In a visit to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledged to help find the resources needed to restore the institution’s infrastructure – an investment that DOT has not prioritized before. “You don’t deserve to have an academy that’s dilapidated,” Duffy told midshipmen in an energetic speech. “The problem […]
A new fuel slick has been spotted on the surface near the Kerch Strait, the Russian-controlled waterway between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, according to a Russian environmental scientist. The pollution is near the site where two aging tankers broke up and sank in December – but Russian officials deny that any […]
A deal appears to be in the last stages of negotiation between Mauritius and the UK over the continued use of Diego Garcia, a key base for U.S. naval and air operations in the Middle East and Africa. This follows President Trump’s approval of the detailed draft treaty which was announced on April 1. […]
Since the introduction of a global sulfur cap in marine fuel oil by IMO (International Maritime Organization) in 2020, there has been uncertainty on the environmental impacts of scrubbers for vessels using heavy fuel oil (HFO). But a new study released last week claims that the environmental impacts of burning HFO with scrubbers could be […]
The deployment of B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers and KC-135 refueling aircraft to Diego Garcia, plus the dispatch of the USS Carl Vinson to make up a second Carrier Strike Group in the region, make up only part of a well-publicized reinforcement of US forces in the Middle East region. With nations hosting US […]
[By Georgia Hammersley] This month, member countries to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations body responsible for regulating international shipping, will negotiate on a long-awaited plan to impose a levy on shipping fuel. The meeting is expected to decide whether the industry will move forward with the levy or not, but likely […]
[By: Bureau Veritas] Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has successfully delivered the CMA CGM TIGA, the last of ten 5500TEU container ships built for CMA CGM at CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding. This marks the completion of a major project for which BV provided classification services and Bureau Veritas Solutions M&O provided advisory services, helping to […]
[By: Fincantieri] Vard, the Norwegian subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group and one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has signed a new contract for the design and construction of one offshore subsea construction vessel with Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a leading provider of offshore support vessels in the Asia-Pacific region. The value of the contract is […]
[By: Fincantieri] Fincantieri has started construction on the Italian Navy’s first of two next-generation FREMM frigates, known as the “EVOLUTION” version or FREMM EVO. The milestone was marked with a steel-cutting ceremony held at the Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard. The construction contract for these two new FREMM EVO units was signed in July 2024 by Orizzonte Sistemi […]
Aurrigo International plc’s latest autonomous technology was unveiled in Coventry yesterday, as part of an exciting project with Innovate UK, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), supply chain giant UPS and East Midlands Airport. Auto-Cargo® is the company’s largest aviation vehicle to date and is set to transform airside logistics by autonomously carrying a […]
[By St. Johns Ship Building] St. Johns Ship Building, a Palatka, Florida-based Jones Act facility, today announced the award of two new contracts totaling approximately $17 million in value. The projects include the construction of a state-of-the-art Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) and two aluminum cruise vessels. This milestone underscores the shipyard’s sustained momentum and reputation […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joined contractors Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Royal IHC on April 4, 2025, in Panama City, FL for a steel cutting ceremony, kicking off construction of a Medium Class Hopper Dredge (MCHD) to replace the Dredge McFARLAND of the Army Corps’ Philadelphia District. The event was attended by USACE […]
