In the strongest move yet to restore North America cruise operations, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings sent a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlining its protocols to restore cruise operations on July 4, 2021. Saying that its efforts go beyond others in the travel industry and follow the CDC’s decision to […]
Norwegian rescue teams are responding to distress calls from a Dutch cargo ship caught in heavy seas off the Norwegian coast. The crew has been removed from the ship as the captain and authorities fear the vessel might capsize in heavy seas. A Dutch-flagged heavy-lift cargo ship, the 4,200 dwt Eemslift Hendrika, called for assistance […]
The governor of Florida has declared a state of emergency in Manatee County due to the risk of catastrophic flooding from a failing containment pond at a phosphate mining site. To reduce the risk, the state’s emergency management team is helping the site’s operator to pump millions of gallons of wastewater into the bay near […]
[By Else Britt Ervik] Worldwide, eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean every year, despite greater awareness of recycling and the use of disposable plastic. How should we tackle the problem, and where does the plastic actually come from? “Actions to clean up plastic don’t do much good if you don’t deal with […]
On June 27, 2017, during a sunny afternoon at its Copenhagen headquarters, global shipping titan A.P. Møller-Maersk, responsible for nearly 800 vessels, found its operations dead in the water in a matter of minutes. As reported by Wired magazine, within two hours the NotPetya or Nyetya, a ransomware attack on Maersk, caused an emergency shutdown […]
The Southwest Atlantic Ocean attracts fishing fleets from all over the world due to rich marine life that swims beyond national waters. But despite concerns of overfishing, the region lacks the kind of fishing management organization or governance system present in many other regions of the world. Uruguay, with a new government since last year, […]
In a rare transatlantic deployment, the U.S. Coast Guard has dispatched the cutter USCGC Hamilton to Europe for joint operations with NATO allies. “U.S. Coast Guard cutters have a long history of protecting America’s interests at home and abroad. This historic deployment demonstrates how we can strengthen our national security by extending the Coast Guard’s global […]
Giant kelp, the world’s largest species of marine algae, is an attractive source for making biofuels. In a recent study, we tested a novel strategy for growing kelp that could make it possible to produce it continuously on a large scale. The key idea is moving kelp stocks daily up to near-surface waters for sunlight and down to […]
The COVID pandemic has been especially hard for certain industries such as the cruise line market, and the tourism industry in general, and the airline and the hospitality industries, among others. For anyone who visited a touristy resort or an airport recently can easily attest to it as the drop in traffic has been patently […]
A derelict barge moored in Chernofski Harbor (SW Unalaska), Alaska had become unstable as the stern rested on the shoreline with moor lines connected to deteriorating pilings. Resolve Marine surveyed the desolate barge grown over with tundra and the shoreline location determining that no suitable mooring locations existed within 0.5 miles. The barge appeared […]
Australian kayaking champion Nathan Baggaley and his brother, Dru Baggaley, have been convicted of attempting to smuggle 650 kilograms of cocaine into Australia by boat. Nathan Baggaley is a three-time world champion in the 1,500 meter sprint canoe (kayak) event and a two-time silver Olympic medalist. He has not competed since 2005, when he tested […]
Damen is known in the Dredging market for its array of vessels for different dredging projects. These vessels include a range of cutter suction dredgers, workboats and small to mid-size trailing suction hopper dredgers, or TSHDs. Recently the TSHD range has been renewed and expanded; the full range now covering hopper volumes from 650 m3 […]
