Responding to the growing demand for crew change arrangements and the rising number of crewmembers stuck at sea, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has announced that it is loosening its restriction on mariner movements through the seaport. After discussions with representatives from industry and maritime labor groups, MPA will now allow crew […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a busy Atlantic hurricane season in 2020 in its just release forecasts. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service is forecasting a likely range of 13 to 19 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could […]
A regulatory board in Ohio has approved the construction of an “offshore” wind farm in Lake Erie, but it has imposed operating restrictions so stringent that the facility may never be built. Last week, the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) overrode objections from two environmental groups and gave the non-profit Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation […]
Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess arrived unexpectedly in Manila Bay joining the large cluster of cruise ships as the Philippine Government worked to speed the process of repatriation for returning overseas workers. The Diamond Princess departed Japan on May 16 more than three months after the cruise ship arrived at the Port of Yokohama during what […]
Reports that a vessel was put into quarantine at Durban, South Africa last week, again highlighted the challenges ports around the world are facing in combating the coronavirus. As one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and busiest port, Durban plays a vital role in the area’s economy. Hapag-Lloyd recently confirmed reports that local authorities in Durban […]
“Cruise shipping seemed dead…”1 “…the city was ready to consign its cruise industry to Davy Jones’ locker…companies went out of business and the remaining liners sailed like ghost ships, full of fear and bad jokes”2 “The already hard-hit cruise industry faces further curtailment”3 “Contending the future of cruise shipping in New York is […]
The first of the five Iranian product tankers, the Fortune, arrived in Venezuela docking at the El Palito refinery while according to reports a second tanker, the Forest, has also entered the country’s waters. Both vessels were being escorted by the Venezuelan navy without incident. Venezuela celebrated the arrival with a series of Tweets, writing, […]
[Brief] The captain of the port at the Port of Algeciras has detained the boxship Seaspan Lahore after a fuel spill Sunday afternoon at the Isla Verde Exterior dock. According to local outlet EuropaSur, the spill occurred due to a small crack in the Seaspan Lahore’s hull. It was located on the side of the […]
Gaining essential information at a glance, integrated in a modern, efficient and effective manner – that is the philosophy behind Manta NEO. With this in mind, HENSOLDT UK (a trading name of Kelvin Hughes) have created a “clean bridge” that allows the navigation officer on a ship to prioritize tasks, and merge information. Flemming Haase, Head […]
The long-term trend of annual rainfall taken across Northern USA and Southern Canada for over a century reveals a steady increase. Redirecting some seasonal spring flood water through pipes into water tables would bypass frozen ground and enhance summer agricultural production. That production would influence future seasonal agricultural bulk transportation along North American inland waterways. […]
With COVID-19 and a raft of restrictions on large-scale cruise ship operations, the next Caribbean cruise season may seem far off. However, dedicated cruisers can get their fix as early as next month with voyages on America’s inland waterways. Despite well-publicized coronavirus outbreaks aboard small cruise vessels – the “superspreader” event aboard the Nile River cruise […]
NOAA Fisheries announced Friday that it will cancel five out of its six large-scale research surveys in Alaskan waters this year due to COVID-19. The canceled surveys include the Aleutian Islands bottom trawl survey, the eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey, the northern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey, the Bering Sea pollock acoustics survey, and […]
