[ad_1] The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a Marine Accident Brief about an incident that occurred on April 6, 2018, involving the bulk carrier Shandong Fu En. The vessel struck Dock 1 of the Ergon-St. James Terminal wharf on the Lower Mississippi River...
[ad_1] The Port of Virginia, sheltering the world’s largest naval base, home of America’s fifth largest containerized cargo complex and featuring the deepest harbor on the U.S. East Coast, will host the 108th Annual Convention and Expo of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) - the unified and recognized...
[ad_1] ABS has published its Advisory on Gas and Other Low Flashpoint Fuels providing guidance on available technologies, regulatory requirements and installation and operational considerations for adopting gas or other low flash point fuels. “The majority of the deep-sea shipping fleet will be using conventional and emerging lower...
[ad_1] On Tuesday, the RNLI Barrow Lifeboat Station’s volunteer crew launched their all-weather lifeboat to go to the aid of an injured crewman aboard a wind farm support vessel. The request to launch came from the HM Coastguard base in Holyhead, Wales at 1650 hours. The...
[ad_1] Two more employees of Ripley Entertainment, the company that operated duck boat rides in Branson, Missouri, along with the captain of the duck boat that sank at Table Rock Lake last summer resulting in the deaths of 17 people, have been indicted by a...
[ad_1] The WTO’s 21st Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures issued on June 24 shows a continuation of record high trade restrictions. The trade coverage of new import-restrictive measures introduced during the period (October 2018 to May 2019) was more than 3.5 times the average since...
[ad_1] The U.S. State Department released its 2019 Trafficking in Persons report last week, criticizing the Irish Government’s failure to tackle modern slavery. For the second year in a row, the State Department has placed Ireland in Tier 2, as a result of the Government’s...
[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo has released the 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report which assesses government efforts around the world to combat human trafficking and highlights strategies to address this crime and protect the victims. This year’s report, the 19th installment,...
[ad_1] In a first for the U.S. flag market, Harvey Gulf has announced that it will be installing battery hybrid systems aboard the LNG dual-fuel OSVs Harvey Energy and Harvey Supporter. The retrofits for Harvey Gulf will be the first of their kind in the United States...
[ad_1] Belle Chasse, Louisiana-based C&C Marine and Repair recently delivered to Upper River Services the m/v Mendota, a new 2,000 horsepower, 76’ x 30’ x 9’-4“ triple screw towboat. The m/v Mendota is the first new construction vessel ever built for Upper River Services, LLC....
