As European consumers have increasingly turned to online shopping during the coronavirus lockdowns, UPS is launching its UPS Saturday Standard service this month across eight of Europe’s top e-commerce markets: the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Poland. This new delivery service offers businesses of all sizes, particularly smaller online retailers, a reliable […]
Germany’s first editorial ship – “The Pioneer One” – is equipped with a SCHOTTEL propulsion unit. Built by the Lux-Werft shipyard in Niederkassel, the vessel was recently handed over to Berlin-based media company Media Pioneer. As a “floating editorial hub”, it will provide a workplace for around 30 journalists. Electric, quiet and with low emissions […]
Lind Marine, a Shipyard on the Mare Island Naval Complex in Vallejo, California, recently completed construction of a multi-year design-build waterborne data center project for Nautilus Data Technologies and has towed the vessel to Port of Stockton for permanent mooring. The vessel, named “Eli M”, is a 230’L x 55’W x 15’-6”H deck barge […]
The St Kitts and Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg) has set a target of five years to propel itself into the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control white list and firmly believes that its long-term strategy of reducing detentions could see it finally move out of the black list into the grey list […]
The U.S. Navy has made a significant step forward in its unmanned vessel program, awarding a contract worth up to $300 million to defense contractor L3Harris for the development of a prototype Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV). The MUSV program is intended to provide the fleet with pier-launched, self-deploying, modular surface vessels capable of navigating […]
On Tuesday, firefighting crews were still fighting a “major fire” aboard the amphib USS Bonhomme Richard at a pier in San Diego, more than 48 hours after a blaze broke out in a lower vehicle hold. While the ship has suffered extensive damage, there is some good news: her main engineering spaces are intact, and there […]
The shipping industry continues to find itself on the front lines of the Mexican government’s ongoing efforts against the smuggling of illegal narcotics. The latest reports are again coming from the Pacific ports on the west coast of Mexico. The Mexican Navy, which acts as the country’s coast guard, reported a new seizure of cocaine in […]
Argentina’s health officials have a mystery to contend with: almost every member of the crew of the trawler Echizen Maru has contracted COVID-19, despite the fact that the ship has been continually at sea for more than a month. In late May, long before the vessel set sail, the Echizen Maru’s 61 crewmembers took a […]
The resurgence of the coronavirus across the southern United States is causing the North American cruise industry to delay plans for its return to service. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has yet to announce what actions, if any, it would take regarding cruising and the current no sail order, the individual cruise […]
[Brief] In a statement Monday, number-five ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd reported that it has confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 aboard the U.S.-flagged boxships Philadelphia Express and St. Louis Express. “We regret to inform you that during normal operations of our Philadelphia Express and St. Louis Express, deployed in our Atlantic Loop 3 (AL3) service, one member […]
Two weeks after Kleven Verft filed for bankruptcy a deal has been announced to save the troubled Norwegian shipbuilding group and resume operations under the same management prior to the bankruptcy. Green Yard, a Norwegian company focused on ship recycling, modifications, and lay-ups for ships and rigs, announced that it has reached an agreement with […]
HudsonAnalytix, Inc., an international business risk solutions company, and Maritime Street, global strategic advisors on digital trade logistics, have formed a strategic partnership to help governments, port authorities, port communities, port community system operators, and other key parties accelerate digitalization of maritime trade processes with maximum safety, security, and reliability. The initiative will support public […]
