NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey has concluded its hydrographic survey response following Hurricane Delta. At the immediate request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), NOAA’s navigation response teams (NRTs) and NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson surveyed areas within the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Calcasieu Ship Channel, and the entrance to...
New Zealand is imposing stricter rules for the export of live animals by ship following a fatal incident involving a livestock carrier. The post New Zealand introduces stricter rules governing...
This week, the IMO's Intersessional Working Group on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships produced a draft of a new MARPOL amendment addressing shipping's carbon emissions, and it is expected to be approved at the next Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting. If it passes at...
Despite uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS has raised its outlook for 2020 thanks to growing freight volumes. The post DFDS raises outlook...
As a result of long years of cooperation and success between SANMAR and ABS, we came together to celebrate the 150th project built with ABS and the 100th tugboat delivered by ABS Surveyor Mehmet Kantarçeken in Sanmar. SANMAR, which has made many firsts in the construction...
Maritime innovation project HySHIP has been granted €8 million (about $9.4 million) in EU funding as the Norwegian government announces a strengthened focus on the development and commercialization...
The Canary Islands is the newest destination to announce that it is reopening its ports to cruise ships. The government’s decision to reopen its ports is part of the country’s effort to begin to restore the tourism industry. The Government of the Canary Islands has authorized...
In September, China’s President Xi Jinping pledged before the UN General Assembly to make […] The post China going carbon neutral: What will it mean for shipping? appeared first on...
In the fall of 2015, Lamar University President Ken Evans secured funding from the State of Texas for the creation of the Center for Advances in Port Management (CAPM). Ken had recently arrived at Lamar University (LU) and was continuing to explore how the university...
The United States is sanctioning six Chinese entities and two individuals over business relations […] The post US sanctions Chinese entities over ties with IRISL appeared first on Offshore...
