[ad_1] The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced that it will ban imports of Mexican shrimp and other seafood caught in the habitat of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. The action is being taken under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which requires the...
[ad_1] A consortium led by ABS has been granted EU funding for a study on the future of the Ship Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI). ABS, Vessel Performance Solutions (VPS), and Arcsilea Ltd formed a consortium to deliver the study, titled: Decarbonisation of Shipping: Technical Study on...
[ad_1] Maritime College is very pleased to announce that Jennifer K. Waters has been appointed Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs beginning July 1. Dr. Waters currently serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD –...
[ad_1] A small cruise operator in Kobe, Japan has filed for bankruptcy due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. The epidemic has led to extensive disruption for the cruise industry in Asia, and harbor cruise operator Luminous Cruising Co. said in court filings that...
[ad_1] [By Dr. Robert M. Browning, U.S. Coast Guard (ret'd)] "The American flag was raised on top of Mt. Suribachi. Many a life was lost trying to get to the top of that mountain." - Diary of Carpenters Mate 3rd class Leno DiRosario, LST-795, February 23, 1945 In...
[ad_1] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has again criticized the U.S. Navy's vessel maintenance performance saying the Navy has persistently underestimated the time and work required to maintain its ships based overseas. The report follows one issued last year which warned that "persistent and substantial"...
[ad_1] The wreck of the English 70-gun warship Anne lies on the beach just beyond the eastern end of the shoreline houses of Pett Level in the U.K. When the tides are extremely low and the sands have moved you can visit the wreck whose...
[ad_1] With the daily barrage of news reports and warnings fueling concerns of a global pandemic, the shipping and the cruise industries continue to struggle with the ramifications of COVID-19 (commonly known as the coronavirus). With the latest reports showing that the virus is spreading...
[ad_1] The Port of Longview reports that despite trade turbulence in the agricultural sector, its 2019 revenues exceeded budget predictions. Global market conditions were less than favorable for some of the port's grain products, but imports of wind energy components, foreign steel and soda ash exports saw...
[ad_1] UiT, The Arctic University of Norway takes over new ProZero Workboat for their research program of Autonomous Ships Navigation. The ProZero 8m Full Cabin Service Boat is outfitted and utilized as a fast and flexible multi mission workboat, and is purchased from ProZero of Denmark,...
