It was a remark by an insurer, commenting on the probable of level of claims after the Baltimore bridge strike incident, that took my attention the other day.
O say can you see by the dawn’s early light A ship that blacked out, and a bridge no longer in sight (With apologies to Francis Scott Key) I have no desire to trivialise the recent events in Baltimore, because people died and that is a terrible tragedy for their families.
One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated?
The Electric Thames project, a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta, and Marine Zero, is assessing the viability of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s energy network.
Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting billions of dollars of losses on ..
People of my age were brought up to believe that the design of a ship was a sort of necessary compromise between the overall dimensions, speed and consumption, cargo capacity, seakeeping abilities, and, as a secondary afterthought (seafarers believed), habitability.
Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.
Athens-based tanker operator Performance Shipping, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a shipbuilding contract with Chinese shipbuilders the Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding, and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding for the construction of a scrubber-fitted, .. Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting billions of dollars of losses on .. In an industry is awash with cash and record profits, it is tragic to see five people confirmed dead in an accident on a Perenco platform offshore Gabon, and one other worker still missing, presumed also killed, as per the most recent update.
Performance Shipping subsidiary orders LR1 tanker from Chinese builders
COLUMN | Safety culture matters: Pemex and Perenco on the wrong side of history [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | Perenco’s shame and Gabon’s lax standards: a fatal combination [Offshore Accounts]
Athens-based tanker operator Performance Shipping, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a shipbuilding contract with Chinese shipbuilders the Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding, and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding for the construction of a scrubber-fitted, .. Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting billions of dollars of losses on .. In an industry is awash with cash and record profits, it is tragic to see five people confirmed dead in an accident on a Perenco platform offshore Gabon, and one other worker still missing, presumed also killed, as per the most recent update.
Performance Shipping subsidiary orders LR1 tanker from Chinese builders
COLUMN | Safety culture matters: Pemex and Perenco on the wrong side of history [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | Perenco’s shame and Gabon’s lax standards: a fatal combination [Offshore Accounts]
The Key Bridge Response Unified Command is scheduled to use precision cuts made with small charges to remove a large section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage from on top of the containership Dali.
UAE-based port operator DP World and Philippine counterpart Asian Terminals (ATI) have opened a new barge terminal in the municipality of Tanza in the Philippines’ Cavite province.
Japan Marine United (JMU) has handed over a new container vessel to compatriot shipping company Shoei Kisen Kaisha for operation under a long-term charter contract with container line Ocean Network Express (ONE).
Finnish shipping company Langh Ship has confirmed that its newest 7,800DWT vessel has been completed and is already en route to Europe.
Italian shipowner the Grimaldi Group took delivery of a new Con-Ro vessel at the facilities of HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea on Tuesday, April 23.
The Electric Thames project, a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta, and Marine Zero, is assessing the viability of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s energy network.
The Port of Montrose has become the first port in Scotland to provide a shore power service for offshore support vessels (OSVs).
UAE-based port operator DP World and Philippine counterpart Asian Terminals (ATI) have opened a new barge terminal in the municipality of Tanza in the Philippines’ Cavite province.
The Port of Southampton has completed a significant navigation channel widening programme in the Western Docks, enabling the largest container vessels to pass the biggest cruise ships berthed in the port, Associated British Ports (ABP) said in a recent press release.
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, via its Mitsubishi Shipbuilding division, has handed over a new LNG bunkering vessel to compatriot joint venture company KEYS Bunkering West Japan Corporation.
Zhoushan Putuo Changhong Shipyard in China has completed conversion works on a locally-owned chemical tanker to enable it to operate as a bunkering vessel that will serve ships running on methanol.
Japan Marine United (JMU) has handed over a new freight-only Ro-Ro vessel to compatriot shipping company Asuka Kisen for operation under charter with JFE Logistics Corporation.
South Australian port operator Flinders Ports has expanded its fleet of harbour services vessels with the recent acquisition of a newbuild pilot boat constructed by Hart Marine in the neighbouring state of Victoria.
Best Electric Tug – HaiSea Wamis – Robert Allan Ltd Designed for operations in a very environmentally sensitive area not far from the Robert Allan Ltd office in Vancouver, British Columbia, this very useful 28-metre, 70tbp vessel represents the very latest in tug design. The berthing, unberthing and escorting of very ..
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