[ad_1] On April 30, 1798, President John Adams signed a congressional act establishing the Department of the Navy. On this 221st anniversary the U.S-flag Jones Act dredging industry stands with the Navy as proud stewards of our nation’s strategic ports and remains committed to maintaining...
[ad_1] The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has inspected and may have detained a sanctioned Iranian merchant vessel off Misrata. The container ship Shahr E Kord, which the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned for connections to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), was detained...
[ad_1] South Shields, UK based Solar Solve Marine have just dispatched a significant order of their Type Approved SOLASOLV products to a shipyard in China for installation at the windows of a very prestigious vessel. The 52 SOLASAFE® roller sunscreens, including five that are electrically powered, will...
[ad_1] Russia's Sevmash Shipyard has finally launched the Belgorod, the world's longest submarine. She was laid down as an Oscar II-class vessel in 1992, but construction proceeded in fits and starts as Russia went through multiple economic and political transformations, and her launch ceremony was...
[ad_1] The Port of Brownsville, Texas is ready to move forward with a $300 million channel-deepening project that will make it possible for for a new LNG export terminal. On Wednesday, Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette met with port officials in Brownsville for a contract...
[ad_1] Occidental Petroleum has issued a $57 billion bid for Anadarko, easily topping Chevron's earlier offer of $50 billion in cash, stock and debt. Oxy, which has no presence in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, would be buying one of the largest offshore leaseholders in the...
[ad_1] The U.S. government has chartered a privately-owned deep-sea search vessel to help locate the Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A fighter jet that went down April 9 during a night exercise off Honshu. The ship, the dive support vessel Van Gogh, will join the Japanese...
[ad_1] Marine autonomy is no longer a prediction for the future. The technology exists today for installation aboard commercial surface vessels. Autonomous marine technologies, such as those offered by industry leader Sea Machines, are already in use in North America and Europe, and are proven...
[ad_1] For all the developmental work going on in sensor fusion, digitalization and autonomy, there's no escaping the human element for safety, efficiency and style. In designing the bridge for Australia's new icebreaker, Nuyina, the captain of the nation's old icebreaker covered walls and workbenches with...
[ad_1] The members of the American Waterways Operators, the national tugboat, towboat and barge industry association, elected a new slate of leaders earlier this month during the association's annual Spring Convention held in Washington, D.C. Scott Merritt, former Chief Operating Officer for Foss Maritime Company, LLC, was elected...
