[ad_1] On May 16, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a prototype laser system, the Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0. LWSD is a high-energy laser weapon system developed by the Office of Naval Research...
[ad_1] Following a national search, Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry has announced that Port of Gulfport executive director Jonathan Daniels will soon be the new chief executive and port director at Port Everglades. His tentative start date with Broward County's Port Everglades is June 29, 2020. “Port Everglades is...
[ad_1] Shortly after the USNS Comfort arrived in New York City last month, a remarkable image appeared on my Instragram account - a needlepoint pattern of the Navy hospital ship with the Statute of Liberty in the background. Intrigued, I contacted the artist, Susan Marszalek. Marszalek -...
[ad_1] [Brief] On Tuesday, an explosion and fire at a tank farm adjacent to the Galveston Ship Channel resulted in two injuries, according to local officials. According to initial reports in local media, a work crew may have been conducting welding work near a tank containing...
[ad_1] Maritime Payment Solutions, LLC (d/b/a ShipMoney), a global, industry-leading provider of payment solutions for maritime companies, has announced the introduction of ShipMoney Virtual Cards and the Transfer Marketplace, two new services designed to expedite payments to crew members and their families while providing a...
[ad_1] The Chinese fishing trawler Hailufeng 11, licensed to fish in Côte d’Ivoire, was taken by pirates on Thursday, May 14 in the Ivorian exclusive economic zone with 18 crewmembers aboard – eight Chinese, seven Ivorian and three Ghanaian. Through rapid and engaged cooperation among...
[ad_1] The crew of the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt began reboarding their ship on April 29 after weeks in quarantine, but there may now be a new challenge. The U.S. Navy said in a statement Saturday that five crewmembers who had recovered fully from COVID-19...
[ad_1] Even Germany’s largest universal port is affected by the repercussions of the corona crisis. Seaborne cargo throughput in the first quarter of the year at 31.9 million tons was 7.9 percent down on 2019. Container handling at 2.2 million TEU was 6.6 percent lower....
[ad_1] Maritime’s most comprehensive suite of remote survey and audit options has just got even broader, with ABS adding Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) Survey as remote choices. Additionally, next week ABS will expand Underwater Inspections In-Lieu of Drydocking (UWILD) to marine vessels. “This takes the considerable lead ABS already enjoys in remote...
[ad_1] With backing from the French government, CMA CGM has landed a loan facility worth $1.1 billion, giving it more cash on hand as it struggles with the global decline in containerized cargo due to COVID-19. The loan was provided by BNP Paribas, HSBC, and Société...
