Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS New Jersey to the US Navy.

Boston, Massachusetts-based marine robotics company Sea Machines Robotics has unveiled a new model of unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of operating in various industries.

Austal USA has begun construction on the first vessel in a new class of utility landing craft (LCU) ordered by the US Navy.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS New Jersey to the US Navy.

Boston, Massachusetts-based marine robotics company Sea Machines Robotics has unveiled a new model of unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of operating in various industries.

Austal USA has begun construction on the first vessel in a new class of utility landing craft (LCU) ordered by the US Navy.

An obstructed check valve on a bilge pump led to the flooding and partial sinking of a towing vessel​ last year while moored at a shipyard near New Orleans, Louisiana, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said earlier this week.

US-based energy company Texas LNG has selected Gulf LNG Tugs of Texas, a consortium of Suderman and Young Towing Company, Bay-Houston Towing Company and Moran Towing Corporation, to build, deliver and operate tugs.

Excessive speed during a bow-to-bow harbour-assist manoeuvre led to the grounding of a tug in Texas’ Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. It is the second marine casualty the NTSB investigated in 2022 caused by excessive speed in azimuthing stern ..

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has floated out the third cruise ship in a series order from the company by Norwegian Cruise Line.

Carnival Corporation has placed an order for a new cruise ship to be built by German shipyard Meyer Werft.

WORK BOAT WORLD: Philip Malone has joined UK-based maritime nuclear energy company Core Power as its new Vice President of Engineering.

Lady Gaga famously sang that she was “on the edge of glory”. This week, we look at four companies on the edge of….well, something.

Money is being made in offshore once again, but tragically lives are also being lost unnecessarily.

On Friday, March 1, Tidewater reported its fourth quarter results, and they were epic.

The United Fishing Agency is one of the best things that has ever happened to Hawaii’s seafood industry. It is also one of the best things that ever happened to me.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that flooding into the lazarette, a compartment below the main deck, or port void (empty) space likely caused the purse seining vessel​ Hotspur to lose stability, capsize, and sink near Nunez Rocks, Alaska, on August 2, 2022.

This month’s focus on fishing and aquaculture is noteworthy for the fact that half of the newbuild vessels that are reviewed are Norwegian-owned. Aside from the usual trawlers and seiners are wellboats and service vessels fitted with hybrid propulsion systems to reduce their environmental impact during operation in some ..

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have resumed their attacks against shipping in the Gulf of Aden following a lull of more than two weeks, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed.

The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for US$500 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2024 funding through MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

US Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have confirmed the allocation of US$15 million in US Department of Transportation funding to help upgrade the existing infrastructure at the Port of Brunswick in Georgia.