[ad_1] At DNV GL’s recent annual London press briefing, DNV GL – Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen announced the classification society had awarded a ground-breaking new class notation to mitigate fire risks on container ships to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. The notation has been implemented on...
[ad_1] Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (“Q-LNG”) announced today that it has received United States Coast Guard design basis acceptance and regulatory approvals to move forward with construction on two variants of its current design. The designs, each for a 5,400m3 and 8,000m3 Articulated Tug and Barge...
[ad_1] With an ever-growing global demand for “all things fresh” – from a multitude of food products to pharmaceuticals and flowers and many other perishables – the amount of high-value, temperature-controlled cargo rises annually. Ports are getting plugged into the importance of this trade, and...
[ad_1] The Little Ships of Dunkirk were about 850 private boats that sailed from Ramsgate, England, to Dunkirk, France, between May 26 and June 4, 1940 as part of Operation Dynamo, helping to rescue more than 336,000 British and French soldiers who were trapped on...
[ad_1] In order to meet budget realities and grow its vessel count, the U.S. Navy is looking to squeeze out $40 billion in costs over the next five years - an amount roughly equal to the price of three Ford-class aircraft carriers. In a memo this...
[ad_1] With a persistent political dispute blocking rail traffic on the CN Rail network in Eastern Canada, Atlantic Container Line has diverted two vessels away from the Port of Halifax so that they can offload their cargo at alternate ports on the U.S. East Coast. Early...
[ad_1] In an example of the delays for shipping caused by the coronavirus epidemic, a bulker was briefly quarantined at Chennai when two Chinese crewmembers displayed symptoms of a mild fever. The incident received national press coverage. The bulker in question, the Magnate, arrived in Chennai...
[ad_1] The Libyan Government of National Accord has pulled out of peace talks with the rival Libyan National Army after LNA forces shelled a terminal at the port of Tripoli, sparking an explosion and sending up a large column of smoke. According to the GNA, which...
[ad_1] Japan's health ministry confirmed Monday that 99 more people have tested positive for infection with coronavirus aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess, bringing the total to 454 out of 1,700 people tested. There were originally about 3,700 people aboard the ship when quarantine began...
[ad_1] The world’s first adaptive ferry transit has been conducted in Norway, with the vessel fully loaded with passengers and vehicles. The transit demonstrated fully automatic control from dock to dock of the ferry Bastø Fosen VI using functionality developed by Kongsberg Maritime. The project is...
