RINA, the ship classification multinational company, and ShipParts.com, a leading e-commerce platform for sourcing marine equipment, spare parts and services, have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to enhance the procurement efficiency of the shipping industry. Thanks to this agreement, the marine supply industry and the ship operators will benefit from the added value and smooth […]
Leading boat launch and recovery systems supplier Vestdavit has secured a far-reaching frame agreement to provide service, support and spares for the variety of marine davits it has supplied to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA operates a fleet of research and survey vessels that conduct a wide variety of missions, including oceanographic […]
The U.S. Coast Guard and Delaware state officials are responding to a bunker fuel spill that is washing up at Broadkill Beach, Delaware, a small community at the entrance to Delaware Bay. On Monday evening, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control called the Coast Guard National Response Center to relay a report […]
More than four years after she was first delivered, the futuristic destroyer USS Zumwalt has conducted her first live-fire SM-2 missile test. The exercise is a step towards gaining Initial Operational Capability (IOC) certification, which is expected sometime next year. The SM-2 (Standard Missile-2) is the Navy’s workhorse anti-aircraft missile, and it has a secondary […]
On Saturday evening, the RNLI crew for Loch Ness received an unusual request for assistance. The lake is known as the home of the fabled Loch Ness Monster, and the vessel in need of help did look unusual and rather serpentine – but it was something different. A World War II-era Consolidated PBY Catalina floatplane, […]
[Brief] A chief petty officer from the destroyer USS Jason Dunham was struck and killed by a forklift at Norfolk Naval Station on Friday morning. The incident occurred on the base’s Pier 14 at about 1100 hours Friday. Base emergency services personnel responded to the scene and transported the victim as Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, […]
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six members of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU, formerly KGB) in connection with the June 2017 “NotPetya” cyberattack. The notorious malware release led to prolonged shutdowns across the APM Terminals and Maersk Line business IT networks, among many other serious impacts worldwide. On June 27, 2017, the destructive […]
For the second time in less than twenty-four hours, there was an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Guinea. While it appears the crew of the second vessel was able to protect themselves, the two incidents highlight the growing threat to vessels in this area of the world. Details of the second attack […]
The technology group Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading LNG solutions and services provider, will supply its advanced Energy Storage System (ESS) to be retrofitted on four Harvey Energy class LNG-fuelled Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). A fifth vessel in this class was earlier fitted with a Wärtsilä ESS. Louisiana-based Harvey Gulf placed this latest order with […]
Belgian and Dutch ports are working together on a plan to establish a single shore-based power system to support the inland shipping industry as well as river cruise ships. The goal is by working together to develop a user-friendly system that will provide moored vessels with power and support the sustainability goals of the region. […]
Gross tonnage of CCS serviced fleet exceeds 155 million GT – up 7.2% year-on-year Total size of serviced fleet – 34,974 ships Service offices open in Abu Dhabi, Manila and St. Petersburg New authorizations from five national governments taking total to 52 New technology central to maritime sector combating Covid China Classification Society (CCS) grew […]
The anticipated second wave of the coronavirus is not sparing the maritime industry as both Australia and New Zealand find themselves dealing with cases of the virus aboard ships arriving in their ports. Australia has two ships in Fremantle currently with the virus and this comes after Western Australia had just cleared the second of […]
