On Tuesday, a fire broke out on the top deck level of the cruise ship Asuka II at the port of Yokohama. According to the Japan Coast Guard, the crew reported a fire on board at about 1300 hours local time on Tuesday, and they launched their own firefighting response. The Yokohama City Fire Department and […]
An increasing number of cruise lines operating in International markets are announcing details for their resumption of service, while the lines operating from the United States continue to face uncertainty. Hurtigruten, the Norwegian cruise line, resumed cruise service today embarking passengers in Bergen for a cruise north Crossing the Arctic circle on the first of […]
[Brief] Police in Sitka, Alaska made an arrest Monday night after receiving reports of an armed, confrontational man aboard a vessel in Sitka’s Thomsen Harbor. At about 2015 hours Monday night, the Sitka Police Department received a call reporting that an intoxicated man was on board a vessel, brandishing a knife and making deadly threats […]
Australian authorities are continuing their enforcement efforts relate to the incident last month when the APL England lost approximately 50 containers overboard. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority issued a direction ordering the owner of APL England to search for missing containers that were lost from their vessel off the New South Wales coast. As part […]
On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced a plan for a new seaport specifically for offshore wind in Salem County, South Jersey. The facility – part of the state’s bid to capture market share in the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry – would be the first of its kind in America and would provide a site […]
The United States’ efforts to interrupt illicit shipping activities designed to avoid sanctions appear to be yielding results. A growing number of shipping organizations and flag states are pledging increased adherence to the guidance from the U.S. while rising concerns are also giving rise to a new business to demonstrate compliance. In May, the U.S. […]
The seafarers’ welfare charity Human Rights at Sea has condemned the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)’s suggestion that mariners may down tools and stop working due to the long-running regulatory obstacles blocking crew changes. An estimated 200,000 seafarers who are due to rotate off their vessels are currently stuck at sea due to travel bans […]
A Montenegrin seafarer has pleaded guilty to charges of cocaine smuggling in connection with the giant drug seizure aboard the boxship MSC Gayane last year. Vladimir Penda, 27, was the fourth engineer aboard MSC Gayane. On multiple occasions during the incident voyage, Penda helped load bulk cocaine onto the vessel from speedboats that approached under […]
RINA carried out the world’s first statutory and associated class intermediate surveys with the use of live stream remote technologies. The survey was carried out on the bulk carrier Cielo di Gaspesie, owned by the d’Amico Group. The shipping industry and the classification societies have increasingly been turning to remote technologies to facilitate many of […]
FarSounder has been selected as a subcontractor on a research and development project led by GMATEK Inc. This project is contracted by the U.S. Navy’s US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Program Executive Office – Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO-USC). This research project will be applying machine learning and deep-learning artificial intelligence technology to identify […]
The coronavirus pandemic has had an impact on all educational institutions, forcing cancellations, closures and inventive alternatives – notably the expansion of online learning and distance learning options. Some of those changes will likely stay even after COVID-19 is contained, according to Henrik Jensen, crew manager for Danica. “The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has forced us […]
The small communities of Haines and Ketchikan have come to different conclusions about the restart of small-ship cruising in Southeast Alaska. When American Cruise Lines asked the two towns whether it would be possible to host the 170-passenger cruise ship American Constellation at the end of this month, Ketchikan’s local government gave its approval and […]
