The former COO of Berg Propulsion – currently known as Caterpillar Propulsion AB – has reached an agreement with Caterpillar to buy back his old company. Caterpillar purchased Berg in 2013 in order to provide complete propulsion solutions, renaming the Swedish firm Caterpillar Propulsion. A holding company belonging to former Berg COO and shareholder Stefan Sedersten has […]
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and ECM PCB Stator Technology were selected by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to help determine the feasibility of replacing a conventional motor with a printed circuit board (PCB) stator motor. Background ECM PCB Stator Technology has developed a groundbreaking new stator design and […]
The Brazilian Navy has authorized the scuttling of the damaged VLOC Stellar Banner at a position about 80 nautical miles off the coast of Maranhão, Brazil. The Stellar Banner suffered damage to her bow during her departure from the Vale-operated Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal in Maranhão on February 24. Her 20 crewmembers were evacuated […]
The U.S. Coast Guard showed off large caches of illegal narcotics seized as part of U.S. Southern Command’s enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The Coast Guard Cutter James arrived in Port Everglades, Florida offloading approximately 23,000 pounds of cocaine and approximately 6,900 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of $408 […]
Researchers have measured for the first time exactly how ship emissions affect clouds at a regional scale. The results of the research confirmed earlier computer modeling studies that predicated a sizeable cooling effect due to shipping. For decades, scientists have theorized that the long, thin cloud patterns referred to as “ship tracks” resulting from the […]
The U.S. Coast Guard’s training center at Cape May, the service’s only entry point for enlisted personnel, has identified its first cases of COVID-19. On June 3, a cohort of recruits were tested as part of the training center’s medical surveillance and restriction of movement plan for all incoming candidates. One test came back positive on […]
Paris – June 9th, 2020. GTT has received an order from the Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the design of a new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU1) on behalf of the Japanese ship-owner Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. (MOL). The FSRU with a capacity of 263,000 m3 will be fitted with the NO96 membrane cryogenic […]
Spay, Germany, 9 June 2020 – The Spanish Albacora Group, which operates the largest tuna fishing fleet in the European Union, recently commissioned a new fishing vessel. Built at Vigo-based shipyard Astilleros Armón, “Galerna Lau” is equipped with a state-of-the-art propulsion system from the German propulsion expert SCHOTTEL and will be used to catch tuna […]
Federal agents broke up a drug smuggling operation passing through the Port of Tampa for at least six months in 2018 and 2019. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at the Port of Tampa In March 2019 inspected a container onboard the Leticia that, according to the ship’s manifest, contained stone blocks typically used […]
The Indian Navy’s effort to repatriate citizens stranded by the COVID-19 shutdown has expanded from the Indian Ocean basin to the Persian Gulf. On Monday, the amphib INS Shardul departed Bandar Abbas, Iran with 233 Indian nationals on board, bound for Porbandar, Gujarat. Iranian and Indian authorities pre-sceened the passengers before boarding. While under way, […]
Container shipping lines’ ability to provide cargo space showed a marginal improvement in 2019, according to the fourth annual shipper satisfaction survey conducted by Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC). While the survey reported positive trends in 2019, it noted that the impact of the coronavirus on container shipping operations — with blanked sailings […]
On World Oceans Day, leaders from government and civil society issued a call to pay special attention to the world’s oceans as the world bounces back from the COVID-19 pandemic. With a substantial portion of the global economy paused by shutdowns, companies and regulators alike see the potential for reshaping commerce with an eye towards […]
