[ad_1] On Saturday, 13 people were seriously injured when a high-speed hydrofoil ferry struck a submerged object off the coast of Sado Island, Japan. The Japan Coast Guard and operator Sado Steam Ship believe that the object was a "marine animal," likely a whale. The Niigata-Ryotso...
[ad_1] The fire aboard the Grimaldi Lines con/ro Grande America is still burning and her list is worsening, according to French maritime response agency Premar Atlantique. Premar Atlantique received a distress call from the America at 2000 hours Sunday night reporting a container fire. The situation on board...
[ad_1] As part of the Australian Defence Force’s ongoing commitment to the war in Afghanistan, Royal Australian Navy underwater medicine clinicians and doctors are deploying to this arid and rugged landscape far away from the oceans. Over the last four years, 11 members of this specialized...
[ad_1] In recent years, South Africa has downsized its domestic railway freight network with the closure of many branch lines, and now long line-ups of big trucks carry coal to some of South Africa’s coal-fired power stations. So, like many other African nations, South Africa’s...
[ad_1] Navis, part of Cargotec, has acquired privately owned company Cetus Labs, Inc. in the US, a provider of a cloud-based terminal operating system (TOS) Octopi for small container and mixed cargo terminals. With the addition of Octopi to its software portfolio, Navis is better...
[ad_1] The cruise industry supports over 12,500 jobs in the region, according to a new study. More people than ever before are cruising in the Baltic Sea, and that is showing on the positive economic impact in the region. According to a new Economic Impact Study,...
[ad_1] Australia's Port of Newcastle CEO Craig Carmody delivered a speech at Macquarie University on March 4 describing Australian ports and shipping policy as a "wicked problem." A "wicked problem" is a term given to the most complex, intractable, open-ended public policy problems. Carmody says that...
[ad_1] Norsepower Oy's Rotor Sail solution has received the first-ever type approval design certificate granted to an auxiliary wind propulsion system on board a commercial ship. The type approval from DNV GL was issued after a design assessment of Norsepower’s 30-meter by five-meter Rotor Sail, two...
[ad_1] “When there is more ice, you need more icebreakers. When there is less ice, you need more icebreakers.” At first, I was puzzled by this statement from a Canadian Coast Guard officer. The first part is obvious enough, the second part was less so....
[ad_1] Royal Boskalis Westminster and its co-shareholder Kotug International have signed a letter of intent for the sale of Kotug Smit Towage to Boluda Group. Kotug Smit Towage is valued at EUR 300 million ($341 million), Boskalis expects to receive approximately EUR 90 million ($102 million)...
