[ad_1] On Wednesday, workers at Newport News Shipbuilding landed the island onto the deck of the future aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy. The ceremony coincided with the celebration of President Kennedy's birthday, and it marks an important step towards the carrier's completion. The 588-ton island...
[ad_1] Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) has rebounded quickly from the effects of Hurricane Michael, which passed through the Florida Panhandle with devastating effects last October, and it has continued to deliver vessels for its commercial clients. This week, ESG announced that it has delivered the towboat Brian...
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a Proclamation on Prayer for Peace for Memorial Day, 2019. The proclamation states: “Whether on the battlefields of Bunker Hill, on the beaches of Normandy, in the jungles of Vietnam, or in the mountains and deserts of the...
[ad_1] We are pleased to announce that Dacon Rescue Equipment has reached a three-company-cooperation with RLS -Rettungstechnologie GmbH & Lebenshilfe Werkstatt Hildesheim e.V., for the innovative Rescue Star® Rescue Basket. Dacon will be responsible for worldwide sales and marketing of the Rescue Star®, which will...
[ad_1] A.P. Moller - Maersk has closed the first quarter of 2019 with a 33 percent increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to $1.2 billion. However, the group released its financial results noting an impact as a result of the trade...
[ad_1] The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), which opposes the use of crew to lash cargo, has called on the Canadian government to ban foreign seafarers from undertaking lashing work in the St. Lawrence Seaway after the fatal accident aboard the Maersk Patras last weekend. The...
[ad_1] To protect marine water from ships’ sewage discharges is no less important than any other environmental aspirations of the IMO. But its reality is appalling. With overwhelming majority, the MEPC 74 session (May 13-17) approved revisions of MARPOL Annex IV and its associated guidelines as...
[ad_1] Officials at the Nerpa shipyard near Murmansk have said they plan to offload the reactor of the retired Arktika nuclear icebreaker by November, marking the second major decommissioning of such a vessel that Russia has ever undertaken. The first was the Sibir, which officials said...
[ad_1] The IMO's Marine Environmental Protection Committee has adopted guidelines to support the consistent implementation of the sulfur cap which will enter into effect from January 1, 2020. The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 74th session (May 13-17): • Adopted guidelines for consistent...
[ad_1] The recent redevelopment and upgrading of Kenya’s Mombasa – Nairobi railway line has revealed a market for faster, affordable intercity passenger transportation services between African cities. Following the recent tragedy of Ethiopian Airlines, the African passenger transportation market might be ready to consider an...
