the Damen group’s third annual Workboat Festival. The event
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed a partnership agreement with an artificial intelligence software startup to help develop autonomous navigation
Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced the closing of the sale of the former Avondale Shipyards site to Avondale Marine, a joint venture between T. Parker
A unit of Royal Dutch Shell has completed the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering to take place at the Port of Rotterdam using the new specialized LNG bunker
An abandoned ghost ship that drifted into Myanmar’s waters in August has now sunk, officials said Tuesday. The ship, which has identified as the
The 70-meter cargo ship Ying Hai sank in the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday after it developing a heavy list on a voyage from Kaohsiung city to Busan Korea. The
Dutch shipbuilding group Damen has announced receiving contract from the Estonian natural gas company Eesti Gaas for the construction of the first short-sea
gCaptain has just obtained photos showing a confrontation involving the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Decatur and a Chinese Navy warship in the disputed South China
Press Release – JMS Naval Architects – The 93-foot research vessel, R/V VIRGINIA, successfully completed sea trials and is currently transiting to
The Panama Canal Authority says it has reached a new milestone with the successful transit of four liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships with beams of up to 160
Captain Kenny Brown is the founder of Maritime Throwdown (MTD), a new industrial maritime competition that tests mariners from across the United States on
Press Release – Incat Crowther is pleased to announce the launch of Xin Hai Bin, a 40m Catamaran Passenger Ferry built by AFAI for Zhuhai Fast Ferry
International shipping association BIMCO is fast-tracking the publishing of its first clause related to the International Maritime Organization’s 2020
Press Release – ABB will deliver electric, digital and connected solutions for one of the first superyachts built to meet strict new emissions
Liberia has submitted a paper to the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) calling for early reporting on the availability of fuel oil that is
Press Release – Incat Crowther is pleased to announce the launch of 40m Catamaran Passenger Ferry, Jiang Men, built by Wang Tak. Jiang Men is the third
Integrating OSIsoft’s data management system into Caterpillar’s advanced analytics platform to help shipping companies reduce fuel and maintenance costs
Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Poul Woodall is Director, Environment & Sustainability at DFDS A/S, with over 40 years of
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