Greece is extending a long-running series of naval drills in the Bay of Laconia, which have successfully forced tankers that previously used the area for ship-to-ship transfers to relocate elsewhere. After the implementation of G7 price cap on Russian oil, the bay became a hotspot for...
On Saturday morning, a tanker struck a small charter boat in a shipping channel in Port Aransas, Texas, killing one person and leaving one missing. At about 0530 hours on Saturday, a good Samaritan called Sector Corpus Christi on Channel 16 to report a collision between...
[By: Thordon Bearings] Thordon Bearings has secured an order from French shipbuilding giant Chantiers de l'Atlantique to supply its award-winning COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings for installation to a pair of wind-assisted passenger ships operated by luxury travel operator Accor. When the first 220m (722ft) long, 22,300gt...
The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) today announced the award of $27 million to support data system development and interoperability across California’s five containerized ports, the first-ever state-level funding in the country focused on improving data functionality across a statewide network...
On Thursday, an environmental NGO sued the U.S. Department of the Interior over the unexamined risks of overdue decommissioning for thousands of inactive offshore oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico, the overwhelming majority found in shallower waters off Louisiana. According to the Government...
Over the weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard shadowed a small flotilla of Chinese warships in the U.S. exclusive economic zone, north of the Aleutian Islands. On Saturday and Sunday, the National Security Cutter USCGC Kimball spotted three Chinese naval vessels at a position about 100 nautical...
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has fined a fishing boat skipper about $13,000 for striking an anchored boat off the coast of Sussex. The skipper fell asleep on watch, according to the MCA. On January 15, 2022, fishing captain Maurice Reid was at the helm...
Dominion Energy and Avangrid have agreed to the terms of a deal that would sell a portion of the Kitty Hawk offshore lease area to a division of Dominion for potential future development. Since even before the Virginia company began construction on its first large-scale...
In the Know Podcast 59: Executive Interview with Bethann Rooney, Port Director for the New York/New Jersey Port Authority In this edition of the In the Know podcast series, TME spoke with the Port Director for the New York/New Jersey port complex, one of the largest...
[By: Nordic Fender] Nordic Fender, a leading supplier of maritime fenders and related services, has entered into a strategic partnership with SkyLab IoT, experts in innovative Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. This collaboration focuses on the exclusive development and expansion of smart fender and buoy solutions...
