The Georgia Ports Authority holds an annual “state of the port” address to highlight the region’s growing economy and its growing cargo volumes, but like so many events this year, the gathering has gone virtual for 2020. On Thursday, GPA executive director Griff Lynch addressed online attendees from the authority’s headquarters at the Port of […]
Norway’s HySHIP project aims to lower the development and operational cost supporting a move to liquid green hydrogen (LH2) propulsion throughout Europe. The project will develop a series of unique prototype vessels starting with a ro-ro ferry along with seeking to establish a viable LH2 supply chain and bunkering platform. The project, which is a […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the ports in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, recently intercepted two destructive insect pests as part of the regular agriculture inspection program ongoing at U.S. ports. CBP agriculture specialists conduct these inspections to ensure food safety and to protect against invasive insects, plant and animal diseases, and […]
The UK Ministry of Defense said Wednesday that it will allow shipbuilders to bid for the Royal Navy’s next-generation fleet auxiliary contract with proposals that contain a foreign build component. The decision marks another reversal: the ministry allowed foreign firms to participate in the bidding in 2018, then canceled the tender amidst controversy over domestic content […]
The leading elevator and escalator company KONE will supply elevators for Aurora Botnia, a new passenger ferry being built at the Rauma Marine Constructions shipyard in Finland. With three eco-efficient KONE MonoSpace® elevators, KONE will ease the flow of passengers and goods on board. Scheduled for completion in 2021, Aurora Botnia is a new Wasaline ferry that […]
Dutch maritime contractor Van Oord announced Tuesday that it has concluded its agreement to buy a stake in Estonian offshore wind company Saare Wind Energy, the developer of the Saaremaa wind farm. Van Oord announced its intention to participate in the project in January, with the support of the Netherlands Embassy in Tallinn and the […]
The International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) has commissioned Ocean Technologies Group to develop a Competency Management System (CMS) for Ratings. The CMS will be exclusive to IMEC members and is designed to be compatible with both Ocean and other competency management software solutions. The unique aspect of this CMS is that it is aimed entirely […]
A Danish consortium is the latest entrant in the efforts to develop ammonia-fueled marine engines. Established by a Danish investment fund, Innovation Fund Denmark, the goal is to develop a two-stroke, ammonia-fueled engine for the maritime industry. Seeking to complete the development of the engine in 2024, the effort which will be led by MAN […]
BB Marine & Ports latest shore connection technology is ensuring that calls by the passenger ferry Viking XPRS at Estonia’s Port of Tallinn are made quietly, efficiently and emissions-free The well-known ferry, built in 2008, is deployed on the 2.5-hour route across the Baltic Sea between Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland, typically docking in the […]
Plans to convert the nearly 100-year-old Port of Fort Pierce into a full-service repair and refit facility for the global fleet of megayachts are moving ahead at full speed. After 11 months of review, the engineering and plans for Derecktor Ft. Pierce’s new haul-out basin have been officially approved by the U.S. Army Corps of […]
On Tuesday night, the ro/pax ferry Pride of Hull suffered an engine room fire while under way on a routine run from Hull to Rotterdam. The fire broke out while Pride of Hull was outbound in the Humber estuary with 264 passengers on board. Operator P&O Ferries said in a statement that the fire was safely […]
Next month, November 2020, is expected to see the handover of PANG TIAN, the world’s largest VLEC (Very Large Ethane Carrier). The prototype vessel is the first of three that are under construction at South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Busan, having been ordered by China’s Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical, who will lease them […]
