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.
Personnel of the European Union’s Operation Atalanta naval task force have arrested six people in connection with a failed attempt to hijack a commercial vessel in the waters off Somalia late last week. Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit has launched the second vessel in a series ordered by Swedish tanker operator Thun Tankers. 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.
Six arrested following failed ship hijacking off Somalia
Dutch builder launches second ship in series ordered by Thun Tankers
COLUMN | Anything goes in 2024 ship design [Grey Power]
Personnel of the European Union’s Operation Atalanta naval task force have arrested six people in connection with a failed attempt to hijack a commercial vessel in the waters off Somalia late last week. Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit has launched the second vessel in a series ordered by Swedish tanker operator Thun Tankers. 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.
Six arrested following failed ship hijacking off Somalia
Dutch builder launches second ship in series ordered by Thun Tankers
COLUMN | Anything goes in 2024 ship design [Grey Power]
US Senators Mark Kelly and Marco Rubio and US Representatives Mike Waltz and John Garamendi released the bipartisan report entitled “Congressional Guidance for a National Maritime Strategy,” which provides a comprehensive vision for planning guidance, strategic objectives, and actionable steps to revitalise the ..
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.
UAE-based port operator DP World and Malaysia’s Sabah Ports have established a partnership to manage the Sapangar Bay Container Port (SBCP) in eastern Malaysia.
US Senators Mark Kelly and Marco Rubio and US Representatives Mike Waltz and John Garamendi released the bipartisan report entitled “Congressional Guidance for a National Maritime Strategy,” which provides a comprehensive vision for planning guidance, strategic objectives, and actionable steps to revitalise the ..
US-based shipping company Intermarine has formed a new business unit focusing on bulk shipping services.
Authorities in Guangdong province in southern China have reported that four people have gone missing after the vessel they were serving on struck a bridge in the city of Foshan on Monday, April 22.
Houston-based construction company Orion Group Holdings has been awarded a contract for infrastructure upgrade works at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
DP World has completed the acquisition of Savan Logistics, operator of the Savannakhet dry port in the Savannakhet Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Laos.
The Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have initiated a bilateral program designed to assist the Australian and Singaporean maritime and port sectors in significantly reducing their carbon emissions.
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, via its Mitsubishi Shipbuilding division, has handed over a new LNG bunkering vessel to 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.
Norway has entered into a new agreement with the UK, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands to facilitate better cooperation on the international operation of autonomous ships, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries said in a recent press release.
Personnel of the European Union’s Operation Atalanta naval task force have arrested six people in connection with a failed attempt to hijack a commercial vessel in the waters off Somalia late last week.
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