The two halves of Australia’s first Arafura Class OPV have been brought together to form a complete hull by builders Luerssen Australia and ASC. It was the largest industrial maneuver that has ever been conducted at Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia. The two blocks, weighing 1,000 tonnes in total, were maneuvered into place millimeters […]
Sinopec, China’s leading energy and chemical company, has put China’s largest petrochemical port into operation with the successful docking and unloading of the VLCC New Renown from the Middle East. The tanker called at the new 300,000-ton crude oil terminal at Sinopec Zhongke Refinery Port. About a kilometer from Sinopec’s refinery plant, the petrochemical port […]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a Marine Accident Brief about an accident involving the towing vessel Mary Lucy Lane which was pushing a tow of 12 barges. It was locking southbound at the Markland Locks & Dam on the Ohio River when it struck the lock’s wall, then its guard wall, causing […]
Three cruise ships will be laid up at the Port of Oakland in the U.S. while the U.S. embargoes cruise operations. According to the Port, two Norwegian Cruise Line vessels will tie up at Oakland’s Outer Harbor Terminal, which is currently not in use for the Port’s container shipping business. Another will dock at Howard […]
The year was 1972. TOR Line had ordered two remarkable passenger ferries. At the time Salen’s owned two thirds of Tor Line and its newbuilding department was set to manage the project. The two ships were designed to sail between Gothenburg, Sweden, and Felixstowe, England on a very tight schedule. One departure every day from […]
The nation of Bangladesh has a population of some 170 million people with over 3,800 kilometers of year round navigable waterways and almost 6,000 kilometers of rainy monsoon season navigable waterways. While the capital of Dhaka is Asia’s fastest growing city with some 18 million population and streets clogged with slow moving traffic, the nation […]
Two crewmembers have been kidnapped from a general cargo vessel off Equatorial Guinea in the Gulf of Guinea, according to security company Dryad Global. The incident occurred two nautical miles from Malabo on May 9. The pirates reportedly used ladders to board the Rio Mitong from a speedboat. A Russian and a Ukrainian are believed […]
The Flag States of Panama and Liberia join together to strongly support IMO Circular Letter No.4204/Add.14 for the “Recommended Framework of Protocols Ensuring Safe Ship Crew Changes and Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Liberia and Panama support the careful facilitation of the world’s seafarers conducting safe crew changes. Both Panama and Libera call upon […]
Friday marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied forces’ victory in Europe, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, veterans and leaders around the world set aside time to mark the historic occasion and pay respect to the soldiers, sailors and airmen who defeated Nazi Germany. At the World War II Memorial in Washington, eight veterans joined […]
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter aircrew rescued three people and a dog from a capsized fishing vessel off Apalachicola, Florida on Thursday. All on board were safely hoisted from the water and delivered to shore, and no injuries were reported. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 1100 hours Thursday that the […]
The successful ocean recovery and cleanup project of debris from the 2018 incident involving the container ship YM Efficiency has been completed, according to the Australia Marine Safety Authority (AMSA). The incident, which occurred in gale force winds and very rough seas, highlighted the importance of safe and effective container stowage planning. Just after midnight on […]
Work began in Croatia on the first new cruise ship ordered since the shipbuilding and passenger shipping industries were impacted by the global pandemic. Being built at the 3.Maj facilities in Rijeka, the luxury yacht-style cruise ship is being constructed by MKM Yachts, a subsidiary of Scenic Group, an operator of ocean and river cruises and […]
